NTPC Ltd on Thursday informed that the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, has recently conferred the National Awards-2014 to NTPC Kawas unit employee Urvashi B Garala, Junior Officer (Finance) for the empowerment of persons with disabilities on the occasion of International Day of Disabled Persons in New Delhi.
Garala has been associated with NTPC Kawas since 2004 and in spite of having hearing and speech disability, she has shown excellent and appreciable performance in her job, the company said in a statement.
A B.Com with a diploma in accountancy, Garala has also done computer course from ITI.
Dr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC, along with other top NTPC officials, including Shankar Das, GM (Kawas), congratulated Garala for receiving the national award.