~Over 27,000 impacted since inception~

Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company, today announced that, Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) has been bestowed with Global HR Skill Development Award 2018 at the 8th World Petrocoal Congress, held in New Delhi. The institute was awarded under 'Gold' category for outstanding achievement in adopting innovative strategies for Human Resource Management and Skill Development towards excellence. The event was supported by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Power.

TPSDI has set up five training hubs in five locations in the country leveraging the facilities of Tata Power which includes Shahad - Mumbai, Maharashtra; Trombay - Mumbai, Maharashtra; Maithon - Dhanbad, Jharkhand, Mundra - Kutch, Gujarat and Jojobera - Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. In FY 18, 13,527 persons were trained under various skill development programmes and 54% per cent of eligible people have received placements post the training. TPSDI has impacted over 27,000 people since its inception in February 2015.

Commenting on the achievement, Mr. Anil Sardana, CEO & MD, Tata Power, said, 'The recognition received at the 8th World Petrocoal Congress bears testimony to the efforts of Tata Power's Skill Development Institute in imparting quality education and training to the young minds of our communities. Tata Power has been successfully following the group's legacy of adopting innovative strategies and TPSDI is one of the key initiatives towards this cause. Skill development is an essential ingredient for India's future economic growth as the country transforms itself into an internationally competitive economy. On behalf of Tata Power, I take this opportunity to congratulate each member of Tata Power Skill Development Institute for their efforts in providing state of the art infrastructure and training par excellence to the youth that will help in shaping a successful career.'

The 8th World Petrocoal Congress, an International Conference on Oil-Coal-Gas, was organized by The Energy and Environment Foundation (E2 Foundation), a not-for-profit, non-political, neutral and independent, non-governmental organization (NGO).

Tata Power is India's largest integrated power company with a growing international presence. The Company together with its subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities has an installed gross generation capacity of 10757 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz. Fuel Security and Logistics, Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. It has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution in India namely 'Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited' with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi, 'Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.' with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi and 'Maithon Power Ltd.' with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. Tata Power is serving more than 2.6 million distribution consumers in India and has developed the country's first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. It is also one of the largest renewable energy players in India with a clean energy portfolio of 3417 MW. Its international presence includes strategic investments in Indonesia through a 30% stake in the leading coal company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), 26% stake in mines at PT Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk ('BSSR'); in Singapore through Trust Energy Resources to securitize coal supply and the shipping of coal for its thermal power generation operations; in South Africa through a joint venture called 'Cennergi' to develop projects in sub-Sahara Africa; in Zambia through 50:50 joint venture with ZESCO for 120 MW Hydro which has become operational in 2016; in Georgia through AGL which is a joint venture with Clean Energy, Norway & IFC for development of 187 MW hydro project and in Bhutan through a hydro project in partnership with The Royal Government of Bhutan. With its track record of technology leadership, project execution excellence, world class safety processes, customer care and driving green initiatives, Tata Power is poised for a multi-fold growth and committed to 'lighting up lives' for generations to come'. Visit us at: www.tatapower.com

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