Shri Sudhinder Thakur, Executive Director (Corporate Planning), obtained a degree of B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University in 1970. He joined 14 th batch of BARC Training School in 1970. Upon completion of his one-year training, he joined the Power Projects Engineering Division of the Department of Atomic Energy in 1971. He worked on nuclear power reactors from RAPP-2 onwards for efficient delivery of equipment. He specialised in heavy water pumps and has significantly contributed in bringing the technology to India and also indigenisation of critical components of heavy water pumps.

He was designated as Consular Science with the Embassy of India in France (Technical Liaison Mission of Department of Atomic Energy) from 1989 to 1993. Subsequently he worked on Turbine Generator Sets, Boiler Feed Pumps and Condensers for Tarapur-3&4 project.

Since 2000, Shri Thakur has been working in Corporate Planning Directorate of NPCIL. He is closely involved with interaction of DAE / NPCIL with Government agencies and other experts in the fields of energy / electricity.