(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM)
Uttam Lal, Director (Personnel), NHPC limited has been conferred with coveted ET HR World Future Skills L&D Leaders Gold Award for the year 2024.Uttam Lal, Director (Personnel), NHPC limited won this award
for his employee centric L&D Initiatives implemented in NHPC limited, Employees Engagement activities & acknowledging his illustrative career of over 35 years.

Uttam Lal (58 years), 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 Human Resource Policies & Wages, Industrial Relations, Employee Benefits, Learning and Development functions as well as CSR and R&R – Land acquisition 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. 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).

He has loved sharing his knowledge & experience in various forums & professional bodies viz. SCOPE, NIPM, NHRD, etc. and a guest faculty in IIM (Lucknow).

He believes in ‘people-first’ disposition.

He is passionate about singing and often found humming to the tunes of challenges.