National Power Training Institute (NPTI), an ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 organization, is a National Apex body for Training and Human Resources Development in Power Sector with its Corporate Office at Faridabad. NPTI is continuing its dedicated service for the last four decades.  NPTI operates on an all India basis through its Units in different zones of the country located at Faridabad, Neyveli (1965), Durgapur (1968) Badarpur - New Delhi (1974), Nagpur (1975), Centre for Advanced Management and Power Studies (CAMPS) - Faridabad (2000), North-Eastern Regional Institute - Guwahati (2003), Hydro Power Training Institute (HPTI) - Nangal (2006), Power Systems Training Institute (PSTI) - Bangalore (1972) and Hot Line Training Centre (HLTC) also at Bangalore (1974).The Institutes of NPTI are well equipped with Hi-Tech infrastructural facilities for conducting different courses on technical as well as management subjects covering the needs of Thermal, Hydro, Transmission & Distribution Systems, and Energy related fields of the Indian Power and allied Energy sectors.

It has high fidelity, real-time full scope 500 MW CE Boiler & KWU  at Faridabad,210 MW CE Boiler  & LMW design  Fossil Fuel Fired Power Plant Training Simulator at Badarpur Institute and  210 MW CE  Boiler Turbine KWU Design Simulator at Nagpur Institute  for  imparting off-job specialized skills to operation personnel across the country. Also a 430 MW  (2x143 MW Gas Turbine and 1 x 144  MW Steam Turbines} Full Scope CCGT Replica Simulator has been commissioned at NPTI Corporate Office, Faridabad. A High fidelity Load Despatch Operator Simulator for the National Grid will be shortly instated at PSTI, Bangalore.    A Geographical Information System (GIS) Resource Centre housing hi-tech tools for training and consultancy in the areas of GIS based electricity Distribution Network Planning and Management has  been set up at NPTI Corporate Office, Faridabad. A facility has been created at NPTI’s Hot Line Training Centre, Bangalore for Live Line Maintenance of Transmission Lines upto 400 KV (first of its kind in Asia) which enables trained personnel to attend tomaintenance requirements without power interruptions.  Facilities for water washing of sub-station equipments is also available.

NPTI (Northern Region) Badarpur plays an important role in the field of HRD in the Power Sector as a leading Institute in the Northern Region and till March 2010 has trained about 30000 Power Sector personnel in technical and managerial skill development programs including various professional and academic courses.