News And Update / Press Release

NHPC Limited’s Salal Power Station has been conferred the First Prize by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, for outstanding implementation of the Official Language policy among PSUs located in ‘Region C’. The award was presented by the Hon’ble Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah to Shri Uttam Lal, Director (Personnel), NHPC and Shri Anish Gauraha, Executive Director, Salal Power Station.
 
Further, TOLIC (Office) Faridabad, functioning under the chairmanship of NHPC Limited, Corporate Office, Faridabad, was honoured with the Second Prize. The shield was received by Shri Uttam Lal, Director (Personnel) and the certificate by Shri Naveen Kumar Jain, Executive Director (HR) & HoD, Rajbhasha Dept., NHPC Limited from Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Home Affairs.
 
Moreover, TOLIC (Office) Reasi, functioning under the chairmanship of Salal Power Station, Jyotipuram was also honoured with the Second Prize. The award was received by Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Deputy General Manager (HR) and Shri Kuldeep Kumar Sharma, Deputy Manager (Rajbhasha) from the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Home Affairs.
 
These awards given for Official Language implementation were presented on 20 February 2026 at the Joint Regional Official Language Conference of the Eastern, North-Eastern, and Northern Regions held in Agartala, Tripura.
 
On this occasion, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tripura Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Tripura (West) Shri Biplab Kumar Deb, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, Tripura (East) Lok Sabha, Smt Kriti Devi Debbaraman, Hon’ble Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha Shri Rajib Bhattacharjee and Secretary, Department of Official Language Smt. Anshuli Arya were present
 
NHPC has made significant progress in the field of hydropower generation and development as well as in the field of official language Hindi. NHPC has been honored with several other national-level Official Language Awards for its remarkable achievements in the field of official language implementation.
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Faridabad
20.02.2026