Sh. Narinder Modi, Honorable Prime Minister of India dedicated three power projects to the nation from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh using National Informatics Centre, Video Conferencing facility at 11:30AM on 18th of October 2016. The three power projects are NTPC’s Koldam – 800MW, NHPC’s Parbati – 520 MW and SJVNL’s Rampur – 412 MW. The teams of NTPC, NHPC and SJVNL were supported by the NIC team which provided technical support to conduct the VC.

The other dignitaries who graced the occasion included Acharya Devvrat, His Excellency The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Sh. J.P. Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Sh. Piyush Goel, Union Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Sh. Virbhadhra Singh, Honorable Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh, Sh. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Leader of Opposition HP Vidhan Sabha.

Team from NIC Headquarters, VC Division managed the conference and NIC Himachal Pradesh team comprising of Sh. Akhilesh Bharti & Sh. Ashwani Sharma, NIC District Centre Mandi and Sh. Shailender Kaushal and his team from NIC HP State Centre provided local support at Mandi during Hon’ble PM’s visit.