A desire to conserve energy and enjoy autonomy in the development of turnkey projects served as motivation for Mr. Mehrotra’s business venture in the energy efficiency engineering sector.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, March 21, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Prem N. Mehrotra is a distinguished biographee of Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are chosen from among a pool of the most prominent professionals and are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Mehrotra proudly founded General Energy Corporation and is the acting president and chief executive officer. The firm delivers engineering services toward the realization of energy efficiency objectives and remains particularly focused on renewable energy and solar energy generation. The company, which saw success immediately upon its launch in 1985, has thrived under Mr. Mehrotra’s leadership, prospering from his professionalism, promptness and his abiding environmental concerns.
A desire to conserve energy and enjoy autonomy in the development of turnkey projects served as motivation for Mr. Mehrotra’s business venture in the energy efficiency engineering sector, and he is equally as committed to training associates to provide outstanding service to clients. He accumulated valuable applied and executive experience across several key positions, including as an engineering supervisor with Sargent & Lundy Engineers from 1970 to 1980 and as the co-founder and senior vice president of Energy Resources + Planning Inc., where he was a valued executive team member between 1980 and 1985. Notably, Mr. Mehrotra also saw exceptional success as the founder of Grant Park Wind Farm, a company he capably led from 2013 to 2018.
A native of India, Mr. Mehrotra earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Banaras Engineering College in 1960. After immigrating to the United States in 1970, and already familiar with the control systems active in America, he pursued diverse paths, including graduate work; ultimately, he earned a Master of Science in management studies from the prestigious Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1976. Mr. Mehrotra also boasts a significant breadth of important industry credentials, including the certified geothermal designer designation, granted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Mr. Mehrotra is qualified as a professional engineer in the states of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Mr. Mehrotra attributes his success to an inclination toward positive collaboration and to forging productive working relationships with his both peers and staff members. He has enjoyed broad recognition of his work across various outlets; for example, he was included in the 2021 compilation of the Marquis Who’s Who Top Engineers, and in 1984 he gratefully accepted the ASHRAE Energy Award. Additionally, Mr. Mehrotra was gratified to be granted the 2013 ASHRAE National-Level Technology Award for a Category 1 commercial building and a 2019 ComEd Energy Efficiency Program Custom Innovator Award. Looking toward the future, Mr. Mehrotra aims to persist in making meaningful contributions to energy efficiency engineering projects.
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