PANAJI: The main secretary of Puneet Kumar Goel was appointed as Secretary of the New Goa Head on Friday.
He will be responsible from February 1 after retiring from Secretary of Paralli Parimal Rai on January 31, 2008 with this appointed as the main secretary, Goa with the effect of February 1, 2022, and until further orders, “Under-Smartary told the Indian government, said Rakesh Kumar Singh.
Goel has completed BTECH (electrical engineering) from IIT Kanpur, MTech (Power Systems) from IIT Delhi, MBA (Finance), MS (Computer Networking) from the University of Southern California, and PhD (renewable energy) from IIT Delhi.
Goel has held various positions in the government, including as Director (Thermal), Ministry of Power, Secretary (Power), Commissioner of Aid, Andaman Islands and Nicobar, Development Commissioner, Delhi, Commissioner, Transportation, Delhi, and Director, JAL council, among others Goel has more than 12 years of experience in the electricity sector and has published 20-plus papers (2007-2018) in power plants through renewable energy sources.