In its continuous endeavour to promote women empowerment, India’s largest integrated energy company, NTPC Ltd has introduced multiple initiatives to promote work-life balance, inclusiveness, diversity and develop leadership among its female employees.
To enhance women's representation, NTPC had launched a recruitment drive for women executives. NTPC has recruited an all women Engineering Executive Trainees' (EETs) batch. These 45 EETs have undergone four months of technical training, one month of general management training, 15 days of simulator training and have been posted at Simhadri, Solapur and Mauda. These EETs will now be working in the Operation department in shifts. The company plans to have an all-women shift at one of its power stations.
Women employees are granted paid Child Care Leave (CCL) for two years which can be availed in different spells.
Additionally, the incentives include waiving the application fee for women, paid parental leaves, maternity leave and sabbatical leave. NTPC is providing special leave for adopted children and children born through surrogacy. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, NTPC PMI (Power Management Institute) in the year 2020 started ‘NTPC Women Leaders Annual Conclave’ to celebrate women leadership, encourage networking and facilitate women leaders from all walks of life to inspire and connect.