During his tenure with the government, he headed the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, then the largest vertically integrated utility in the country, with exposure to generation, transmission and distribution, and also served as Secretary, Energy in Government of Maharashtra and as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India.
In 2009, Shri Kawale made a diagonal change in his career and joined the private sector as CEO (Energy Development) in Bharat Forge. “With power industry at an inflection point with the current proactive Government, it will be an exciting journey to be part of such a dynamic organization like Indiabulls Power Ltd.” said Kawale said in a statement.