P K Agarwal
Presentably, heading Market Operations as Director in the board of Power System Operation Corporation Ltd, India (POSOCO). A schedule-A company responsible for managing entire Indian Electricity Grid as an Independent System Operator (ISO). He is also Chief Information Security Officer of POSOCO.
A power system engineer having more than three decades of experience in nearly all aspects of power system like construction/maintenance of transmission lines, grid substation, HVDC systems commissioning and O&M.
Implemented India’s first integrated SCADA/EMS project and acquired expertise in areas like large SACDA system integration, up gradation with new technologies, applications of information technology in power system operation (larger grid operation) and cyber security of critical infrastructure i.e. SCADA and IT Systems of power sector.
Graduated in 1981 in electrical engineer from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal.
Introduced Synchrophasor Technology in India through pioneering efforts of implementing India’s first synchrophasors project in 2009. Experiences from this projected resulted implementation of many other projects and finally a large project with 1600 PMUs.
Having expertise in developing systems and procedures and mapping the same to software systems in the area of power systems operations. Some of the implemented systems are:-
- HVDC terminals weekly and yearly maintenance management and recording system.
- Daily energy booking system from the data of last 24 hrs grid operation on UNIX system with multiple terminals
- Converted manual process of ABT Account Administration to automated software system.
- Implemented Open Access Management system as online submission and approval moving towards paperless system.
- Presently working on enterprise wide implementation, hominization of various process and systems for POSOCO.
- Developed IT and technology roadmap for POSOCO.
- Actively involved in designing of world’s largest Wide Area Monitoring Scheme known as Unified Real Time Dynamic State Monitoring System.
Authored Chapter on “Synchrophasors for improving the performance of power system” in the book published by "The institution of Engineering and technology", London, UK
Written and published and presented many papers and articles at national and international levels.
Delivered many talks on synchrophasor technology, SCADA system, IT in power system, cyber security in power system in various International as well as national conferences.
Chairman of CIGRE National Committee C5 (Power System Market) of India.
Certified ISO 27001 lead auditor and Implemented Information Security Management System (ISO 27001) as management representative along with other standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001
Involved in introducing and designing of Power System Market in India.
Actively involved in activities of CIGRE National Committee D2 (……..) of India.
Senior member of IEEE, USA, member of CIGRE, France, life member of All India Management Association, life member of Institution of Engineers, India and life member of CBIP, India.
Member of governing council of GO15 (erstwhile VLPGO) a voluntary organisations of world’s large grid operators association having 19 organisational members.
Members of various working groups and task forces of IEEE, CIGRE etc.
Core team member of panel of experts on Smart Grid Initiatives in India. Member of CERT-Transmission – Cumputer Emergency Response Team in Transmission System.
Visiting faculty of many technical and management institutes for their programme on power systems monitoring systems, cyber security etc..
Played key role in setting up of Renewal Energy Certificate (REC) Registry of India and desiging its paperless online system of REC management.
Delivered many invited talks on IT in power system, cyber security in power system, Synchrophasors, SCADA system in various International as well as national conferences. Some of the International conferences are listed below:-
- SCADA Asia Summit 2010, by IQPC in Malayasia
- SCADA Asia Summit 2010, by IQPC in Hongkong
- Workshop on Energy, Cities, and the Control of Complex Systems by World Energy Council in Erice, Italy