NTPC believes in the philosophy ‘Grow your own timber’. We hire afresh from campuses and groom individuals into all round Power Professionals. NTPC's ‘Executive Trainee’ Scheme was introduced in the year 1977 with the objective to raise a cadre of home grown professionals. First Division Graduate Engineers/Post Graduates are hired through nation wide open competitive examination GATE conducted by IITs, followed by an interview. Hiring is followed by 52 weeks induction training (fully paid) consisting of theoretical input, on job training, personality development & management modules