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Prasanna Motupalli

Former Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), NLC India Limited

Search every verified Prasanna Motupalli interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Prasanna Kumar Motupalli, former Chairman and Managing Director of NLC India Limited, received the Mahatma Award for leadership in business sustainability and social impact in September 2026. In his acceptance remarks, he dedicated the award to his NLC India team and family, and stated that the recognition placed additional responsibility on him to continue the company's work. He also participated in an executive discourse on leadership, where he discussed organizational transformation, safety priorities, and NLC India's planned capital expenditure of approximately 1.25 lakh crore rupees over the next three to four years. In media appearances, Motupalli attributed NLC India's strong fourth-quarter financial performance to capacity additions across mining, power generation, and renewable energy, as well as improved operational performance and financial discipline. He noted that the company had added more than one gigawatt of combined thermal and renewable capacity and that production had begun at the Pachwara South coal block, which he said was expected to supply over two million tonnes of coal this year to meet the fuel requirements of the Ghatampur thermal power station. He also reflected on challenges faced earlier in his tenure, including decision paralysis and low employee morale, which he said were addressed with support from the board and team. Motupalli confirmed his retirement at the end of June 2026.

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“The Pachwara South coal block is to supply coal to our Ghatampur thermal power station. Until now, we were sourcing that coal from other sources. But now production has started at our Pachwara South coal block. This year, we expect to produce more than two million tonnes from this mine. It is good quality coal, and our target is to meet 100% of the fuel requirement of all three units of the Ghatampur thermal power st”

“The reason is that we have had capacity addition in all three verticals - mining, power generation, and renewable power generation. Like, combining thermal and renewable, we have added more than one gigawatt. And there has also been an increase in mining capacity. Because of this, and the improvement in operational performance and financial discipline, this result has come about.”

“We require around 1.25 lakh crore of capex for reaching our targets in next 3-4 years that also we managed in such a way that we get the finance at the cheapest possible rate improving our margins.”

“When I joined this organization, there was a decision paralysis in the company. Not a single megawatt was added in last 5 years. The moral of employees was at low and the power generation was almost half the capacity mainly because of land acquisition issues and with support from the entire board of directors, chief officer and the entire team we could change that perception.”

“How free transportation affects impacts society. That is also evident from one more free bus service that NLC provided. We are having Sneha opportunity services school providing education to differently abled children and they were struggling to reach school by changing different modes of transportation and we started free bus service to Sneha opportunity services students with that free bus service within two and a ”

“We have huge targets of capacity production of almost tripling our power generating capacity doubling our mining capacity and increasing our renewable capacity seven times with a capex of 1.25 lakh cr.”

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