The Honorable Mr. Jai Prakash Shivahare, MD, GUVNL delivered a keynote address highlighting the critical issues facing the power sector, including infrastructure, regulatory hurdles, financial sustainability, and the need for modernization. The address emphasized the importance of policy reform, investment in renewable energy, and strategic public-private partnerships to ensure reliable and affordable power supply for sustainable economic growth.
In this interaction session, more than 300 representatives such as DEs, JEs & Line Staff from DGVCL, MGVCL, PGVCL, & UGVCL were present.

On behalf of GPRD Cell, Mr. Umang Joshi and Mr. Moin Vhora delivered an interactive session on GeoUrja, where they briefed the participants about the project and engaged in meaningful interaction with the users of the GeoUrja system.

In this Conference, many technical presentations were made by Power Sector’s delegates on the subject of “Earthing Systems” during the Conference. The presentations were very focused, technical but simple to understand. The presenters made every effort to make it easy for the participants to grasp the subject. There was good amount of interaction with the participants.
Behalf of GPRD Cell, one presentation was presented in this National Conference by Mr. Dushyant R. Shah, Scientist, on “ Maintenance Free, Eco-Friendly, Ready Capsule, Pipe-In-Cage (PIC) Type Earthing For Power Distribution System - An Effective Solution For DISCOM needs ".

Behalf of GPRD Cell, one presentation was presented in this National Conference by Mr. Dushyant R. Shah, Scientist, on “ Maintenance Free, Eco-Friendly, Ready Capsule, Pipe-In-Cage (PIC) Type Earthing For Power Distribution System - An Effective Solution For DISCOM needs “.

The Conference started with the opening session on 29th August 2019. Shri V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary, CBIP delivered welcome address. Shri A.S. Bakshi, Chairman Organizing Committee, Former Member CERC & Former Chairman CEA, Shri Sanjay Banga, CEO, TPDDL, Shri P.R. Kumar, CEO, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd., Sh. N.K. Sharma, Director, PSPCL, Honarable Justice S.S. Chauhan, Chairperson, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sh. G.B. Pradhan, Former Chairman, CERC addressed during opening session. Shri P.P. Wahi, Director, CBIP proposed vote of thanks.
This Conference, total 37 technical presentations were made by National & International level experts from BSES, TPDDL, Tata Power Mumbai, Taurus USA, ABB Ltd., GUVNL, CTR Manufacturing Industries Ltd., etc. on the subject during the Conference on best practices being adopted and including case studies etc.
The presentations were very focused, technical but simple to understand. The presenters made every effort to make it easy for the participants to grasp the subject. There was good amount of interaction with the participants.

Total Three Presentations were presented in this National Conference as:

1. Mr. Hardik M. Sakariya, JE, has submitted a presentation on “Remote meter reading in remotely located scattered Agricultural Areas through LPWAN technology – An effective Techno-commercial solution for DISCOMs “ behalf of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, GUVNL, Gandhinagar in Technical Session – I, under the theme of “ Reforms in Distribution Sector including Smart Metering”.


2. Mr. Jatin B. Upadhyay, EE(I/c), Mr. Sachin P. Rathod, JE & Mr. Hardik M. Sakariya, JE have jointly submitted a presentation on “ IoT based Intelligent Monitoring and Control System for effective utilization of distributed Solar Generation Assets of Agriculture Areas”.


3. Mr. Jatin B. Upadhyay, EE(I/c), Mr. Sachin P. Rathod, JE & Mr. Hardik M. Sakariya, JE have jointly submitted a presentation on “Assessing the Impact of Harmonics on Distribution Transformer Having Solar Rooftop PV Installations” in Technical Session IV, under the theme of “ Best Practices on Power Quality and Accident Prevention & Safety”.