Shri Gurdeep Singh

Shri Gurdeep Singh, DIN: 00307037, aged 53 years, is a Mechanical Engineer. He has more than three decades of experience in power generation sector. He started his career with NTPC Limited and has worked at various levels both in Indian and Multi-national Companies namely Powergen, CLP, IDFC, CESC and AES. He has worked in different areas of Power Sector ranging from business development, projects and operations.

Prior to joining NTPC, Shri Singh was Managing Director, Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited.

Shri A.K. Gupta

Shri Anand Kumar Gupta (DIN: 07269906) (aged 56 years) is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. He has a career spanning over 36 years of outstanding contribution in the Company in various positions including those of Executive Director – incharge of Commercial and Executive Director (Engineering). He also headed Business Development Department of NTPC as well as headed plant operations and maintenance at station. He made major contributions in development of international business for NTPC, evolving commercial strategies for changing business scenario, development of new projects and improving plant operations.

As Director (Commercial), he will be responsible for the activities relating to Commercial, International and Domestic Business development and Consultancy business of NTPC.

Shri A.K. Gautam

Shri Anil Kumar Gautam is a Graduate in Commerce and a fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He is also a Law Graduate. He joined NTPC in the year 1984. He has over 34 years of rich experience in various aspects of Finance & Accounts in Power Sector including resource mobilization from domestic and international markets, long-term financial planning, taxation, budgeting, investment appraisals, investors services and regulatory affairs. He was also appointed as Chief Financial Officer w.e.f. 1st August 2019.

Shri Dillip Kumar Patel

Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel has taken charge as Director (HR), NTPC on 1st April 2020. He started his career in NTPC way back in 1986 as an Engineering Executive Trainee (XI batch). Mr. Patel’s ascent from his humble beginning as an Executive Trainee to the top echelons of HR function in NTPC signifies his passion, commitment and hard work. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela and did his Post Graduate Di-ploma in Business Management (HR & Finance) from MDI, Gurgaon. He has also received management and leadership training inputs from ESCP-EAP (Paris, Berlin & Turin), Harvard Business School (USA), ISB Hyderabad & XLRI Jamshedpur.

He has an illustrious career spanning over more than three decades entailing both line and HR functions. After initial exposure of working in O&M (Mechanical Maintenance & CHP Operation) and EDC at Korba, he took a leap in his career and switched to core HR function in 1997. He looked after various facets of HR at Korba and subsequently moved on to become the Head of HR of Koldam, the first hydro project of NTPC. He had been Head of HR at various projects of NTPC such as NSPCL-Bhilai, Sipat, and Tanda for about 13 years. He had a short stint as Regional Head of HR of Easter Region-II before being appointed to the post of Director (HR) in NTPC.

He has undertaken various challenging assignments and has successfully managed HR functions while working at various locations comprising of thermal, hydro, JVs as well as taken-over projects. He firmly believes in the philosophy of “People before PLF”. His var-ied experience and deep understanding of the underlying culture of the organization will help HR to excel and achieve new heights in the days to come in NTPC.

Shri Ramesh Babu V.

Shri Ramesh Babu V, a Mechanical Engineering graduate from NIT Srinagar and Masters in Thermal engineering from IIT Delhi , joined NTPC as 12th batch Executive Trainee in 1987. He has over 32 years of vast experience with outstanding contribution in management of large size plants in the area of power plant operation & maintenance, Renovation & modernization of old units and in area of efficiency and systems improvement of thermal plants. He, as a Professional Manager and Strategic Planner has led several initiatives for improving reliability and efficiency of Plants.

Shri Ramesh Babu‘s experience in power sector includes Senior Management level exposure as a “Business Unit Head” of NTPC Talcher Kaniha & NSPCL Durgapur. Prior to elevation to the post of Director (Operations), he was working as ED to CMD & was working on system improvement activities and strategies related to operational excellence of NTPC power plants.

As Director (Operations), NTPC, he is responsible for overall planning for Safe, Reliable and Efficient operation of all power generating stations of NTPC group Portfolio, while ensuring fuel security & environmental compliance of all Power Stations.

Shri Vivek Kumar Dewangan

Shri Vivek Kumar Dewangan [aged 51 years], [DIN:01377212], an Indian Administrative Service Officer of Manipur Cadre [1993 Batch], is B.E. in Electronics from NIT, Bhopal and P.G. in Optoelectronics & Optical Communication from IIT, Delhi. During his illustrious career of 25 years as IAS officer, he has held various administrative positions in the areas of Finance, Power/ Energy, Elections/ Law & Justice, Commerce & Industries, Minister’s Office [Corporate Affairs/Agriculture & Food Processing Industries], Education/Human Resource Development, Sericulture/Agriculture & Cooperation, Economic Affairs, Economics & Statistics, Petroleum & Natural Gas, District Administration [Surguja & Raipur District in Chattisgarh and Senapati District in Manipur], Divisional Admn.

Shri Ashish Upadhyaya

Shri Ashish Upadhyaya (DIN: 06855349) (aged 55 years) IAS, Additional Secretary & F A , Ministry of Power, Govt. of India joined as a Part-time Official Director on the Board of NTPC on 22.01.2020. Shri Upadhyaya is an IAS Officer of 1989 Batch belonging to Madhya Pradesh cadre. Having done his post-graduation in History from St. John College, Agra, he joined the civil services and has served for more than 31 years in various capacities in the State Government of M.P. including tenure in coal bearing areas of Anuppur, Shahdol and Umaria as the Addl. District Collector. He has been Collector for more than 5 years in 3 districts of M.P. & Chhattisgarh. Shri Upadhyaya has served at the State level as Secretary and Principal Secretary of various departments including Home, Higher Education and Finance for many years. As Joint Secretary, Coal, he has been instrumental in developing systems by application of space technology for curbing the menace of illegal mining. He has academic bent of mind and while being in the service, he continued his pursuit of education and completed post-graduation in Economics and L.L.B. He also did his Master’s degree in Public Administration from Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University in U.S.A. Shri Upadhyaya has been working as Additional Secretary & FA, Ministry of Power since 14th November 2019.

Shri M.P. Singh

Shri M.P. Singh, (DIN:07937931), aged 62 years is M.Com and Chartered Accountant. He has wide and varied experience since 1988 in the field of accountancy, financial review and analyser.

Shri M.P. Singh does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

Shri P.K. Deb

Shri Pradeep Kumar Deb, IAS (DIN: 03424714), aged 64 years, has a Master Degree in Physics from St. Stephens College, Delhi University. He started his career as a Probationary officer in the State Bank of India before switching to the Indian Administrative Service in 1977. In his 37 years as an IAS officer, he had held a number of posts of crucial importance in the State of Rajasthan and in Government of India in diverse areas like Finance and Taxation, Human Resources, Agriculture and Irrigation, Home Affairs among others, before retiring as Secretary, Department of Sports in the Government of India in 2013. Prior to this posting, he was Additional Chief Secretary, Home Affairs of the Government of Rajasthan. Shri Deb considers Finance and Human Resource Development as his areas of special interest.

Shri Pradeep Kumar Deb does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

Shri Shashi Shekhar

Shri Shashi Shekhar, IAS (DIN: 07147358), aged 61 years, is B.Sc (Geology) Hons. He retired as Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Prior to this, he was Additional Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. He served as the Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited, Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation, Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund and Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited. He had held various senior positions in the State as well as the Central Governments. He also served as a Finance Commissioner to raise extra budgetary resources from the market. He was a Director and later Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power from 1998 to 2003, during which period he served as a Director General of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in charge. He served as a Whole- Time Director of PTC India Ltd. from January 25, 2008 to January 17, 2011. He served as a Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Indian Energy Exchange Limited. He has presented papers on sustainable power development at various international conferences.

Shri Shashi Shekhar holds 690 shares in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

Shri Subhash Joshi

Shri Subhash Joshi, IPS (DIN: 07946219), aged 63 years, is B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics and has graduate Diploma in Business from Curtin University, Perth Australia. He joined Indian Police Service in 1976 and retired in 2014. He served as DG, Border Security Force (BSF), DG, National Security Guard (NSG), Special DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, Additional DG, Intelligence/ Security, Uttarakhand and many other posts of Police. His area of expertise includes Human Resouce Management, Vigilance and anti-corruption, Training and Development, Public Order Management, Border Management, Intelligence and Security, General Adminstration, Public Grievance Redressal and Law.

Shri Subhash Joshi does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

Shri Vinod Kumar

Shri Vinod Kumar, IFS (DIN: 00955992), aged 61 years, graduated in 1975 with honours in Botany and obtained his Masters Degree in Botany from Banaras Hindu University in 1977. He superannuated from the Indian Forest Service on 30th April 2016 as the Director of Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy(IGNFA) with experience of achievements over 38 years of Administration, Forest Management, Policy Analysis, Planning, Corporate Management, Tribal Development and Community Empowerment, Manpower Planning and Capacity Building with innovative contributions at Odisha State in field of Governance and Capacity Building. He had served both the Odisha Government as well as the Union Government in various capacities. His area of expertise includes Forest Governance, Biodiversity Management, Community Development & Livelihoods, Capacity Building.

Shri Vinod Kumar holds 500 shares in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

Dr. K.P.K Pillay

Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay [aged 62 years], [DIN:08189583], a Senior Advocate in Supreme Court is a post graduate in English, post graduate in History and LL.M. He did Part-time research in the School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi and obtained Ph.D.in law. He started practice of law in the District and Subordinate Courts of Thiruvananthapuram in 1987 and later shifted to High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in 1990. Subsequently he shifted practice to Delhi in 2005. Presently, he appears mainly before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. He had worked as Part-time and visiting faculty of the Law Colleges of different Universities in Kerala at different periods of time. He had been a resource person for the training programme of Judicial Officers in National Judicial Academy, Bhopal. Now, he is an approved Guide for Ph. D. in the National University for Advanced Legal Studies in Kochi and two Assistant Professors are doing research under him. He was elected to the Bar Council of Kerala twice and for one term, he was the Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of Kerala.

He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala in 2009. As a lawyer, he had been attending matters relating to Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Corporate jurisdiction. He had conducted a number of Public Interest Litigations before the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala and Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. In the Supreme Court, he had been on the panel of lawyers of the National Textile Corporation. He had also been in the Senior Panel of Central Government and Maharashtra Government in the Supreme Court. He was also actively involved in socio-political organisations and have held positions of responsibility.

Dr. Bhim Singh

Dr. Bhim Singh, [aged 62 years], [DIN: 08189580], is B.E. (Electrical) from the University of Roorkee, UP, M.Tech. (Power Apparatus & Systems) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. In 1983, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee), as a Lecturer. He became a Reader there in 1988. In December 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India, as an Assistant Professor, where he has become an Associate Professor in 1994 and a Professor in 1997. He has been ABB Chair Professor from September 2007 to September 2012. He has also been CEA Chair Professor from October 2012 to September 2017. He has been Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi from July 2014 to August 2016. Since, August 2016, he is the Dean, Academics at IIT Delhi. He is JC Bose Fellow of DST, Government of India since December 2015.

Prof. Singh has guided 70 Ph.D. dissertations, and 167 M.E./M.Tech./M.S.(R) theses. He has been filed 33 patents. He has executed more than eighty sponsored and consultancy projects. He has co-authored a text book on power quality: Power Quality Problems and Mitigation Techniques published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2015.

His areas of interest include solar PV grid interface systems, microgrids, power quality monitoring and mitigation, solar PV water pumping systems, improved power quality AC-DC converters, power electronics, electrical machines, drives, flexible alternating transmission systems, and high voltage direct current systems.

He has received Khosla Research Prize of University of Roorkee in the year 1991. He is recipient of JC Bose and Bimal K Bose awards of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) for his contribution in the field of Power Electronics. He is also a recipient of Maharashtra State National Award of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) in recognition of his outstanding research work in the area of Power Quality. He has received PES Delhi Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award for the year 2006. Professor Singh has received Khosla National Research Award of IIT Roorkee in the year 2013. He is a recipient of Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award-2014 in the field of Engineering including Energy & Aerospace. Professor Singh has received IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award-2017. He is also a recipient of “Faculty Research Award as a Most Outstanding Researcher” in the field of Engineering-2018 of Careers-360, India.

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