Murali comes with leadership experience in both structured and entrepreneurial environments in managing operations and building businesses in Energy, Power, Renewables and Infrastructure space.
Prior to Azure Power, Murali, co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ostro Energy and oversaw the deployment of $280 mn equity capital raised from global PE Actis for the development and execution of 1100 MW renewable energy capacity. Prior to Ostro, Murali also co-founded Orange Renewable where he steered the enterprise from start-up stage into a profitable company, together with developing and executing projects of 180 MW capacity on Build-Own-Operate basis. Earlier, Murali worked with Indiabulls Power as COO where he executed the Group’s vision and strategy to become a serious IPP in the Power sector. Prior to this, Murali worked in Schlumberger in various field and management positions.
Murali holds a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
