Sujay Karmakar, Chief General Manager at NETRA (NTPC’s R&D wing), spearheads initiatives in Decarbonization, including Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS), Green Hydrogen, and Energy Storage.

A B.E. (Mechanical) and M.Tech from IIT Delhi, he joined NTPC in 1991 and brings over three decades of experience in commissioning, operations, and process improvement across coal and gas-based power generation, IGCC development, and energy transition technologies from concept to commissioning.

He has led pioneering R&D efforts such as biomass co-firing trials at NTPC Dadri, MSW/RDF gasification-based power generation, the NETRA Green Hydrogen Grid, high-temperature steam electrolysis, hydrogen compression and storage, and seawater electrolysis. Under his leadership, NTPC executed and commissioned India’s first fully integrated CO₂-to-Methanol plant at NTPC Vindhyachal. He also guided NTPC Vindhyachal to achieve “Platinum” recognition in CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence 2024, the highest honour for a first-time applicant.

Sujay has co-guided four PhD scholars, published 15 international papers, filed seven patents, and is a recipient of NTPC’s Best Employee Award (2013).