Managing Director & Partner
Mumbai
Vishal Mehta is a core member of the Strategy and Operations practice areas at Boston Consulting Group. He leads BCG’s work on power and utilities in India, and power generation operations work in Asia Pacific. He is an expert on energy and the environment, and engineered products and infrastructure.
Vishal’s current focus is on helping utilities manage their energy transition journey to renewables, and helping them pursue power market liberalization. He has worked with power generation (including solar and wind) utility company, and OEM clients across India on both the strategy and operations fronts. He has also led many engagements with engineering and construction companies on topics such as revenue enhancement and cost reduction, and diversification and risk management strategy.
Before coming to BCG, Vishal worked as a strategy and change consultant for IBM, a corporate finance consultant at Stern Stewart, and an associate director at KPMG Advisory Services.
The Indian economy has been impacted due to reduced industrial activity caused by pandemic-related disruptions. Given the disruption, fundamental assumptions of business have changed across industries including in the power and utility sector. While some of these changes would be transient, several others are likely to have more lasting impact.
The Indian Power Sector has recently achieved the distinguished feat of 100 percent household electrification. While this is a significant leap forward for the sector as a whole, ensuring cheap and reliable power 24X7 to all its consumers is a greater challenge they are facing.