Gurdeep Singh (NTPC)


Gurdeep Singh is the Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC Limited. It is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Power, Government of India. It is the largest power company in India with an electric power generating capacity of 57,356 MW. Although the company has approx. 16% of the total national capacity it contributes to over 25% of total power generation due to its focus on operating its power plants at higher efficiency levels.NTPC currently produces 25 billion units of electricity per month.

Positions held

Gurdeep Singh is a Mechanical engineer. He has over 27 years of experience in power sector. He has earlier worked at various levels both in Indian and Multi-national Companies in the power 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 and Bhavnagar Energy Company Limited.

Education

Gurdeep Singh is a mechanical engineer from NIT Kurukshetra and has undergone Management Education Program from IIM Ahmedabad. He has also received management and leadership training from global institutions like Saïd Business School-Oxford, Harvard-Kennedy School, Darden School of Management - Virginia, Singapore Civil Services College and ISB Hyderabad. ,