Shri U.p. Pani

Biography

 Shri Gurdeep Singh (aged 51 years), (DIN: 00307037), took over as Chairman & Managing Director on 4th February 2016. He has an illustrious career spanning nearly three decades in the power sector. He started his career in 1987 as an Engineer Trainee with NTPC and has worked his way through various ranks in both public sector and private sector. He has wide ranging experience entailing all aspects of power generation business. His rich experience has seen him serving as plant operation engineer as well as top leadership positions. Working in different organisations and cross cultural environment provided him with the ability to deal with intricate and complex issues. Prior to joining NTPC, he was Managing Director of Gujarat State Electricity Company (GSECL). His visionary leadership and innate ability to work through complexity and focus on core issues, helped bring transformational changes in GSECL. It also allowed the company to keep its energy cost under control. His sustained focus on cost reduction resulted in conceptualisation of coal swapping and freight rationalisation much ahead of time. Before GSECL, he worked with Powergen, CLP, AES, IDFC and CESC. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra and has undergone Management Education Program from IIM Ahmedabad. He has received management and leadership training from global institutions like Saïd Business School-Oxford, Darden School of Management-Virginia, USA, Singapore Civil Services College-Singapore, ISB-Hyderabad, etc. He brings to NTPC dynamism and team approach. He firmly believes that the key to performance improvement is employee empowerment, their capability augmentation and process optimization. His early years in NTPC helped in making an immediate connect at all levels in the company. He has launched various initiatives to sustain NTPC’s growth and bring about cultural changes necessary to maintain NTPC’s position as a leading global power company. 

Research Interest

 HEAT TRANSFER   CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   Chemical Reaction Engineering