The National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) Managing Director Dr Fiaz Ahmad Chaudhry has said the NTDC has to build a huge infrastructure to cater for additional 20,000 megawatt of power up to 2023-24, meaning by raising of another power sector and the NTDC is all set to deliver its best. He said about 20,000 megawatt available capacity was added during last 69 years.

He was addressing to a recently inducted 127 junior engineers (electrical /electronics) selected purely on merit through transparent process. 6111 candidates had applied for the positions of junior engineers and finally 127 young engineers have been succeeded to start their career in NTDC. The aim of induction of junior engineers is to cop up with man power shortage and to expedite the projects of NTDC to mitigate the power crisis of the country.

He congratulated the young engineers and said that NTDC has selected the brains of the nation since they have to meet the emerging and daunting challenges of power sector, hence huge responsibility lies on your shoulders now. Dr Fiaz A. Chaudhry urged the young engineers to have sense of ownership and company should be taken as home and worship place and every task assigned should be met judiciously. NTDC transmission network has spread throughout the country and it is the prime responsibility of every employee to protect the assets of the company. He said that NTDC is under transformation phase to make it corporate entity; employees have to identify their roles and should have business minded approach. He advised the engineers to have driving passion, mutual respect, leadership skills, use of resources and ability to work hard with honesty. He also shared the company's core values and said that the NTDC is striving for reliable grid which will ultimately drive the country towards growth in terms of economy and development. He also advised the young engineers to adhere to the Islamic norms, ethics and to avoid immoral activities and Sifarish culture. NTDC will formulate commitment based policy for its employees and will reward them for their good work.

Deputy Managing Director Wajahat Saeed Rana, GM GSO Raja Liaquat Ali, GM NPCC Ilyas Ahmed, GM Planning Maqsood Ahmad Qureshi, DG HR Muhammad Ghulzar Sheikh, Addl. CE Design Liaquat Ali, Chief Engineer System Protection Muhammad Naeem Hassan also gave briefings and updated about their respective departments.

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