NTPC Limited has deployed Velocious, a platform developed by Avaali, to manage supplier relationships across its entire group network. The system went live on September 7, 2025, covering not only the parent company but all its subsidiaries, engaging more than 50,000 vendors. It stands as one of the most extensive supply chain digitalization efforts ever undertaken in India’s public sector.
NTPC is India’s leading power utility, with an installed capacity of 91,080 MW accounting for roughly 24% of national electricity generation. Founded in 1975 as a thermal power generator, the company has evolved into a diversified group operating across conventional and renewable generation, coal mining, power trading, electric mobility, and green hydrogen. Today, the Indian government relies on it as a central player in the country’s energy transition.
The Velocious platform provides NTPC and its suppliers with a shared system for managing commercial interactions. The stated goal is to make document flows more transparent, streamline invoice processing, and strengthen regulatory compliance throughout the supply chain. Virendra Malik, NTPC’s Executive Director of Finance, emphasized how the initiative accelerates the group’s digital transformation journey, with a focus on automation and supplier-centric workflows.
This move comes against the backdrop of a far more ambitious energy agenda. NTPC is targeting 60 GW of renewable capacity by 2032, but its investment program also spans nuclear energy, battery storage, carbon capture, and green hydrogen. This long-range strategy demands a supplier network capable of responding swiftly and reliably to industrial-scale contracts. Without a shared digital platform, coordinating 50,000 vendors across such diverse projects would be operationally unworkable.
The adoption of Velocious must be understood in precisely this context. Nuclear energy, in particular, involves extremely rigorous supplier qualification standards and extended procurement cycles. Having a single, fully traceable system across all group subsidiaries reduces the risk of errors, improves order visibility, and allows NTPC to operate with greater consistency across the various fronts of its industrial plan. Avaali has already announced plans to expand the solution to an even larger volume of vendor interactions in the near future.
Should NTPC stay on its projected growth trajectory, the digital procurement infrastructure being built today will become the enabling backbone of its entire nuclear and renewable program in the years ahead. The Indian case confirms a global trend: large utilities investing in next-generation nuclear treat supply chain management as a strategic variable, not an administrative problem to be solved as an afterthought.
