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The pressure of stringent emission norms and the need for reducing CO2 footprint has made Hybrid technology the need of future mobility. The viability of Hybrid heavily depends on the fuel economy margin it offers over the conventional powertrain. The advent of intelligent powertrain control strategies and optimization possibilities in the conventional powertrain arena tends to decrease the gap between the hybrid and conventional fuel economy. To retain the same fuel economy advantage over the intelligent conventional powertrain, hybrids need to have innovative and intelligent control strategies that optimize the energy balance between the ICE and E-machine without compromising the drivability and performance aspects of the vehicle. This paper explains an intelligent predictive control strategy for High Voltage Battery State of Charge of the parallel hybrid systems.