ISUW 2024 Speaker

Chintamani Chitnis is presently Chief -Technology (Power System Control, Geographical Information System & Automation) at TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL). He has been instrumental in establishing first of its kind Centralized Power System Control Centre in Odisha at TPCODL after takeover, with the development & deployment of a unique model Distribution Network Operations methodology - DiNOM (Distribution Network Operations Model) for a composite automated-non automated, urban-rural network for ensuring, enhancing Safety, ensuring Operational Excellence and improving Reliability .A patent for DiNOM has also been filed. A Core Power Sector professional in Transmission and Distribution with over 28 years of experience in areas of the areas of Operations & Maintenance ,Network Planning, Design and Engineering, Geographical Information System (GIS), Distribution Automation (DA),Distribution Management System (DMS), Power System Control , Digitalization ,Power Quality Monitoring & Assessment , Regulatory Interface , Grid & Distribution Operations ,Power Management , Underground Cable network management , Safety and Construction Standards , Key Consumer Management etc. He has a varied experience in working with State, Private and PPP Utilities, having worked at Tata Power Company Mumbai, North Delhi Power Ltd (now TPDDL), TPCODL and State Distribution Utilities. He has presented & published more than 30 Technical papers in various National and International Forums like CPRI, CIGRE, CIRED, ISGF, IEEE, Doble, CBIP, BIS and IIPE Has been a member of working groups of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) including Transformers and Insulating Fluids, member of committees on revision of CEA Safety Regulations and CEA Technical Standards of Construction. He holds a Masters in Power Sector Regulations, Economics and Management from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK), a Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management and Engineering Degree.