Jammu: The Women in Power Sector (WIPS) Cell of NHPC, India’s premier hydropower company, in association with the Training and HRD Division, NHPC, organized a one-day workshop themed ‘Choose to Challenge’ for NHPC women employees.
The workshop was inaugurated by chief guest AK Singh, CMD, NHPC, in the presence of NK Jain, Director (Personnel), YK Chaubey, Director (Technical), RP Goyal, Director (Finance), Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects) and other senior officers and women employees of NHPC.
The programme was telecast live across all NHPC Regional Officers, Power Stations and Projects to enable participation of all NHPC women employees posted at these locations.
Harpreet A De Singh, CEO, Alliance Air, was guest of honour and speaker in the opening session of the programme. Speaking on the occasion, AK Singh, CMD, NHPC, informed that currently three very important divisions in NHPC, namely IT&C, Medical Services and Law, are being headed by women employees, namely Savitri Srivastav, Executive Director (IT&C), Dr. Kamla Fartyal, Chief General Manager (Medical Services), and Madhusmita Pany, General Manager (Law), which is indeed a matter of great pride for NHPC.
The one-day workshop included interactive sessions on a variety of topics dealing with women empowerment, leadership, work-life balance, yoga and meditation, etc., held by leading women experts from a diverse range of fields.
The speakers for the workshop included Harpreet A De Singh, CEO, Alliance Air; Dr. Ekta Soni, Chief (Psychology Department), Apollo Hospitals, and BK Sunita Batra, Brahma Kumaris Association.
The sessions were highly enriching for all the participating NHPC women employees who received valuable insights and ideas for application into their daily professional and personal lives.