SINGRAULI — Power generation flagship NTPC Vindhyachal completed its annual internal innovation forum, the NTPC Open Competition for Executive Talent (NOCET) 2026, on August 26, 2026.
The forum brought together 11 cross-functional teams—spanning entry-level Executive Trainees to senior Additional General Managers—to pitch technical solutions and process improvements. Proposals were assessed by an expert evaluation panel led by Kishore Kumar Hota (ED, Vindhyachal), M. Suresh (GM, O&M), Debabrata Tripathy (GM, TS & Projects), and external jury member Nishant Gupta (Head of L&D, Reliance Power Sasan).
Tournament Standings & Podium Finishers
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1st Place: Joint Operations & IT Team
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Suman Kumar Singh (AGM, Operation), Saurabh Banaudha (AGM, IT), Baljeet Yadav (DGM, Operation), Saswati Garnaik (Senior Manager, IT)
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2nd Place: Control & Instrumentation Team
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Dheer Singh Chauhan (DGM, C&I), Utkarsh Shukla (Engineer, C&I)
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3rd Place: Operations & Planning Team
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Deepak Kumar (Senior Manager, Operation), Nilesh Nayan (Senior Manager, P&S), Shivam Verma (Engineer, Operation), Sajid Nezam (Sr. Assistant Engineer, Operation)
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Organizational Impact: Driving enterprise-wide continuous improvement, practical operational innovation, and cross-cadre leadership development.
