The Board of Directors of NTPC Limited has appointed Shri Arun Kumar (ACS No. 23236), Additional General Manager as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the company with immediate effect, as an interim arrangement till appointment of Company Secretary on regular basis. Shri Arun Kumar (aged 46 years) is Post graduate in Commerce with Associate Membership of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (JCSI).

He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He has a career spanning over 25 years having experience in the various functional areas like Finance, Cost Accounts, Marketing Estimates, Banking, Accounts, Audit, Resource Mobilisation & Treasury, Loan & Recovery, Banking, Company Secretariat, etc. He has handled various corporate actions, Bonus, Buy back, mergers etc.

His work experience has been exclusively in Central PSUs/PSBs and attributes to different class of companies like Heavy Engineering, Refinery & Petrochemicals, Banking, Power and Telecommunication.