More than one dozen candidates are in the race for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NTPC falling vacant on August 1, 2026 with the expiring term of incumbent Gurdeep Singh. The shortlisted candidates, who will be interviewed by the Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) include: Shivam Srivastav, Director (Fuel), NTPC, Supendra Panda ED, Devashish Panda ED, Vijay Chand ED, Ashok Sahgal ED, Sarit Maheshwari ED, L K Behra ED, Ajay kr Shukla ED, Nitin Kulkarni ACS Jharkhand, Anuj Jain Director IOC, Manoj sharma ED IOC, Ajit  Thakur ED IOC, Hemant Rathor ED IOC, Atul Kumar Tripathi ED Gail; Pankaj panda ED PGCIL, Hemant Das PFC ED, Kamlesh Kumar Jangid Director (Finance), Gujrat Urja Vikas Nigam and Dipesh Nanda, MD, Tata Power.