Accolades & Awards

CMD, POWERGRID has been awarded the “Power Persona of the Decade – Transmission & Distribution (T&D)” award recognizing his contribution to India’s Transmission Infrastructure Build-up, Growth and Expansion over the decade. Director (Personnel) has been awarded the “HR Persona of the Year – Power Sector” award for his contribution to HR domain in Power sector at the 9th Enertia Award.

POWERGRID selected as “Star PSU of the Year” in the Business Standard Annual Awards 2014 for Corporate Excellence.

POWERGRID has been conferred with “Training Excellence Award” and “Knowledge Management Leadership Award” by World HRD Congress.

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) was felicitated by Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and MNRE (Independent Charge) for major contribution under Swatchh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan (SVA) in a function organized by the Ministry of Power.

Director (Finance), POWERGRID has been felicitated with “CA-CFO – Power Sector Award” by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in recognition of exceptional performance and achievements as CA - CFO in the Power Sector Category for the year 2014.

POWERGRID ranked no. 3 among a list of 49 companies selected under the category of “Asia’s Best Analyst Days” in the Institutional Investor Survey of Asia.

POWERGRID has won the “Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award”, 2013 by BIS under Large Scale Service Utilities category.

POWERGRID has been felicitated at The Economic Times Power Focus 2nd Annual Summit for its remarkable contribution in the Power Sector.

POWERGRID has been conferred “CBIP Award 2016” for “Best Performing Power Transmission Utility” and I.S. Jha, Chairman & Managing Director, POWERGRID has been bestowed “CBIP Award 2016” for his outstanding contributions in Power Transmission Sector.

POWERGRID emerged as the “Fastest Growing Electric Utility in Asia” for second successive year and is the only Indian PSU in the “Platts Top 50 Fastest Growing Energy Companies 2015” in the World.

CMD, POWERGRID has been felicitated with the Power Persona of the Year Award by Central Board Of Irrigation And Power (CBIP) in recognition of his contribution for accelerated development of Power Sector. POWERGRID conferred “CBIP Award for Best Transmission Utility” by Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP).

Director (Personnel), POWERGRID has been bestowed with Leadership Excellence Award in Power Sector 2015 by Jaipuria Institute of Management.

POWERGRID has been conferred with “Dun & Bradstreet PSU Award 2015” under the Power Transmission & Distribution sector category & “Dun & Bradstreet Infra Award 2015” under Power Transmission category.

POWERGRID Regional Headquarters Building at Bengaluru awarded “Green Building” under Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) for 2014-15.

POWERGRID has been rated as the Best Company in Strategic Investment under Navratna Category by Governance Now magazine at PSU Awards 2015 function.

POWERGRID is conferred with the “India Pride Award 2014-15” in the category of Excellence in Energy and Power by the leading media house, Dainik Bhaskar.

POWERGRID has been conferred with “Rajbhasha Navratna Award 2015-16” by Indian Language & Cultural Centre.

POWERGRID has bagged the “Most Valuable Company” and “Best Performing Company” award from India Today in Navratna (PSU) category. POWERGRID’s subsidiary company, POSOCO also bagged ‘Best Performing Company Award’ and the ‘Best R&D Innovation Award’ under Other PSUs category.

Director(Personnel), POWERGRID received “Platinum Award” for outstanding achievements as “HR Leader” by Greentech Foundation.

POWERGRID has bagged the “Most Innovative use of Training & Development as an HR Initiative for Organization Development” Award by World HRD Congress.

The Ministry of Power Pavilion , Govt. of India consisting of all CPSUs under the administrative control of the Ministry has bagged Gold Award in the India International Trade fair (IITF) – 2015. This is the fifth time in a row that the MoP Pavilion has been adjudged as the best pavilion at IITF.

POWERGRID bagged with “Gold Shield” in the “National Awards for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector for the Year 2013-14”by Ministry of Power, Govt. of India.

POWERGRID has been conferred with “Training Excellence in HR-Silver Award” for outstanding achievements in Training at the 5th Annual Greentech HR Award 2015.

CMD, Power Grid Corporation has been awarded with “Public Service Excellence Award 2014” for exemplary leadership and for contributing immensely to the societal issues by Delhi Institute of Management.

POWERGRID has been conferred four Gold Shields and one Silver Shield in the National Awards for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector for 2011-12 & 2012-13 by Ministry of Power, GOI.

POWERGRID has been conferred with prestigious “ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance” for 2014 by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India(ICSI) in recognition of the highest levels of transparency and governance practices adopted by the company.

POWERGRID has been conferred with “Organization with Innovative HR Practices Award” for outstanding achievements and excellence in the field of Human Resources at Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards 2014.

POWERGRID was recognized as Fastest Growing Electric Utility in the world by Platts (a division of McGraw-Hill Companies) as part of their 2014 Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings.​

POWERGRID has been conferred with “Organization with Innovative HR Practices Award” for outstanding achievements and excellence in the field of Human Resources at Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards 2014.

Director(Personnel), POWERGRID has been conferred with “HR Leader Platinum Award” for his outstanding contribution as a role model, strategic leader and iconic personality.

POWERGRID has been conferred “Training Excellence in HR Gold Award” for outstanding achievements in Training by Green Tech Foundation.

CMD, POWERGRID has been conferred with “CMD of the Year” award for outstanding performance among Maharatna And Navratna PSUs Category in the BT-Star PSU Excellence Awards 2014, organised by Bureaucracy Today Magazine.

POWERGRID has been conferred the 5th DSIJ PSU Awards 2013 for Fastest Growing Navaratna – non manufacturing.

POWERGRID has been conferred the “Special Jury Award for Lasting Impact on Indian Economy’’ in the Governance Now PSU Awards.

POWERGRID was awarded for Excellence among Central Public Sector Undertakings in the “Energy & Power Category” at the 5th India Pride Awards 2013-14 organized by Dainik Bhaskar group.

POWERGRID has been conferred with the Power Line Award 2013 for Best Performing Transmission Company.

Certificate of Recognition by ICSI at ICSI National Awards for excellence in Corporate Governance.

POWERGRID won the “Award for Corporate HR Excellence in Power Sector”, for being India’s best place to work for Power Professionals and Power Engineers.

POWERGRID has been conferred the 4th DSIJ PSU Awards 2012 for Fastest Growing Navratna in non- manufacturing category.

CMD, POWERGRID has been conferred with the “Eminent Electrical Engineer Award” by the Institution of Engineers (India).

CMD, POWERGRID was conferred with ‘CEO with HR Orientation’ Award by Institute of Public Enterprises.

POWERGRID is bestowed with “Top Infrastructure Company” under the category ‘Power Transmission’ by Dun & Bradstreet.

POWERGRID has been conferred with “50 Most Caring Companies Award” by World CSR Congress.

POWERGRID has been ranked as the “Best Company by country” and its CMD as “Best CEO” of All-Asia in Power Sector Category during the year 2013 by Institutional Investors Magazine.

Chief Vigilance Officer, POWERGRID was bestowed with President Police Medal for Meritorious Service on Independence Day.

POWERGRID has been conferred with Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Corporate Governance by Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

POWERGRID has been conferred the 3rd Rajeev Gandhi Excellence Award 2011 under the ‘Best Power Company of the Year’ Category organised by NGO “Pehchan”.

POWERGRID has been conferred with the Power Line Award 2012 for Best Performing Transmission Company.

POWERGRID has been conferred “Amity Corporate Excellence Award for Dominant Leadership & Global Presence”.

CMD, POWERGRID has been conferred “Award for HR Leadership & Innovation” at the Global HR Excellence Awards 2012.

POWERGRID has been conferred “IPE HR Leadership Award” by World HRD Congress & Asian Confederation of Businesses.

POWERGRID has been awarded the Silver Medal along with other PSUs of Ministry of Power under the Ministries and Departments pavilion award.

POWERGRID has been conferred the “CSR- Corporate Governance Award” by Institute of Public Enterprises.

POWERGRID has been conferred with Award for "Excellence in Innovation in Tower Management".

POWERGRID has been conferred with Environmental and Sustainable Development Award by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

CMD, POWERGRID has been conferred with “CEOs with HR Orientation Award” by Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2010.

Director (Personnel), POWERGRID has been conferred with “Most Powerful HR Professional of India” by World HRD Congress 2010.

Director (Personnel), POWERGRID has been conferred with the “INDIRA Super Achiever Award 2010”.

POWERGRID has been conferred with three Gold Shields and one Silver Shield in the National Awards for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector 2008-09.

POWERGRID has been conferred with “Emerging Telecom Infrastructure Provider” Award at the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Awards 2010.

CMD, POWERGRID has been conferred with the "Best CEO Award 2009" by World HRD Congress.

POWERGRID conferred with INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Award 2009 for “Utilities Providing Best Telecom Infrastructure.”

POWERGRID awarded the First Prize in IEEMA Power Awards 2009, for “Excellence in Power Transmission.”

CMD, POWERGRID felicitated as ‘Change Master’ by Delhi Chapter of National HRD Network (NHRD-N)

POWERGRID conferred with the “The First DSIJ PSU Awards 2009” by Dalal Street Group of Publications for being “one of the largest transmission utilities in the world.”

POWERGRID has been conferred with the prestigious ‘MoU Excellence Award’ consecutively for 2006-07 & 2007-08 by the Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises for being the top performer in the Energy Sector.

POWERGRID conferred with All India Organization of Employers (AIOE) Industrial Relations Award 2007-08.

Three projects of POWERGRID bagged the National Award for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector 2007-08 instituted by the Ministry of Power, Government of India.

Business Standard, a leading financial daily of the country, has bestowed the “Star” Public Sector Company Award for 2007-08” on Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) for its game-changing role in the industry.

National Award for e-Governance conferred by Deptt. of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Govt. of India.

The Government of India granted the ‘Navratna’ status to POWERGRID, paving way for greater financial autonomy for the company. The ‘Navratna’ status is a benchmark of excellence created by the government to recognize frontline PSEs.

CIO THE BOLD 100-2008 Award conferred by International Data Group ,USA

Three projects of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) have bagged the prestigious National Awards for Meritorious Performance instituted by the Government of India for the year 2006-07. POWERGRID’s 132 kV Transmission System in North-Eastern region received the Gold award while Silver awards were conferred on the 220 kV and 400 kV Transmission System in Western Region and the 400 kV D/C Kahalgaon-Patna-Ballia Transmission Line.

POWERGRID has been chosen for the prestigious MoU Excellence Award for the year 2006-07 based on its overall performance. POWERGRID is the only Public Sector utility in power sector and connected industries to the power sector to be selected for this prestigious reward.

Certified the PAS 99:2006 integrating the requirement of ISO 9001:2000 for quality, ISO 14001:2004 for environment management and OHSAS 18000:1999 for health and safety management systems.

The Eastern and North Eastern region were awarded for the best transmission system availability under Category I and Category II.

Green Award by the World Bank for commitment in the field of environmental sustainability.

The MoU Excellence Award

POWERGRID was certified to operate an integrated management system which complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2000, BS EN ISO 14001:1996 and OHSAS 18001:1999 standards in relation to quality, environment and occupational health and safety standards respectively with respect to design, engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance activities for transmission systems up to 800 KV, HVDC, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management Systems and Communication Projects

CSI-TCS Award conferred by Computer Society of India for Best IT Usage

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Challenge Winner

MoU Excellence Award

Indo-German Greentech Environment Excellence Award for implementation of Environment and Social Policy and Procedures.

MoU Excellence Award

MoU Excellence Award

National HRD Award in recognition of excellent human resource development and management programmers.

ARTDO (Philippines) award

POWERGRID has continuously received the ‘Excellent’ rating under the memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Power, Government of India​