NHPC successfully organized ‘Gyanankan – The Business Quiz’ as a part of Organizational Development  initiatives with an objective of encouraging the employees for keeping themselves abreast with latest business jargons, current affairs and other advancements happening globally and also to ignite the innovative and creative minds of the employees. The first edition of ‘Gyanankan’ – The Business Quiz received a highly enthusiastic response from NHPC employees from across all its various Regional Offices, Power Stations, Projects and Units. The preliminary round of the quiz drew participation from across locations of NHPC in the country.
 
The Semi-Final and Grand Finale rounds were organized at Jal Tarang Auditorium in Corporate Office, Faridabad. Shri R.P. Goyal, Director (Finance), NHPC was the chief guest of the Grand Finale. Shri Uttam Lal, Director (Personnel), NHPC attended the event via video conference mode. The Grand Finale was also attended by senior NHPC officers and a large number of NHPC employees. 
 
The Grand Finale comprised of 5 exciting rounds of mind boggling quizzing action between six teams on a host of topics from the Business and Corporate World and general knowledge which kept the audience highly enthralled. The team comprising of Smt. Rashmi Saraswat, Manager (Electrical), Design (E&M) Division, Corporate Office and Shri Sanjeev Kumar  Dhiman, AM (IT), CMD Sectt, Corporate Office finished as Winners of ‘Gyanankan – The Business Quiz.’ The team comprising of Shri Nitin Verma, DM (HR), Finance Division, Corporate Office and Shri Tapas Ranjan Behera, TO (HR), Loktak Power Station finished as first runners up and the team comprising of Shri Vijay Singh, Manager (Mech.), Salal Power Station and Shri Devnandan Kumar, DM (Electrical), Salal Power Station finished as Second Runners up. Renowned Quizmaster Shri S.P.S. Jaggi, Former Director (P&A), SCI conducted the Semi Finals and Grand Finale of the quiz.