GL GUPTA

Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) & Group Companies – Olectra Greentech, Drillmec S.p.A., Megha Gas, ICOMM. Strategic leadership of procurement and supply chain operations across MEIL’s diverse business verticals, including transportation infrastructure, water, power, hydrocarbons, refineries, defense, and clean mobility. Responsible for group-wide procurement integration and execution for MEIL and its global subsidiaries, ensuring alignment of sourcing strategies with large-scale EPC project requirements. Expertise in global sourcing, cost optimization, contract management, and digital procurement solutions to support timely and efficient delivery of complex, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects across international markets.

Strategic Advisor to Boards and Executive Leadership of EPC and Manufacturing organizations, driving strategic transformation and diversification over a 5 to 10 year horizon. The role focuses on unlocking sustainable growth in emerging and future-oriented sectors, including Defence, Energy, Infrastructure, Offshore, and Advanced Manufacturing. The domain and area of expertise are ; Business Diversification | Defence & Industrial Expansion | Digital & Operational Transformation | Technology Collaboration and Capability Building | Project & Procurement Excellence | Sub-contacting Strategy | Organisational restructuring and Bottom Line Optimisation | Digital Transformation & Future Readiness | Manufacturing Innovation & Capability Expansion | Market Positioning & Client Outreach | Geographic Expansion & Business Balancing |

President & Chief Procurement Officer at Kalpataru Group of Companies, overseeing operations across a wide range of sectors including EPC, Real Estate, Energy, Power Transmission & Distribution, Sub-stations, Railways, Metro, Airports, Oil & Gas, Buildings & Factories, Infrastructure, Industrial Plants, Water Management, and Urban Transport. Responsible for the end-to-end performance of EPC projects—from pre-bid planning through execution, commissioning, and final handover to clients. Played a pivotal role in diversifying the group’s portfolio into industrial domains and continuous process plants. Led the development and implementation of project and procurement strategies aimed at optimizing quality, cost, and scheduling. Ensured operational excellence through robust vendor management practices, supplier development, and strategic sourcing initiatives that enhanced overall efficiency and project outcomes.

Head of Central Procurement Group of Reliance Group companies of Reliance ADA Group. Handling Projects of Reliance infra EPC ( Sea- link, Metro, High ways, Railways, Power plants, Airports, Nuclear power plants, Real estate development, all infrastructure projects), Reliance Defence( Naval, Land systems & Air), Reliance Power (Thermal-Coal & Gas based, Solar Power, Hydro Power, Nuclear, LNG), FSRU, LNG offshore terminal, Reliance Cement, Generation, Transmission, Discom of Delhi & Mumbai, Metro, Roads, EPC, Real Estate), O&M services, Reliance Communication, Reliance Entertainment, Global Headquarter, shipyards, offshore Marine jobs, Townships, etc

Responsible for Execution of Solar Project as Developer and leading in house EPC team and taking care of strategic planning, technology selection, project plan, budget, procurement, engineering, construction, commissioining and grid connection to the national grid.

• Heading and responsible for efficient and timely actions for Infrastructure, Civil, Mechanical Contracting and field purchasing activities which is around US$ 2 billion in record implementation timeline by meeting crashing schedules, precise planning and above all excellent coordination efforts among project team and vendors/contractors. • Responsible for handling of Contract and purchase for other Projects at various locations like Solar Power Project, Liquid Jetty Berth setup, Cross Country Pipeline, Gas based power Projects etc. • The activities involve making Contracting Strategy, Construction Budget preparation, Contract award and sourcing of Infrastructure, Civil, Mechanical contractor from all over the world, construction related purchases, logistics, plant and machinery hiring. This is for setting up self sustained labor colony, Pre engineered buildings, Roads, Drains, Ponds, Boundary walls, lay down areas, Material Management Stores, state of art craft training centre, plant Civil jobs, Substations and Control Buildings, Shop Piping and Structural fabrication, field piping fabrication and erection, equipment erection, field structural fabrication/erection, Insulation, Fireproofing, Refractory lining, sandblasting painting, wrapping and coating and Internal lining and all other services required for the work.

• As Senior Project Engineer, Carried out Design and Construction of Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) Project taken by NEERI at Pali in NEERI Jaipur during Jan95/Aug95 reporting to Scientist-H.