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Gurdeep Singh

Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC

Search every verified Gurdeep Singh interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC, spoke at the company's Q1 FY27 earnings concall and annual analyst meeting in mid-2026, outlining NTPC's strategy for India's energy transition. He described the company's approach to energy security as resting on three pillars: coal, renewable energy combined with storage, and nuclear power, noting that NTPC is active in all three areas. Singh also discussed operational trade-offs, stating that when renewable curtailment is needed for only an hour or two, it is preferable to curtail renewables rather than shut down thermal plants, to avoid evening power shortages. Singh addressed the company's financial outlook, saying NTPC is comfortable with regulated returns of around 15.5 percent, which he estimated translates to net returns of 12 to 13 percent, describing these as healthy and sustainable. He cautioned against impulsive market reactions, emphasizing the importance of continuity and sustainability in investment decisions. Under his leadership, NTPC has set a target of 250 gigawatts of capacity by fiscal year 2037, with a portfolio spanning conventional, renewable, nuclear, and emerging energy businesses.

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“One of the responsibility as NTPC we are carrying and we are making sure that we are developing flexibility in our coal based power plants to give enough opportunity for the renewable energy whatever is being produced. So that is being fed in the grid and being utilized. Although we have concerns about the gas availability, domestic gas availability and the LNG prices being very high. So the coal based plants are tak”

“Distributed renewable energy is going to be one of vital part of the energy transition which is inevitable anyway whether we accept it or not. Although we will have to rely on the coal based generation for few decades and we cannot undermine the role of the coal based generation but renewable energy is one thing which is getting more and more importance for its merit.”

“now this renewable storage capacity which is becoming viable and we have started and building process on that but going forward the green hydrogen and green hydrogen based derivatives will start playing its important role but it's going to take about next four to 5 years at least so as of now we are not showing the major investment into that. We have already acquired 1200 acres in Pimpa which is Vishakhapatnam which ”

“We were the first company as NTPC and I was the first CEO of any energy company worldwide to sign the UN Energy Compact and in that we had said that we will be reaching 60 gigawatt by 2032. I am sure that with the kind of efforts that we are putting in and now supported by this IPO we will be in position to further advance this target.”

“This is the first subsidiary of any PSU which is being listed. HPCL and REC were the early listed by the government, so this is being listed by the company and I must put on record my appreciation to the government, specially Ministry of Power, Secretary Ministry of Power who is not able to be present here due to Parliament and also Secretary DIPAM and his team is being represented by JS DIPAM here that this has been”

“The total investment requirement is about 7 lakh CR so what we are just planning that we will be having the debt equity ratio of 4 is to one so is this is only the intermediator and kind of step so that the ref friend are available for some time.”

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