NTPC has been conferred with PSE Excellence Award 2025 in the category of Enterprise Security for implementing Face Recognition based Access Control System in Data Centre Noida and under Data Centre category for NOC implementation at EOC Noida. The award was presented to Shri Akshaya Kumar Patel, GM (IT), and Shri Ajay Kumar Pathak, AGM (IT), on 25th April at the PSE Summit 2025 in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Noida Data Center's face recognition access control boosts security, convenience, and efficiency with contactless authentication and real-time monitoring. This improves accuracy and user experience while eliminating hygiene concerns.

The AI-powered Network Operation Center (NOC) offers advanced monitoring and analytics for network detection, NMS, deep packet inspection and synthetic testing. This provides superior packet-level visibility, enabling better correlation, efficient troubleshooting, and seamless connectivity. Integrated with ITSM, the NOC delivers performance-based reporting and real-time notifications, proactively addressing issues across NTPC's distributed network (data centers, project sites, regional offices, and mining stations). The unified network performance center improves visibility into the MPLS network, enhancing utilisation and performance insights.