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 Jitendra JayantilalTanna

Shri Jitendra JayantilalTanna(DIN: 09403346), aged 47 yearsis a Chartered Accountant by profession. He is also a Commerce Graduate. He has functional expertise in areas of Direct Taxation, Audit and Finance Management.

Shri Jitendra JayantilalTanna does not hold any shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, he is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

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 Vivek Gupta

Shri Vivek Gupta (DIN: 08794502), aged 48 years is a serial entrepreneur. He is a Management Graduate with a degree of Law. He is founder CEO in Jaipur scientific instrument, Jaipur Scientific Agriculture Research Sol. Pvt. Ltd. and Director in Drinkbucket Pvt. Ltd.

Shri Vivek Gupta does not hold any shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, he is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

Shri Vidyadhar Vaishampayan

Shri Vidyadhar Vaishampayan (DIN:02667949), aged 58 years is a M-Tech from IIT-Mumbai and he has also completed Executive Development Study from IIM-Bangalore. He is an active member of various social organizations and groups.

He was associated with TJSB Sahakari Bank Ltd., Thane Maharashtra, since 1994 and was elected as a Board Member for the tenure of 1994-2002 and was a member of various sub committees. In tenure of 2002-2005, he has been elected as Vice-chairman then in the tenure of 2005-2015, he has been elected as a Chairman of the Bank and in the tenure of 2015-2020, he was a Director of the Bank.He was also Director in National Federation of Urban Co-Operative Bank and was member of RBI Task Force from 2014 to 2019. In technical field, he has developed multilevel parking system, which isessential requirement of present as well as future.

Shri Vidyadhar Vaishampayandoes not hold any shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, he is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

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.

Ms. Sangitha Varier

Ms. Sangitha Varier (DIN:09402812), aged 57 years, is a Corporate Leader. She is a Commerce Graduate and Bachelor in Education (B. Ed.).

During her career, she has held various positions. She is Director of The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Ayurveda Hospital & Training Academy, a wing of The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) Ltd. She also headed the Administration and Academics of four Chinmaya Vidyalaya Schools as Correspondent. Presently she is state General Secretary in Seva Bharathi, Tamil Nadu.

Ms. Sangitha Varier does not hold any shares of NTPC and she is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, she is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

Shri Chandan Kumar Mondol

Shri Chandan Kumar Mondol has taken charge as Director (Commercial), NTPC Limited w.e.f. 1st August, 2020.

Shri Mondol has been with NTPC for over 35 years and has held several key leadership positions across multiple business units.

Shri Mondol joined NTPC as 9th Batch Executive Trainee (ET) in 1984. He has vast experience and comprehensive knowledge of the power sector and has worked in both power plant and corporate functions. He started off his journey with the project execution and commissioning of 3X500 MW units at Ramagundam and 4X210 MW units at Kahalgaon.

As a strategic planner, Shri Mondol has led several initiatives at NTPC. In 1998, Shri Mondol joined Corporate Commercial where he worked towards developing commercial & marketing strategies, execution of domestic and international Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), formulation of Tariff Regulations with CERC, participation in Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) bidding, etc.

He joined Corporate Planning in 2012 as head of Strategic Planning Division and was also responsible for periodic review of Business Plan, Organisational Restructuring, identifying risks of the company and its mitigation through comprehensive Enterprise Risk Management Policies etc. Shri Mondol took charge as Business Unit Head (BUH) of Khargone in March 2015 and was responsible for execution of 1320 MW Green Field Power Project involving land acquisition, Right of Use, Right of Way, R&R plan, Project Planning & Construction, Boundary Management with the local administration, State Government and other statutory authorities.

Before his appointment as Director (Commercial), he has worked as RED-WR1, RED (DBF & Hydro), ED (PP&M) and ED (Commercial).

Shri Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya

Shri Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya joined NTPC in the year 1984 as Ninth Batch of Engineering Executive Trainees and was initially posted at NTPC Korba. He is an Electrical Engineering Graduate from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has also completed his PG Diploma in Management from MDI, Gurgaon.

He started his career in Green Field Project Construction, followed by working in the areas of Power Plant Operation & Maintenance, Renovation & Modernization, Environment Management, Technical Services at 1600 MW Farakka STPP.

After serving in Farakka in various departments, he moved to Talcher Thermal Power Station (450 MW), an Old and Underperforming asset, taken over from State Electricity Board. He, along with his team, created history in turning around the station, which went on to become a top performing station in years to come.

He has significantly contributed for NTPC’s vertical & horizontal business diversification as well as growth through inorganic route. He had illustrious career in Business Development function of NTPC in Domestic as well as International Arena with special focus on NTPCs diversification into hydroelectricity with acquisition of Koldam and setting up of subsidiary company NESCL for electricity distribution business. He has been at the forefront of JV formulation & Project conceptualization for 1320 MW Maitree Power Project at Bangladesh.

Before appointment as Director (Projects), NTPC he has worked as MD and CEO (Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited), ED (Business Development) and ED(Projects), NTPC.

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 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.

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