Srinivas Bommidala

Srinivas Bommidala General Information

Biography

Mr. Srinivas Bommidala is the Managing Director of the Company. He is also the Joint Managing Director of GMR Airports Limited and on the Board of GMR Infrastructure Limited since 1996. Mr. Srinivas Bommidala is currently the Business Chairman responsible for the Energy business of the Group and also for the International Airport business of the Group. He entered his family tobacco export business in 1982 and subsequently led the diversification into new businesses such as aerated water bottling plants, etc., and was also in charge of international marketing and management of the organisation. Subsequently, he led the team as the Managing Director of GMR Power Corporation Limited for setting up the first independent power project. This project with slow speed diesel technology is the world's largest diesel engine power plant under one roof situated at Chennai in the southern part of India. He was also instrumental in implementing the combined cycle gas turbine power project in Andhra Pradesh. When the Government decided to modernise and restructure Delhi Airport under a public private partnership scheme in 2006, he became the first Managing Director of this venture and successfully handled the transition process from a public owned entity to a public private partnership enterprise.