Mumbai: Ankura Kawale, Sandeep Patil, Chandramani Mishra and Sunil Kakade have taken charge as executive directors of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) after being selected through the deputation recruitment process.

All four officers had previously served as chief engineers at various positions within MSEDCL.

Kawale, who holds a postgraduate degree in electrical engineering and a postgraduate diploma in management, joined the erstwhile Maharashtra State Electricity Board as an assistant engineer in 1997. He has served in Nashik, Ahilyanagar, Pune and Kolhapur in various capacities and was working as chief engineer (distribution) at the MSEDCL headquarters in Mumbai since 2025.

Patil, an electrical engineering graduate, joined the erstwhile board as an assistant engineer in 2003. He was directly recruited as executive engineer in 2009, promoted as superintendent engineer in 2018 and chief engineer in 2025. Before his new appointment, he was chief engineer (power purchase) at the headquarters.

Mishra, an electrical engineering graduate with distinction, joined in 2003 and served in Alibaug, Vashi, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Mumbai. He became executive engineer in 2009, superintendent engineer in 2018 and chief engineer in 2024. He was chief engineer of the Kalyan circle.

Kakade joined the board as an assistant engineer in 1997 and served in Chalisgaon, Nashik, Bhusawal, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Kalyan, Ahilyanagar and Bhandup. Promoted as chief engineer in 2022, he served as chief engineer of the Pune circle since 2025.