NTPC Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Prasant Kumar Mohapatra as Director (Technical) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earliest. Prasant Kumar Mohapatra has taken over the charge as Director (Technical), NTPC with effect from January 31, 2018. Prior to joining the NTPC board, he worked as ED (Technical) at the Corporate Centre. As Director (Technical), Mohapatra shall be responsible for investment approval of projects, complete engineering during the development of the project, engineering support during O&M phase of the station and engineering for R&M of NTPC's aged power stations for enhancing life and efficiency of power plant, for the entire portfolio of NTPC i.e Thermal, Hydro, Renewable. He shall also be responsible for R & D activities through NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology and Research Alliance), information technology function and Enterprise Resource Planning. Shri Mohapatra is also Part-Time Director on the Board of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited and Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited. Prasant Kumar Mohapatra holds 5812 shares of NTPC.