ISUW 2024 Speaker

Ghanyshyam Prasad
Chief Engineer – Distribution, Central Electricity Authority

Shri Ghanshyam Prasad is presently working as Chief Engineer in Ministry of Power, Government of India. His present assignment is Reforms and Restructuring (R&R) and Grid Operation and Monitoring (OM) and responsible for the amendment of Electricity Act, Tariff Policy, Bidding guidelines for solar and Wind etc. Earlier to this, he worked as Chief Engineer (Distribution) in Central Electricity Authority and Director (Transmission and OM) in Ministry of Power. He has experience in the areas of Power System Operation at Regional Load Dispatch Centers, long term generation planning, performance monitoring of all the power stations, monitoring of coal supplies to all the power plants, cross border power trade with neighboring countries, Distribution etc. He has also served for around six years in Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commissions and has looked after various reforms in electricity in India. He has visited various countries like Canada, USA, Japan, Turkey, Australia, Germany, Spain, Thailand, Srilanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal on Electricity sector assignments.