Project and Consultancy Assignments in the Power System and Smart Grid area
The details of various power system and smart grid related R&D and consultancy assignments that I have handled are listed below in a chronological order
Industry/Research Projects
• Smart Grid Centre of Excellence (CoE). Organisation: Wipro Technologies. Customer: Various Power Utilities. Role: Research Scientist and Managing Consultant. Period: Oct 2015 – July 2016.
• Power System Centre of Excellence (CoE). Organisation: Tata Consultancy Services. Customer: Various Power Utilities. Role: Research Scientist and Domain Consultant. Period: May 2014 to Oct 2015.
• Setting up Real-Time Digital Simulation Facility for Advance Research in Power and Control (DST Sponsored). Organisation: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Customer: NA. Role: Senior Project Engineer. Period: March 2012 to April 2014.
• Enhancements for the EMS and DMS applications. Organisation: Tata Consultancy Services. Customer: Areva T&D India Limited. Role: Domain Consultant. Period: Feb 2007 to Oct 2009.
Other Relevant Assignments
• Various Technology Projects. Organisation: Tata Consultancy Services. Customer: Utility and Non-Utility Customers. Role: Various Lead Roles. Period: Jun 2001 to Jan 2007, Nov 2009 to Dec 2010.
R&D Projects (Sponsored)
Smart Grid Sponsored and consultancy projects
Ongoing
• Centre For Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems For Augmenting Transportation And Electrification(Create). Funding agency: SERB. Project duration: Mar 2022 to Mar 2027. Role: Co-PI.
• IoT Based Home Automation Solution for Demand Side Management. Funding agency: EcoEnergy Insights Limited. Project duration: May. 2022 to Apr. 2024. Role: PI. Project Overview – Development of smart plug for making non-communicable appliances as communicable and controllable remotely. Develop an IoT based Demand Response Management System using smart plug.
• Interconnected Microgrids for rural electrification. Funding agency: MeitY. Project duration: Oct. 2020 to Dec. 2023. Role: PI. Project Overview - Design, Implement and Deploy interconnected microgrid architecture suitable for remote/tribal communities where the utility grid is not available or available utility grid has poor reliability.
• Agnostic Strategies For Cyber-Physical Attacks Quantification And Mitigation In Power Networks (Assign). Funding agency: CPRI. Project duration: Jan 2022 to Feb 2023. Role: Co-PI.
• Project for Training, Research, and Entrepreneurship Development in Smart Grid, Funding agency: Power Finance Corporation. Project duration: Sep. 2020 to Mar 2024. Role: PI. Project Overview - The main aim of the project is to provide training on smart grid technology to the students, researchers, academicians, industry people, and other interested community people, carry out research on identified areas of smart grid, and provide entrepreneurship fellowship and incubation support, with the help of Start-up Innovation and Incubation Centre (SIIC) IIT Kanpur, to the technology ideas in the smart grid domain.
• Internet of Things for Smart Grid: Selected applications on visualization, monitoring, and Control of power system network. Funding agency: IIT Kanpur. Project duration: Nov. 2018 to Oct. 2020. Role: PI. Project Overview - The main aim of the project is to develop innovative methodologies and frameworks to utilize IoT in smart grid for enhancing visualization, monitoring, protection, control, and restoration operations of a widely dispersed power system network, such as the one in India.
• Development of R&D platform for smart city projects in the Indian context. Funding agency: the Ministry of Power (MoP), India and IIT Kanpur. Project duration: Dec. 2014 to June. 2021. Role: Co-PI. Project Overview - The pilot project will evaluate various existing smart city technologies, and also develop and identify the technology, methods and algorithms needed to overcome the shortcomings of the existing techniques. This study will also provide a roadmap to deploy the smart city based technology in the Indian environment.
• UI-ASSIST (US-India collAborative for smart diStribution System wIth STorage). Funding agency: Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) & DST, India and DOE, USA. Project duration: Sep. 2017 to Sep. 2023. Role: PI & Co-PI. Project Overview - This project brings together multi-disciplinary team having members from India and USA to address essential issues related to the adoption and deployment of smart grid concepts along with Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) including storage in the distribution network for its efficient and reliable operation. Analysis and technology tools for smart operations of interconnected microgrids including DER and storage will also be developed. In addition to developing technical solutions, the UI-ASSIST team will also investigate the societal acceptance, impact and value of the integrative solutions of smart meters, renewable energy, storage and microgrid solutions, along with the policy implications.
• Development Of PMU-Based IT-OT Applications For Line Fault Location For Cesc Ltd. Kolkata. Funding agency: CESC Kolkata. Project duration: July. 2019 to July. 2022. Role: Co-PI.
• Study On Cyber-Physical Aproach For Electric Power Grid. Funding agency: SERB. Project duration: July. 2019 to July. 2020. Role: Co-PI.
• Review Of Australian And International Literature for New and Emerging Frictionless Technology, Funding agency: Latrobe University Australia, Sep. 2021 to Feb 2022. Role: PI.
R&D Projects (Consultancy)
• Construction of New Building of BSIP, Lucknow. Funding agency: NPCC. Project duration: Apr 2024 to Sep 2024. Role: PI.
• Assessment of Abnormal Voltage Fluctuations in The Panki Chandari Section of India Railway. Funding agency: Indian Railways. Project duration: May 2024 to Nov 2024. Role: PI.
• To Provide the Consultancy for Content Development Of "Scada & Substation Automation" For Technological Development For E-Learning of Npti. Funding agency: NPTI Faridabad. Project duration: Sep 2023 to Nov 2023. Role: PI.
• Vetting Of Documents & Drawings Of 100kwp Spv Rooftop Power Plant At Military Engineer Services (Mes), Bamrauli. Funding agency: Pixon Green Energy Pvt Ltd. Project duration: July 2023 to Aug 2023. Role: PI.
• Capacity Building Program and Pilot Project on Cleaning Time Series Re Data Through Al/ML For POSOCO. Funding agency: POSOCO, Mar. 2022 to Sep. 2022. Role: PI.
• Providing Technical Services for Implementation of Water Supply Scada Project Of Kanpur Smart City Limited, Funding agency: Kanpur Smart City Limited, June. 2021 to May. 2023. Role: PI.
• Provide PMC services for SCADA/ADMS/GIS project of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (PuVVNL), Varanasi as part of Smart City initiative. Funding agency: PuVVNL Varanasi. Nov. 2020 to Nov. 2022. Role: PI.
• Inspection And Assessment of Bio-Energy Projects in The State of Uttar Pradesh. Funding agency: UPNEDA. Project duration: Feb 2024 to Feb 2025. Role: Co-PI.
• Hosting Backup Control Centre, Funding agency: KESCO, Feb. 2022 to Jan. 2028. Role: Co-PI.
• Project Monitoring Consultancy Services to KESCO, Funding agency: Kanpur Smart City Limited, Sep. 2021 to Aug. 2023. Role: Co-PI.
• Bid Evaluation of Unified Revenue Management System. Funding agency: UPPCL, Oct. 2021 to Jan. 2022. Role: Co-PI.
• Technical Service to Adani Green for Solar Idt Installation. Funding agency: Adani Green Energy Limited, Dec. 2020 to Jun. 2021. Role: Co-PI.
• Technical Support In Implementation Of SCADA/ADMS/GIS In The Area Of KESCO, Kanpur. Funding agency: KESCO Kanpur. May. 2019 to May. 2022. Role: Co-PI.
• Technical inspection of underground LT cable work of KESCO at Bashirganj and Khatikayana, Kanpur. Funding agency: KESCO, Kanpur. Project duration: Oct. 2018 to Dec. 2018. Role: Co-PI.
Reports (Resources)
• Impact of Plug-in Electric Vehicles on Power Distribution System of Major Cities of India: A Case Study.
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