Govt extends NTPC CMD tenure by one year

Synopsis
Gurdeep Singh will continue as Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC. His tenure gets a one-year extension. The extension is effective from August 1, 2025, till July 31, 2026. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the proposal. Earlier, PESB found no suitable candidates for the CMD post. NTPC is India's largest power producer under the Ministry of Power.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for re-employment of Shri Gurdeep Singh as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), NTPC (India) Limited on contract basis for a period of one year beyond the date of his superannuation i.e. w.e.f. 01.08.2025 till 31.07.2026, the Department of Personnel & Training said in a notification.
In May, the government headhunter PESB found none of the dozen candidates suitable for the role of chairman and managing director of India's biggest power producer NTPC, as its string of struggle in finding the right candidates for top job at PSUs continued.
The Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) interviewed a dozen candidates -- half of them directors on board of NTPC and other state-owned firms -- but found none suitable for the CMD's post.
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