Specialisation:

High Voltage Engg.;Testing, Power System Analysis and Studies, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy

Major Professional Contributions:

Involved as Engineer, project manager and served as Chief Transmission and Distribution in BHEL in System Analysis, HVDC, FACTS and UHV divisions.
Project Director of first HVDC project 1997 to 2004
As DG CPRI , added a number of new Test facilities and made CPRI a member of International Short ckt Alliance .
Served as chairman of ETDC group BIS for 2 years while being DG CPRI
Was Director Research and Senior Prof for close to 9 years after retirement in 2008.
Worked for 3 yrs as Chief Technical consultant. Distinguished visiting professor AICTE-INAE
Involved with IEEE as Senior member for 15 years and held several responsible positions.
Reviewing member of Indo US clean Energy proj. Indo EU and Indo Swedish projects and NAMPET proj of Deiyt, ministry of electronics and IT.

Consultancy Areas:

Grid and industry related power system analysis, Power quality solutions, System improvements, Energy conservation.

Sector Associated With:

Industry, presently in the Board of two Distribution companies of TATAs

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Educational / Academic institutions, Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs), R&D Organizations, Government (including funding agencies), Consultancy Firms

Professional Experience

Keywords

HVDC, FACTS, Power electronics, Power Quality, System analysis, EHV, System Study.