Shri. Dinesh Jagdale is currently serving as the Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Shri. Jagdale is Graduate in Electronics Engineering and Master’s in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing and has over Thirty years of rich experience in electrical and renewable energy industry.

An innovative thinker, Self-motivated, visionary professional has spent 22 years of his career working in Renewable Industry in various capacities. Prior to joining the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Shri. Jagdale spent his initial 10 years of his Career as a Renewable Energy professional in the Wind & Solar Industry wherein he contributed to the Growth of these Sectors across multiple states in India.

He has been known for thorough knowledge on the processes related to Regulatory, Permitting and Licensing across all the renewable states. During his tenure in the private sector Shri. Jagdale established and led the growth of a Renewable IPP to grow the Wind & Solar Energy Sector in India.

He has been actively involved as consulting personnel in formulation of state government policies for Wind & Solar Energy generation, striking a balance between developers of the project and sustainability of the transmission and distribution companies. During his Renewable Energy Career, he has bagged prestigious Awards & Recognition from various forums across Wind & Solar Industry.

As as Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Sh. Jagdale has been working on several policy matters for the development of Renewable energy in pursuit of achieving the ambitious target of 500 Gigawatt of total energy installed capacity by the year 2030 from non-fossil based energy sources.

He was appointed as Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, in September 2019.