BIO

Shri Asit Gopal, has been appointed as Part Time Official Director on the Board of BHEL w.e.f. 03.02.2026. He is a senior Indian government officer with over three decades of experience in public administration, finance, tribal affairs, vigilance, education, sanitation, and forest management. An alumnus of IIT Bombay (B. Tech, Civil Engineering), he also holds postgraduate qualifications in Wildlife Management, Public Policy & Management and an MBA.

He has served extensively in the Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh, held key leadership roles including Additional Secretary (Finance), Director in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Central Vigilance Commission, Mission Director of Swachh Bharat Mission (MP), and Chairman & Managing Director of the National Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Corporation. He also served as Commissioner of the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), overseeing Eklavya Model Residential Schools.

Currently, he is serving as Special Secretary & Financial Adviser (SS&FA) in the Ministry of Textiles with additional charge of M/o Food Processing Industries, M/o Development of North Eastern Region, M/o Commerce & Industry, M/o Heavy Industry & M/o MSME, Government of India.