Mr. Tarun Kapoor is Advisor to Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. Prior to this assignment he was Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service with over 36 years’ experience at the State and National levels. He is an Electrical Engineer with Masters in Business Administration. His areas of specialisation are Solar Energy, Hydro Power and energy transition.

Before taking over as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, he was posted as Vice-Chairman, DDA. He has worked as Additional Chief Secretary in the State of Himachal Pradesh looking after various Departments from time to time like Power, Environment & Forests, Food and Civil Supplies, Excise, PWD etc. He has also worked as District Magistrate for Shimla and Chamba Districts and has also worked as Managing Director of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. and Himachal Pradesh Transmission Ltd. He has also worked as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India looking after National Solar Mission for over five years.

He also participated in the International Conferences and Seminars mainly in the area of Renewable Energy.