Shri Pralhad Joshi , Minister of Coal inaugurated the 1st National Conclave and Exhibition held in New Delhi on October 17, 2022 in the august presence of Shri A K Jain Secretary (Coal) MOC , Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary (Mines) MOC officials of Ministry of Coal and CEO of PSU and Private companies.

The theme of the conclave was "Indian Coal Sector- Sustainable Mining towards Atmanirbhar Bharat".

Shri Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC participated in the inaugural session and visited the NTPC Exhibition stall along with Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary (Mines).

While visiting the Exhibit Shri Bharadwaj expressed happiness seeing NTPC’s progress in achieving excellent coal production target.

Shri C K Mondol , Director (Commercial) and Nominated Owner of Mines participated in the technical session as one of the speakers during CEOs interaction session. On the occasion, Shri Mondol deliberated on future challenges of coal Vis a Vis monopoly of CIL and power pricing. He shared that NTPC coal mines has a peak rated capacity of 71 MMT which the Company plans to achieve by FY 2028-29.

During the two days conclave, NTPC Coal Mining HQ has put up a stall highlighting the milestones, achievements and technology used in mine safety and environment for sustainable mining.