Sanjeev Aggarwal
Sanjeev Aggarwal (born 1970) is an Indian businessman. He is the founder of energy company Amplus Solar, acquired 100% in 2019 by PETRONAS for US$391 million, for which he serves as CEO. He received the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry young leaders award in 2013. Personal life and education Aggarwal studied mechanical engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM, equivalent to MBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Aggarwal resides in Gurgaon, India, where Amplus Energy Solutions is headquartered. Career Prior to starting Amplus Energy, Aggarwal was managing director of AES India the Indian subsidiary of the US fortune 200 company AES Corporation. At AES, Aggarwal was involved as managing director in the development of AES's bulk capacity greenfield project, a 1200 MW electricity plant with a combined captive coalmine in Chhattisgarh. After Aggarwal's departure from AES in March 2010, he tried multiple businesses which almost led him to becoming insolvent, they included bidding for hydrocarbon blocks (no blocks were awarded), setting up a gas plant (gas turned out to be a poor business). Aggarwal started Amplus Energy Solutions in 2010, got the first solar rooftop contract in 2013