ABHYUDAY 2025
NHPC Business Simulation Game
Participation: 3-4 Members per Team
Registration Deadline: 10 October 2025
Student Championship – 2025
Hosted by: GMC India
Participation: 4 Members per Team
Registration Deadline: 14 September 2025
ABHYUDAY - NHPC Business Simulation Games – A Competition of Business Strategy and Management Skills
NHPC is conducting Business Simulation program with an objective to enhance cross-functional learning and managerial ability among employees. Online nominations are invited from the willing employees to participate in the Intra-NHPC Global Management Challenge 2025. Each team shall comprise of 3 or 4 participants, as per mutual consideration and compete for the NHPC Championship. All teams shall initially compete in a Quiz Challenge based on the company’s Annual Report for FY 2024-25.
Top 32 Teams, nominated from the quiz round, shall than compete over a 3-Round Business Simulation challenge designed to enhance managerial capacity and test everyone’s skills and knowledge to best limit. The Business Simulation program is being organized in association with Global Management Challenge (GMC) – the world’s largest strategy and management platform. The simulation exercise will focus on special emphasis on Strategy formation, Scenario analysis, cross-functional coordination and forming consensus to make commercial and strategic decisions on Finance, Marketing, HR, Production / Operations etc.
Top 4 Teams from the competition will be nominated to represent NHPC at GMC India National Finals – 2025.
Uttam Lal
Director Personnel
The maiden edition of Business Simulation Games introduced in NHPC last year in 2024-25 under the intervention titled as “ABHYUDAY” received a phenomenal participation from across employees profile right from Junior Engineer to General Manager. This AI based application proved itself as a milestone for preparing our Human capital future ready, maintaining equilibrium with diversifying business folio of NHPC and for developing cross functional insights to meet upcoming challenges importantly in a team.
Reaping the benefits further, my team is coming up with the 2nd edition of Business Simulation Games designed by M/s Global Management Challenge in a new format with leverage to expand the team size and added flavours of Quizzing on Annual Report 2024-25. I am sure that this 90 days spanned intervention shall be full of thrill, decision making moments, and collective discussions focused upon achieving the business objectives. I wish my NHPC organizing Team and M/s Global Management Challenge Team all the very best for immense success in the 2nd edition of Business Simulation interventions so as to institutionalize a new mechanism for innovative learning in NHPC and also convey my best wishes to the employees and exhort them for more enthusiastic participation.
Uttam Lal
Director Personnel
Organizations are full of innovation now a days in their L&D interventions and focusing more & more on experiential learning which is engaging, simple to understand and filled with greater strategic impact in line with the perceived goals.
Business Simulation Games are one of such action learning mechanism which highly focus on replicating various aspects of business operations and management. These activities allow participant employees through different dummy exercises to experience the challenges and decision-making processes involved in running a business.
Why Participate?
Enhance cross-functional learning for better decision making in business operations
The simulator allows participants to manage a company with global operations and take control of all it’s business activity in capacity of the senior management in a simulated environment.
Participants in GMC are honored with a Diploma in Management as per EFMD - EOCCS Certification
The platform is accredited by the EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development with EOCCS Certification. The Training Certificate awarded in Global Management Challenge is accordingly equivalent to a “Diploma in Management”.
Attractive awards and opportunity to represent India at global stage
Experience in GMC is rewarding and fulfilling experience for all participants. The winner of challenge gets unique opportunity to represent Team India at GMC International Finals.
Global Management Challenge is accredited with EOCCS Certification by European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
As of 2025, only 138 courses from 32 institutions in 16 countries are accredited with EOCCS Certification by European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). The Training Certificate awarded in Global Management Challenge is accordingly equivalent to a “Diploma in Management”.
Form a Team of 3-4 Members
To take part in the ABHYUDAY – NHPC Business Simulation Games – 2025, staff members across all regions in NHPC are invited for participation. Each Team must consist of 3 or 4 members, as per following guidelines:
- Each Team must consist of 3 – 4 members. It is encouraged to have at least 1 female member.
- Each Team should preferably consist of 1 member each from
- Engineering / IT
- HR / PR / Law
- Finance
- It is advisable that employees form the team as per the defined composition as mentioned above, however the same is not binding upon.
- It is advised that teams be formed on proximity basis (from same location) for better accomplishment of the simulation exercises.
- Each Team must nominate, 1 member among themselves as Team Captain. By default, the organizers will consider Team Member 1 as Team Captain.
- A participant can only be associated with 1 Team. Registrations with common participants shall not be accepted. Once the Registration is complete, the members within the team cannot be changed.
ABHYUDAY - NHPC Business Simulation Games 2025 will consist of 4 Rounds followed by National Finals.
The complete format of the competition will be as follows:
All registered Teams take part in the Qualification Round. The round will consist of a Quiz Challenge based on the company’s Annual Report for FY 2024-25. Top 32 Teams are nominated for Round 1.
32 Qualified Teams from last Round will take part in the Round 1. Teams are divided in 4 Groups with 8 Teams each. Top 5 Teams / Group (or max. 20 Teams) are nominated for Round 2.
20 Teams nominated from Round 1 will take part in the Round 2. Teams are divided in 4 Groups with 5 Teams each. Top 2 Teams / Group (or max. 8 Teams) are nominated for Company Finals.
8 Teams nominated from Round 2 will take part in Company Finals. Teams are divided in 1 Group with all the 8 Teams. Top 4 Teams are nominated for GMC India National Finals.
Top 4 Teams from ABHYUDAY - NHPC Business Simulation Games to compete at GMC India – National Finals. The winner of National Finals will go on to represent Team India at GMC World Finals
The International Final, where the winning teams of each country compete for the World Title, is a milestone and prestigious event, which provides a unique experience of contact between different cultures and the reality of competing at an international level.
Macao to host GMC International Finals for 2024 edition from 24-26 September 2025
The competition is completely Online and to be organized from October – December’ 2025
The detailed schedule of the competition is as follows:
| Start of Team Registration Process | Monday | 22/09/2025 |
| Last Date for Team Registration Process | Monday | 10/10/2025 |
| Quiz Round | Friday | 31/10/2025 |
| Quiz Round Result | Saturday | 01/11/2025 |
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| Program Overview | Tuesday | 04/11/2025 |
| Distribution of Login Credentials | Tuesday | 04/11/2025 |
| Qualification Round – Decision 1 Due | Friday | 07/11/2025 |
| Qualification Round – Decision 2 Due | Monday | 10/11/2025 |
| Qualification Round – Final Results | Tuesday | 11/11/2025 |
| Briefing Session 01 | Friday | 14/11/2025 |
| Distribution of Login Credentials | Friday | 14/11/2025 |
| Round 1 – Decision 1 Due | Tuesday | 18/11/2025 |
| Round 1 – Decision 2 Due | Friday | 21/11/2025 |
| Round 1 – Decision 3 Due | Monday | 24/11/2025 |
| Round 1 – Decision 4 Due | Wednesday | 26/11/2025 |
| Round 1 – Decision 5 Due | Friday | 28/11/2025 |
| Round 1 – Final Results | Saturday | 29/11/2025 |
| Briefing Session 02 | Friday | 05/12/2025 |
| Distribution of Login Credentials | Friday | 05/12/2025 |
| Round 2 – Decision 1 Due | Monday | 08/12/2025 |
| Round 2 – Decision 2 Due | Tuesday | 09/12/2025 |
| Round 2 – Decision 3 Due | Wednesday | 10/12/2025 |
| Round 2 – Decision 4 Due | Thursday | 11/12/2025 |
| Round 2 – Decision 5 Due | Friday | 12/12/2025 |
| Round 2 – Final Results | Saturday | 13/12/2025 |
| Briefing Session 03 | Thursday | 18/12/2025 |
| Company Finals | To Be Announced |
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Activity Schedule
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Team Registrations
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Last Date for Team Registration Process
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Sunday
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14 September, 2025
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Online Briefing for all Participants
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Saturday
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27 September, 2025
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Qualification Round:
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Distribution of Login Credentials
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Friday
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03 October, 2025
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Qualification Round - Decision 1 Due
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Monday
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06 October, 2025
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Qualification Round - Decision 2 Due
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Thursday
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09 October, 2025
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Qualification Round - Decision 3 Due
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Saturday
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11 October, 2025
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Qualification Round - Decision 4 Due
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Monday
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13 October, 2025
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Qualification Round - Decision 5 Due
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Wednesday
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15 October, 2025
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Qualification Round – Final Results
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Thursday
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16 October, 2025
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Registration for Round 1
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Start of Registration Process
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Saturday
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18 October, 2025
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Last Date for Registration Process
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Tuesday
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28 October, 2025
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Briefing Session 01:
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Briefing Session 01
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Saturday
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08 2025
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Round 1:
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Distribution of Login Credentials
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Saturday
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15 February, 2025
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Round 1 - Decision 1 Due
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Tuesday
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18 February, 2025
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Round 1 - Decision 2 Due
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Thursday
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20 February, 2025
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Round 1 - Decision 3 Due
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Saturday
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22 February, 2025
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Round 1 - Decision 4 Due
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Monday
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24 February, 2025
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Round 1 - Decision 5 Due
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Tuesday
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25 February, 2025
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Round 1 – Final Results
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Wednesday
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26 February, 2025
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Briefing Session 02:
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Briefing Session 02
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Saturday
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01 March, 2025
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Round 2:
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Distribution of Login Credentials
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Saturday
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01 March, 2025
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Round 2 - Decision 1 Due
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Monday
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03 March, 2025
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Round 2 - Decision 2 Due
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Tuesday
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04 March, 2025
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Round 2 - Decision 3 Due
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Wednesday
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05 March, 2025
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Round 2 - Decision 4 Due
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Thursday
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06 March, 2025
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Round 2 - Decision 5 Due
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Friday
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07 March, 2025
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Round 2 – Final Results
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Saturday
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08 March, 2025
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Briefing Session 03:
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Briefing Session 03
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Saturday
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15 March, 2025
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Student Finals:
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Sunday
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23 March, 2025
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GMC India National Finals 2024
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April, 2025
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Participation in GMC is a rewarding and fulfilling experience for all participants.
Based on their performance, participants in GMC are eligible for following awards:
Winner
National Finals
- Participation in GMC
International Finals.
(all costs paid) - Winner’s Trophy
- Diploma in Management
1st Runner’s Up
National Finals
- Cash Prize Rs. 75,000
- 1st Runner’s Up Trophy
- Diploma in Management
2nd Runner’s Up
National Finals
- Cash Prize Rs. 50,000
- 2nd Runner’s Up Trophy
- Diploma in Management
National Finalists
National Finals
- National Finalist Trophy
- Diploma in Management
Winner
NHPC Finals
Nomination to GMC India – National Finals
Cash Prize Rs. 24,000.
Company Finals Winner’s Trophy
Diploma in Management
1st Runner’s Up
NHPC Finals
Nomination to GMC India – National Finals
Cash Prize Rs. 18,000.
Company Finals 1st Runner’s Up Trophy
Diploma in Management
2nd & 3rd Runner’s Up
NHPC Finals
Nomination to GMC India – National Finals
Cash Prize Rs. 9,000.
Company Finals 2nd & 3rd Runner’s Up Trophy
Diploma in Management
Other Teams
NHPC
Diploma in Management
ABHYUDAY - NHPC Business Simulation Games 2024
A total of 32 teams (comprising 03 members each) participated in the event from different NHPC locations comprising the employees from different levels from Junior Engineer to General Manager.
A total of 03 Rounds were scheduled under this intervention out of which 1 st Round and 2nd Round were organized in online mode while final Round was organized in offline mode at Corporate Office. All 32 Teams participated in the 1st Round out of which 20 Teams qualified for 2nd Round. After appearing into 2nd Round, top 08 Teams out of 20 teams qualified to participate in the 3rd and final Round.
Sh Uttam Lal, Director (Personnel) and other senior officers presented the prizes & certificates to the winners, congratulated them on their performance and conveyed good luck for the National Finals which were scheduled in April 2025.
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Participants
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Event Days
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Participants
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Event Days
Organizing Team
Team Patron
Lucas Guria
ED (HR)
NHPC
Pingal Kispotta
GM (HR)
NHPC
Rajeev R Asthana
GM (HRD)
NHPC
Atul Bhargava
Deputy GM (HR) NHPC
Lav Agarwal
Managing Partner GMC India
Joao Ferreira
Technical Manager GMC India
Akash Bhardwaj
Event Coordinator
GMC India