NTPC board okays extension of tenure of CMD Gurdeep Singh till July 2025

State-run power giant NTPC’s board on Monday approved the extension of tenure of the company’s chairman and managing director Gurdeep Singh till July 31, 2025.

Singh’s extended term will start from February 4, 2021.

The board of directors of the company in its meeting “approved the extension of tenure of Gurdeep Singh, chairman and managing director of NTPC from February 4, 2021 till July 31, 2025 i.e. date of his superannuation or until further order, whichever is earlier,” a BSE filing said.

Singh had taken over as chairman and managing director of NTPC on February 4, 2016.

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.