Training Workshop

On

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION: REFORMS, AUTOMATION AND MANAGEMENT

May 10-14, 2004

Organized By:

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur- 208016

With ongoing regulatory, policy and structural changes in the Indian electricity industry following the Electricity Act 2003, the distribution utilities will have to directly compete with each other. Utilities will be required to develop capabilities for managing commercial operations and customer satisfaction. These utilities will have to ensure upgraded and dependable systems, adapt technologies for reliable power supply, mechanism for effective trading and resource management for profitable business.

To make the distribution systems more commercially viable and transparent, it is important to reduce the technical and commercial losses, to improve information flow as well as cash flow through better metering and billing, to have better energy efficiency and power quality. All these can be made possible through IT enabled solutions such as distribution automation (DA). In 2000, Ministry of Power launched Accelerated Power Development and Reform Program (APDRP) aimed at bringing the system losses to around 15%, ensuring reliability & quality of power supply and improving consumer satisfaction & system management thorough IT implementations.  Moreover, there is a great need of training and education on distribution system performance improvement options including demand side management (DSM) and distribution automation technologies to electric utility personnel, policy makers, planners, managers, investors, teachers and researchers.

This training workshop will provide a platform to an in-depth discussion on the various challenges and their possible remedies in electricity sector reforms, management and automation. Demonstration of the case studies based on the recent work carried out at I.I.T. Kanpur will also be presented.

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Course Duration: May 10 to 14, 2004

Venue: PBCEC Building, Visitors’ Hostel, IIT Kanpur.

Faculty: The faculty for this training workshop will be drawn IITs, IIIT, IIM, power utilities, regulatory commissions and other organizations.

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The main topics which will be covered in the training program are

• Distribution sector reforms under APDRP scheme and Electricity Act 2003.
• Demand side management options
• DSM implementation issues and challenges
• Introduction to power quality
• Power quality improvement devices and their demonstration
• Introduction to distribution automation
• Components and architecture of DA systems
• Remote terminal units and communication system
• Master DA and application software
• Demonstration of DA system.
• Customer information systems (CIS)
• Energy accounting and billing.

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur is one of the premier institutions established by the Government of India. From its very inception, IIT Kanpur has been striving to develop itself into an institution of excellence in education and research in consonance with the contemporary and future needs of India through meaningful education, original research of the highest standard and leadership in technological innovation for the industrial growth of the country. With the path-breaking innovations in both its curriculum and research, the Institute is rapidly gaining a legendary reputation.

In addition to offering formal Undergraduate and Post-graduate Programs, the Institute has been involved in Continuing Education and Research & Development in areas of value to both the Industry and the Government. IIT Campus is about 18 km away from Kanpur Central Railway Station.

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Attendees are requested to register for this training in advance preferably by 1^st March 2004. The registration fee is Rs 10000/- per participant. 

For attendees from academic institutions, the registration fee is Rs 8000/- per participant.

Payment should be made in favour of “Continuing Education Program, IIT Kanpur” payable at State Bank of India, IIT Kanpur (Bank Code-1161).

Accommodation can be arranged at IIT Kanpur Visitors Hostel upon request of participants on first come first serve basis.

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Power system utility staff from technical/management disciplines, personnel from electric manufacturing and R&D organizations, policy makers and academia will find this workshop beneficial. Interested persons are advised to contact in advance. Application should be made on the registration form (Download Registration Form (DOC) (PDF)).

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Dr S.N. Singh & Prof S.C. Srivastava

Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

KANPUR – 208016, INDIA

Phone:  0512-2597009, 2597625

Fax:      0512-2590065/2590063

Email:   snsingh@iitk.ac.in , scs@iitk.ac.in