NTPC Limited is the largest state-owned power generating company in India. Forbes Global 2000 for 2010 ranked it 341th in the world. It is an Indian public sector company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange although at present the Government of India holds 84.5% of its equity. With a current generating capacity of 34894 MW, NTPC has embarked on plans to become a 75,000 MW company by 2017. It was founded on November 7, 1975.
The company has also set a serious goal of having 50000 MW of installed capacity by 2012 and 75000 MW by 2017. The company has taken many steps like step-up its recruitment, reviewing feasibilities of various sites for project implementations etc. and has been quite successful till date. NTPC will invest about Rs 20,000 crore to set up a 3,960-megawatt coal-based power project in Madhya Pradesh. Company will also start coal production from its captive mine in Jharkhand in 2011–12, for which the company will be investing about Rs 1,800 crore.
The company recruits every year through a highly competitive ET test. Every year about 1.5 Lacs students take the exam and 500–600 candidates are selected after an interview.
The Stream wise distribution is as follows
Mechanical Engineers – 40%
Electrical engineers – 25%
Instrumentation Engineers – 10%
Civil Engineers- 10%
HR and Finance – 15%
The company officials also visit the prestigious institutions in the country like Anna University,BIT Mesra,, DTU, BITS-Pilani, the IITs including ITBHU ,ISM Dhanbad and the NITs to recruit ETs.It started from the year 2007 to reduce the recruitment cost to company.NTPC won the PSU Excellence award 2010 in the best financial performance category.