NHPC has been awarded ‘Second Prize’ under ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puruskar’ in Region ‘A’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India for the year 2021-22 under the ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puruskar’ scheme. Shri Y.K. Chaubey, CMD, NHPC received the award during the Hindi Diwas function on 14th September 2022 at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium, Surat, Gujarat. Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar is the highest award given by the Government of India in the field of Official Language implementation.
It is pertinent to mention that this award has been conferred for the 10th time to NHPC for its excellent implementation of Official Language in the Public Sector Undertakings category. NHPC has made progressive progress in the field of Hydropower Generation and Development as well as in the field of Official Language. NHPC has also been honoured with several Rajbhasha Awards at the National Level for its remarkable achievements in the field of Official Language implementation.