(L to R): Mr. Praveen Agrawal, Chief - HR& IR - Tata Power-DDL and Dr. Rajeshwari Narendran, Director, NTPC School of Business during the MoU signing ceremony at New Delhi.
• Aims to conduct joint trainings for capacity building for students of NSB
In line with its vision to create a large reservoir of qualified and trained manpower in the energy sector, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL), a pioneering power distribution utility, supplying electricity to a populace of over 7 million in North Delhi, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NTPC School of Business. This partnership will address the training and human resource development needs of the power distribution personnel, bringing together the expertise and resources of two industry leaders for the overall benefit of the sector.
The MoU was signed by Mr. Praveen Agrawal, Chief- Human Resource and Industrial Relations, Tata Power-DDL and Dr. Rajeshwari Narendran, Director, NTPC School of Business.
With the vision and belief of scaling up the industry’s trained workforce and make them future ready, Tata Power-DDL and NTPC NSB will curate combination programs including customized onsite programs, calendar training programs, and advanced training programs. The training programs under the partnership will be designed in accordance with new and emerging technologies and best practices for enhancing knowledge competency.
Speaking of the signing, Mr. Praveen Agrawal, Chief- Human Resource & Industrial Relations, Tata Power-DDL said, “At Tata Power-DDL, we are constantly working towards creating value for the future. Through this association with NTPC, we are focussed at nurturing and grooming the workforce to make them future oriented. We are optimistic that this initiative will in setting a benchmark and shaping the talent landscape in the power sector .”
Both the organizations will jointly work towards training engineers/officials on various techno-managerial aspects of emerging issues in the distribution sector such as operations and maintenance, asset management, distributed generation, smart grid, power procurement optimization, EV charging etc.
About Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited
Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited is a leading power distribution company, providing world class services using Information and Operational Technology Services to a populace of 7 million in North Delhi. The company has transformed the power distribution scenario in the capital city with a record reduction in AT&C losses and advanced technology adoption across verticals. It is a Public-Private Partnership, Joint Venture Company, between Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. Since privatization, the Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses in Tata Power-DDL areas have shown a record decline. Today, AT&C losses stand at 7% which is an unprecedented reduction of over 86% from an opening loss level of 53% in July 2002. Apart from its core business of power distribution Tata Power-DDL is also actively involved in various consultancy projects and capacity building training programs for Power Discoms both in India as well as abroad.
Tata Power-DDL established its training centre known as CENPEID [Centre for Power Efficiency Distribution] in the year 2005 and has over the years established itself as the preferred learning and development centre for the power distribution sector in the country. To learn more, please visit www.tatapower-ddl.com/
About NTPC NSB:
NTPC Limited (National Thermal Power Corporation Private Ltd.), a Maharatna company of Government of India, is India’s largest energy conglomerate with installed capacity of 53,651 MW and presence across the entire value chain of the power generation business. NTPC School of Business (NSB) is functioning under the aegis of NTPC Education and Research Society (NEARS), an extended arm of NTPC, with the academic support of IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA).
To know more, please visit https://nsb.ac.in/