State-owned hydro power giant NHPC Limited announced the appointment of Uttam Lal as Director (Personnel) on the company’s Board, with effect from June 13, 2023.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “Accordingly, the Board of Directors has appointed Shri Uttam Lal (DIN: 10194925) as Director (Personnel) of the Company from the date of assumption of charge of the post i.e. 13.06.2023.”
Uttam Lal, a management graduate in HR from Xavier Institute of Social Sciences (XISS), Ranchi with additional qualification of Bachelor of Law (HRM) and Harvard Manage-mentor Certification had been Heading Corporate Social Responsibility-Rehabilitation & Resettlement and Land Acquisition (CSR-R&R/LA) vertical of NTPC Ltd. as Chief General Manager & CEO – NTPC Foundation, before joining NHPC.
He has had 35 years of rich experience to his name, with his core competencies in CSR and R&R – Land acquisition, policies and wages, industrial relations, employee benefits functions among others. In the duration of his illustrious career, Lal had headed the HR functions of NETRA the R&D wing of NTPC where he was instrumental in building the initial team of researchers, formulating competency development framework, designing academy and industrial interface model and acquiring talent from Global markets, the statement said.
He also had the credit of heading HR & CSR functions of the largest Power Plant of India (NTPC-Vindhyachal) and was Regional HR head of the largest zone, Northern Region. He was entrusted the responsibilities of task force-NTPC for Rescue & Relief operations at Joshimath, Distt. Chamoli, (UK).
In recent past, he was assigned the task of organisational transformation of a Joint Venture company of NTPC & Reliance Infrastructure i.e. Utility Powertech Limited (UPL).
