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Contents

CONTENTS

Conference Agenda

Speaker Profile (Plenary Session)

Speaker Profile (Technical Sessions)

Organiser Profiles

Notes

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1000 – 1130 hrs

Opening Plenary Session Lamp Lighting Ceremony

- Mr. Dinesh Chand Sharma, SESEI – Seconded European Standardization Expert in India

- Mr Wim De Kesel, Vice President Policy, CENELEC

- Ms. Pamela Kumar, Director General, Telecom Standards Development Society of India

- Mr. Simon Hicks, Chairman ETSI General Assembly, UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

- Shri. Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Telematics C-DOT)

- Mr. Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director - Single Market Policy, Regulation and Implementation, European Commission, DG-GROW

- Smt. Surina Rajan, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards

- H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India and Bhutan

- Dr. Anup Wadhawan, Special Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India

- Release of Three Study Report by dignitaries

- Vote of Thanks: Mr. Anupam Kaul, Principal and Head, QMS, Institute of Quality, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

1130 – 1200 hrs Networking Tea/Coffee Break

1200 – 1300 hrs

Presentation of Study Reports: Moderator – Mr. Xavier Piednoir, Head of External Relations, ETSI

- Mr. Narang N. Kishor, Study Report Author (CII): ICT: M2M/IoT & its role in Smart Cities and Cyber Security

- Mr. Dibyendu Sengupta, Study Report Author (EBTC): Automotive: Electric mobility and ITS

- Mr. Mustafa Wajid, Study Report Author (IET IoT Panel): Smart Energy: Smart Grid, Smart Meter, LVDC, Micro Grid

1300 – 1400 hrs Lunch Break

1400 - 1630 hrs Parallel sessions (Presentation & Panel Discussion)

- Session 1 – Presentation for 90 minutes (1400 – 1530 hrs) - Session 2 – Panel Discussion for 60 minutes (1530 – 1630 hrs)

Three parallel sessions to “share status updates from EU and INDIA around standardization & related policies on conference topics” and “conduct a panel session to identify how best the gaps/challenges could be addressed as identified in these study reports:

Conference Agenda 4

ICT M2M/IoT & its role in Smart

Cities and Cyber Security

AUTOMOTIVE Electric mobility and ITS

SMART ENERGY Smart Grid, Smart Meter,

LVDC, Micro Grid

Session 1: Presentations Session 1: Presentations Session 1: Presentations

Key note address: Smt. Deepa Tyagi DDG Future Networks, Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) Moderator: Mr. NSN Murty, Partner & Leader, Smart Cities Europe:

- Mr. Christophe Colinet, Smart city Bordeaux & Chair Standards & inter-operability Eurocities KSF forum

- Ms. Margot DoR, Director Strategy Development, ETSI

- Dr. Mihai Bilauca, Head of Digital Strategy & EU Programmes, Limerick City & Council, Ireland

- Mr. Jesus Canadas, Head of Unit, Cabinet of Secretariat of State, Spain

India: - Shri. Aurindam Bhattacharya,

GL Technical Services, CDOT

- Dr. Prashant Mishra, Scientist TCS Research & Innovation

- Shri. G. Narendra Nath, DDG Security, DoT

- Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar, Chairman IET IoT Panel

Key note addresses: Shri. Anil Srivastava Adviser (Transport) & DG, DMEO NITI AAYOG Moderator: Mrs. Rashmi Urdhwareshe Director ARAI Europe:

- Mr. Adrian Scrase, Chief Technical Officer, ETSI

- Mr. Emilio Dávila-Gonzalez, Head of Sector ICT Standardisation, DG CONNECT

- Mr. Antonino Pirrotta, Business Development Manager, AP-Crono

- Mrs. Silvia Vaccaro, Policy officer standardization, DG GROW

India:

- Mr. Sajid Mubashir, Scientist G, Department of Science and Technology

- Mr. Alok Sethi, GM Transportation Technology Solution DIMTS Ltd.

- Ms. Aditi Sethi & Mr. Enoch Eapen, Deputy Manager ICAT

- Mr. Vinosh James, Lead - Technical Standards - Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.

Key note address: Shri. Pankaj Batra Member-Planning, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Moderator: Mr. Vimal Mahendru, IEC Ambassador, Europe:

- Mr. Laurent Guise, Chairman, CEN-CLC-ETSI Smart Energy Grid Coordination Group

- Mr Wim De Kesel, Vice President Policy, CENELEC

- Mr. Alain Staron, VP strategy at Veolia

- Mr. Pierre Jean Cherret, VP strategy, ITEMS International

India:

- Mr. B.A Sawale, Additional Director & Head Energy Meter laboratory, CPRI

- Dr. G. Ganesh Das, Head - Strategy, Business Excellence & Collaborations, TPDDL

- Mr. Sandip Sinha, Vice President – Renewables, ABB India

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Session 2: Panel Session 2: Panel Session 2: Panel

Moderator: Mr. Klaus Pendl, First Counsellor – ICT, Delegation of the European Union to India assisted by Mr. Narang N. Kishor, Study Report Author (CII)

Panelist:

1. Shri. Rajiv Sinha, DDG Networks & Technologies, DoT

2. Mr. Vikram Tiwathia, DDG COAI

3. Mr. T.V.Ramachandran, President BIF

4. Dr. B. K. Murthy, Scientist G & Group Coordinator,MeiTY

5. Mr. Vijay Madan, Advisor & Mentor, TSDSI

6. Smt. Reena Garg, Head Electronics and IT, BIS

7. Mr. Bipin Pradeep Kumar, Co- Founder & Director, Gaia Smart Cities

Moderator: Mr. Adrian Scrase, CTO, ETSI assisted by Mr. Dibyendu Sengupta, Study Report Author (EBTC)

Panelist:

1. Mr. Balraj Bhanot, Chair TED 28, BIS

2. Mr A. A. Deshpande, Deputy Director & Head of Automotive Electronics Department, ARAI

3. Shri Sushil Kumar, DDG – IoT, TEC

4. Mr. Sharad Arora, Managing Director, Sensorise

5. Mr. Ravi Jakhodia, Founder and CEO - Minda iConnect

6. Mr. Surya Jeedigunta, CEO 3P Foundation

7. Mr. Sumit Monga, Head Govt. Affairs Unlimit IoT

Moderator: Mr. Wim De Kesel, Vice-President Policy CENELEC assisted by Mr. Mustafa Wajid, Study Report Author (IET IoT Panel)

Panelist:

1. Mr. Arun K. Mishra, Director, National Smart Grid Mission,

2. Mr. Ajoy Rajani, Head - IT, Technology & Cyber Security, Reliance Infra Ltd.

3. Mr. Reji Kumar Pillai, President India Smart Grid Forum

4. Mr. Shrikant Shitole, Senior Director & Country Head, Fire Eye, India

5. Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Head Electrotechnical, BIS

6. Mr. Vikram Gandotra, GM Strategy & Marketing, Digital Grid, Energy Management, Siemens Ltd.

7. Mr. Rahul Tongia Fellow, Brookings India, and Founding Advisor, ISGF

1630 - 1700 hrs Networking Tea/Coffee Break

1700 - 1800 hrs

Valedictory Session: Session Chairs:

- Mr. Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director - Single Market Policy, Regulation and Implementation, European Commission, DG-GROW

- Shri. Sudhanshu Pandey, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India

- Mr. Vipin Sahni, Executive Director, Institute of Quality, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations from all the three parallel sessions: Presented by “Session 2” moderators: - Mr. Klaus Pendl, First Counsellor – ICT, Delegation of the European Union to India - Mr. Adrian Scrase, CTO, ETSI - Mr. Wim De Kesel, Vice-President Policy CENELEC Concluding remarks by EU & INDIA representatives

Speaker Profile (Plenary Session) 7

Speaker Profile(Plenary Session)


Anup Wadhawan is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service borne on the Uttarakhand cadre, currently posted as Special Secretary, in the Department of Commerce, Government of India.

His appointments have ranged from magisterial and development administration positions in the field to development policy related and regulatory assignments in areas like education, planning, hill development, rural development, panchayati raj, cooperatives, urban development, forests & environment, revenue, home and disaster management in the States of U.P. and Uttarakhand. He was District Magistrate in Etawah and Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission.

He has served in the Government of India in the Departments of Economic Affairs, Financial Services and Commerce, and the Prime Minister’s Office.

He was a member of an African Development Bank team that evaluated its lending to the public utilities sector in Ghana and Tanzania. He has worked for the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank providing technical assistance for enhancing accountability in Water Supply & Sanitation service-delivery through policy, institutional and utility reform.

He holds a doctorate from Duke University, Masters degrees from the Delhi School of Economics and Duke University, and a Bachelors degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi, in the area of Economics. His doctoral thesis was on the “Time Path of Macro Variables in Alternative Structural Settings”.

Anup WadhawanSpecial SecretaryDepartment of CommerceGovernment of India.


Tomasz Kozlowski is the ambassador of the European Union to India and Bhutan (non-resident).

Prior to his position in New Delhi, he served as the Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea (2011-2015). During his tenure, he played a crucial role in the implementation of the EU*Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Since, 2004, he has been working for the European Union in Brussels as Head for Asia at the office of Javier Solana, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Later as Principal Advisor for Asia and Latin America at the European Commission.

Before joining the EU, he was a member of the Polish Diplomatic Service. He was posted at the Polish Embassies in Indonesia and Malaysia. He served as the Ambassador of Poland to Pakistan (concurrently accredited to Afghanistan) in 2001 – 2003 and as Director General for Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw in 2003-2004.

He also worked for the United Nations in Cambodia (1993) and South Africa (1994), his publications include articles and book chapters on development cooperation, security issues and WU-Asia relations.

Tomasz KozlowskiAmbassador European Union


Mrs Rajan has a Long and varied experience ranging from grass root programme implementation to macro level policy work at provincial, national and international levels. Sectors covered include revenue and development administration, education, skill development, micro –financing, urban planning, labour laws, infrastructure (irrigation, power, roads) and defence manufacturing.

Advance skills in design and implementation of sectoral transformation plans, policy research, monitoring, evaluation and promoting public private partnerships.

She has the following governance experience and contribution to the industry.

• 32 years of experience in various capacities in government including six years in United Nations (International Labour Organization.)

• As Additional Secretary, Defence Production, among other things; supervised the work related to military standards formulation, adoption; conformity assessments and the Quality Assurance set up.

• As Project Manager in ILO (2003-09) supported the work of standards related to Child Labor, Occupational Safety Health and Skill development.

Surina RajanDirector GeneralBureau of Indian Standards (BIS)


Education - Faculty of Law from University of Lisbon – 1983/1988, College of Europe, Bruges – 1988/1989; 1989-1994 – lawyer admitted to the Bar of Lisbon, Portugal. Qualified as lawyer in Lisbon (1990-1992).

Professional Achievements:

• January 1995 - January 1998 – Desk Public Procurement at Directorate-General XV

• January 1998 - August 1999 – Assistant (Policy) to Director-General of the Internal Market

• August 1999 - April 2004 – Member of Cabinet of Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs

• April 2004 – November 2008 – Head of Unit “Fight Against Terrorism and Law Enforcement Cooperation”

• November 2008 - April 2013 – Head of Unit “Police Cooperation and Access to Information”

• April 2013 - December 2016 – Director “Public Procurement” / “Single Market for Public Administrations”

• Since December 2016 – Director “Single Market Policy, Regulation and Implementation”

Joaquim Nunes de AlmeidaDirector - Single Market Policy, Regulation and Implementation, European Commission, DG-GROW


Presently, Mr. Tyagi, as Executive Director & Chairman of the Board, is heading C-DOT, which is engaged in development of various projects at the frontier of Telecom technology in the areas of Optical communications, Next Generation Networks and Wireless technologies. C-DOT is also playing important roles in ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ programs launched by Govt. of India, Department of Telecommunications. Digital communication infrastructure required for smart cities and smart buildings is also being innovated by C-DOT.

Mr. Tyagi is an innovation and Business Leader from Information Technology and Telecommunication Industry for over 35 years. He had founded and led a Company out of New Delhi for 12 years as Board Member and Global CEO. He has headed global business in India, Japan, Australia, USA and Europe. He has actively worked towards Research and Development of large systems, Organizational Development and creation of high performance teams. In October, 2009, Vipin decided to promote National level R&D and joined C-DOT.

Some of the notable projects are :

1. India’s first 100 Gigabit per wavelength commercial grade optical fiber link in 2015 while at C-DOT.

2. Innovative Access product for providing internet based services to illiterate and technology unaware rural population through a product called GYANSETU in 2015.

3. India’s first Indigenous Gigabit Passive Optical Network (G-PON) development & deployment while at C-DOT, 2010.

4. World first Broadband Network based Video on Demand System with ATM Switches, Video Servers and set-top boxes for TV sets with global delivery teams in 1997 while at Network Programs.

5. India’s biggest and most successful project for development of electronics switching systems for rural India and towns while at C-DOT. 1986 – 1993.

6. India’s first Large Scale Message Switching Systems Development, while at ECIL, 1984.

7. Development of over 50 Products in area of Enterprise and Telecommunications Industry.

Vipin TyagiExecutive Director C-DOT


Simon Hicks leads on ICT technical standards policy for the UK government and is based in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). He is Chairman of the General Assembly of ETSI. He is the UK representative to the European Commission Multi-Stakeholder Platform for ICT standards and is active in a range of global ICT standards and technology work, focusing on areas of concern to society and government.

Simon is a Chartered Engineer and began his civil service career in the UK defence ministry. He joined the trade and industry ministry in 2002 and has been involved in ICT standards work since then. Outside of work Simon is an active member of his church and enjoys walking the family dogs.

Simon HicksChairmanETSI General Assembly


After more than twenty years in senior management positions with Niko and the Group Legrand, Wim De Kesel is since 2010 ‘Vice-President Standardization’ of the Group Legrand. He is fully dedicated to national, regional and international standardization activities.

Wim De Kesel is a Member of the Administrative Board of the Belgian Electrotechnical Commission and is Chairman of different Belgian Technical Committees.

Mr Wim De Kesel is the CENELEC Board Member and Vice-President Policy of Cenelec till the end of 2018 and represents the European Committee of Electrical Installation Equipment Manufacturers (CECAPI) in the CENELEC Technical Board.

Wim de Kesel is also active in IEC as secretary of IEC TC 23 – Electrical Accessories, and as convenor in the international Working Group dealing with LVDC in TC 23 and SC 23B.

Wim De KeselVice-President PolicyCENELEC


Since February 2017, Ms. Pamela Kumar has been appointed as the Director General of TSDSI. An alumnus of PEC Chandigarh, Rutgers University and IIM Bangalore, Pamela brings with her an experience of 30+ years in the communications, computers and semiconductor industry.

Prior to TSDSI, she has spent the first 10 years of her career at AT&T, Bell Labs in USA and at C-DOT in Bangalore. Later, she held leadership positions in Texas Instruments, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, R&D labs in India. She also did a short stint setting up the R&D centers of Network Programs and Alliance Semiconductors. She holds 3 Patents granted by USPTO and has 5 patent applications pending in the Networking Accelerators domain. She has been a Keynote/ invited speaker in 50+ Local and Global forums.

Pamela is also the Founding Chair and current Vice President of Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI). She is on the Governing Boards of Indian Financial Technologies and Allied Services (IFTAS) and PEC University of Technology. She is the Bharti Chair for IT Research and Member Research Council, UIET, Punjab University. She also mentors Startups in the ICT space.

Pamela is currently the Chair of the IEEE Charles Steinmetz Awards Committee. She was the first ever appointee from India in the IEEE Standards Association - Board of Governors, as the Member at large for 2011-12. She has held several other leadership roles as a senior member of IEEE - such as Chair for IEEE Computer Society- Bangalore Section, Vice Chair of IEEE Bangalore section, Coordinator for IEEE R10 Industry Relations, General Chair of IEEE ANTS Conference etc.

Pamela KumarDirector General, TSDSI& Founder Chair & Vice President, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India


Anupam Kaul heads and leads the standards, quality management, laboratory management, risk management and quality in governance initiatives of the CII Institute of Quality. In a career spanning more than 38 years, Anupam, has had a varied and extensive exposure to industrial quality control, management systems implementation and auditing, standards development, laboratory testing and management, business excellence, human resource management, accreditation, risk management and training.

He initiated in India, training programmes and counseling support services on Accreditation Standards and has been India’s leading coach on these subjects having trained more than 700 certification / inspection auditors and managers in the past 10 years.

He has played a key role in development of important ISO standards. He has served on the ISO Working Groups for ISO 9001, ISO 9004, ISO 37500. He is the Chair of the BIS Committee MSD 2 (Mirror Committee of ISO TC 176).

He is a Lead assessor for United Nations CDM Accreditation Scheme, Senior Assessor for CII EXIM Bank Business Excellence and HR Excellence Programmes,

In his previous engagements, Anupam headed the National Institute of Training for Standardization, Certification Policy and Overseas Certification divisions of BIS.

He has written and presented several papers/ lectures in national / international forums on Quality applications, Conformity Assessment, Mutual Recognition agreements, Accreditation, Business Continuity, Public Services, Technical Regulations, Regulatory Impact Assessment. He has developed the India Standards Portal for the government of India, a key resource for all standards related information in India and is the key developer of the Indian National Strategy for Standardization.

A BHU IT graduate in metallurgical engineering, Anupam works out of Gurgaon office of CII and lives in NOIDA.

Anupam KaulPrincipal & Head - QMSInstitute of QualityConfederation of Indian Industry


Since 2012, Mr. Dinesh Chand Sharma is associated with EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION PROJECT SESEI as Director – Standards and Public Policy. In this role and as Seconded European Standardization Expert in India, Mr. Sharma acts as the focal point in India representing the European standardization model on behalf of its five Project partners: European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Standardization (CEN), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), European Commission (EC) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The activity of the Project SESEI is focused around sectors covering Smart City, ICT, Automotive and Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics.

Prior to this, Mr. Sharma worked with Ericsson for 15 years, having last working profile as “Director – Regulatory Affairs & Industry Relation”. Mr. Sharma began his career in Technical Customer Support back in 1992 and has over 24 years of industry experience covering various profiles as Head of Regulatory Affairs, Head of Account Management & Commercial Management and Customer Support both in India and abroad. Mr Sharma also hold various position such as Chairman Advisory Committee for M2M+IoT Forum India, Chairman - Standards & Policy Working Group of IET IoT Panel, Member of M2M/IoT Working Group at Telecommunication Engineering Centre, Department of Telecom etc.

Mr. Sharma has a bachelor’s degree in Electronics, highest honors in Business Management from Stratford Institute, USA and a SUN Solaris certification.

Contact Details: Mobile: +919810079461, [email protected]

Dinesh Chand SharmaDirector - Standards & Public PolicyEU Project SESEI

19Speaker Profile (Technical Sessions)

Speaker Profile(Technical Sessions)


Studied B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering.

Working in International Centre for Automotive Technology since 2010.

Currently working as Deputy Manager in Automotive Electrical and Electronics Laboratory, ICAT.

8 years of experience in testing, homologation and standardization of Electric/Hybrid Electric Vehicles as well as Electrical and Electronics Sub Assemblies including Electronic Control Units, Motors, Batteries, Telematic Units, Public Information Systems, Reverse Parking Assist Systems, Lighting and Signaling Devices, Vehicle Alarm Systems, Immobilizers, Infotainment Systems, etc.

Aditi SethiDeputy Manager Automotive Electrical and Electronics Laboratory, ICAT


Adrian Scrase is CTO within ETSI with operational responsibility for all of ETSI’s standards production activities. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the telecommunications field, which includes 25 years of experience in standardization.

He played a central role in the creation of the “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP) and is responsible for the operations of the 3GPP Project Co-ordination Group. He heads 3GPPs’ Mobile Competence Centre (MCC) which is an International team of 20 experts who provide comprehensive support to the Project.

He was also principally involved in the formation of the “oneM2M” Partnership Project and oversees ETSI’s support to that initiative.

Adrian ScraseETSI CTO


Ajoy Rajani has been a technology disrupter in the IoT and M2M space for the past 18 years– he pioneered M2M, Broadband over Powerlines & Automatic Meter Reading amongst many other things in India, and he continues to enjoy introducing disruptive products into established markets.

He has been at the forefront of innovation in Communication technologies particularly Power line and Wireless Communications.

His role at organisation has been in innovating, disrupting established prices and creating new markets. Some of his notable achievements are:

• He devised the unique architecture for CDMA IOT for which he was awarded the Global 3G industry award. This paved the way for M2M using CDMA in India.

• His individual efforts at Reliance led to reduction of the cost of handsets and terminal devices by over 100% of the then established prices.

• Known for his passion for technology and his work with technocrats, he contributed significantly to the National Smart Grid Roadmap (of India) and standardisation efforts at BIS for Smart Meters and Communications.

• He was appointed on board of CDMA Development Group and is presently on the board of India Smart Grid Forum and chairs the Metering, Communications and Analytics Working Groups.

• His current focus is on Artificial Intelligence and Block chain including IOT & Smart Metering initiatives in Reliance. He currently heads the IT, Technology and Cyber Security at Reliance Infrastructure Limited.

Ajoy RajaniHead - IT, Technology and Cyber SecurityReliance Infrastructure Limited


Alain Staron is charge of the digital transformation of the company at Veolia. He has had multiple management positions over the course of his career in both start-up structures and large corporations in the sectors of Environment, Smart Things, Urban Mobility, Artificial Intelligence, Media, Telecom, IT and Internet.

He launched several innovative businesses for large corporations and created, developed and marketed a number of innovative products and services, including with his own start-up. He won 2 prizes for Innovation and wrote over 15 patents. Alain is a graduate from Ecole Polytechnique, received an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Télécommunications, and holds a PhD in Signal Processing.

Alain StaronSenior V.P. Digital Strategy, Offers and Partnerships, VEOLIAMember of the Board, ETSI


Alok Sethi is working with DIMTS Ltd. as General Manager- Transportation Technology Solution. He has more than 20 years’ experience in Intelligent Transportation System. Alok has done multiple projects on ITS mainly including deployment of GPS, GIS, PIS, Fare Collection system, Paratransit ITS etc.

As part of various consultancy assignments, Alok has been involved with various central ministries, state government, public sector undertakings and World Bank funded projects, like national level vehicle tracking system for MoRTH, ITS for Naya Raipur, TMICC & NUTH for MoUD etc. Alok role essentially in policy designing, procurements strategy, technical architecture, solution/ scheme design etc.

Apart from the above, Alok is also active member of some of the Standardization efforts in India like Department of Telecom committee on M2M standards, Smart Cities Task Force, TED 28 for ITS, Smart Infrastructure Sectional Committee, LITD 28 in India under BIS for formulation of relevant standards for the Indian industry etc.

Alok Sethi General Manager- Transportation Technology SolutionDIMTS Ltd.


• Graduate of Electronics & Telecom Engineering of Pune University in 1992.• Working in Automotive Research Association of India, Pune since August

1992.• Currently working as Deputy Director and Head of Automotive Electronics

Department.• Responsible for development and evaluation of automotive electronic

embedded systems for EMI/EMC, environmental conditions, performance etc.• Responsible for electric vehicle development, testing, evaluation, policy /

standard development.• Worked on development of first prototype of electronic engine management

system for passenger car in 1992-93.• Worked on development of number of test instrumentation development

systems / software for automotive industry.• Led establishment of state-of-art EMI/EMC test facility and evaluation test

facility for automotive electronic systems at ARAI.• Member of Society of Automotive Engineers, Society of EMC Engineers.

Anand DeshpandeDeputy Director and Head of Automotive Electronics DepartmentAutomotive Research Association of India (ARAI)


Mr. Anil Srivastava has over three decades of working experience with Government in India. He has taken over as Adviser for Infrastructure Connectivity, and Director General of Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office at NITI Aayog, after having done more than five years as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Prior to this, he has held various senior level positions of responsibility including that of Chairman & Managing Director, Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. for three years. With the State Government he has held the positions of Secretary to the Government of various departments including Finance, Revenue, New & Renewable Energy, Commerce & Industries etc. He has also worked as Commissioner of Treasuries, Commissioner of Industries & Commerce, Managing Director of various PSUs, District Magistrate and Municipal Administrator. He has also served on the Boards of Optel Telecommunications, Hotline Glass, Fujitsu Optel, National Information Technologies, Air India, Airports Authority of India, etc.

He has represented India and led Indian Delegations to (i) ICAO Air Services Negotiation Event, ICAN-2014 at Bali, Indonesia (ii) Diplomatic Conference held at ICAO, Montreal to finalize and adopt a Protocol to amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board an Aircraft (Tokyo 1963) (iii)Air Show at Farnborough, La-Bourget, Moscow, Singapore etc. (iv) World Routes Conference at Chicago in 2014, Las Vegas in 2013 and in Abu Dhabi in 2012 (v) High Level Conference on Aviation Security (HLCAS) convened by ICAO, Montreal in September, 2012.

Anil SrivastavaAdviser & Director General DMEO


Key Experiences:

• Smart Grid System requirement, report preparation for implementation in Indian Utilities including DPR.

• Requirement analysis of URTDSM, Load dispatch centers functions identifying scheduling, real-time and study applications including SCADA requirements to support the applications with engineering verification of control center application software including testing during development at vendor works (GE Harris) as well as Site testing.

• Feasibility studies for establishment of three tier hierarchical control centers for modernizing load dispatch and communication infrastructure of the Northern Region of India, including issues like coordination of SCADA requirements, security function and scheduling functions.

• Planning, design and optimization studies of large complex communication network for control center including detail feasibility study of Microwave links and cost benefit studies for Microwave links v/s Fiber optic installations. Preparation of Load Dispatch system Feasibility Reports based on system and requirement studies.

• As art of BIS LITD-10 committee have been instrumental in publishing IS 15953:2011 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System for Power System applications.

• Member of Working group D2.24 on EMS Architectures for 21st Century.• Presently Leading a team for National Smart Grid Missions as director NPMU.

Arun K. MishraDirector NSGMVice Chair ISGAN – From March 2018Distinguished Member CIGRE India: National Study Committee D2 - Information System & TelecommunicationMember BIS Sectional Committee LITD10: Power System Control and Associated Communications


An Electronics and Communication Engineering Graduate of 1987 batch, has had vast experience in varied fields of Computing and Communications. Worked in ECIL with the Mainframe unit and also handled the design, testing and deployment aspects of Strategic Communication Systems for the Defense Sector, specifically Air Force and Army. Thereafter joined C-DOT in 1993 and has handled the computing needs of the Organisation.

Also acted as the solution architect for various projects of C-DOT like Intelligent Networks, Data Clearing House, OSS and more recently the mission-critical project of immense national importance- CMS (Centralised Monitoring System). Has been instrumental in bringing out the IPv6 Road map document version 1 and 2 as a core team member with the NT Cell of DoT and also handling the role of one of the IPv6 consultants empaneled by DoT.

Currently leading the activities of IOT and M2M Communication in C-DOT which involves coordinating the activities of Development of CCSP- the oneM2M standards compliant Common Services Platform of C-DOT which is the first open standards based M2M Platform in the country. Has been a key member of the group in DoT formulating the policy document on M2M Communication. Also contributed in writing the Technical Report on Gateway and Architecture and now the Technical Report on M2M numbering plan while holding the position of chairman of Gateway and Architecture Working Group of TEC. Has been an advocate of standardisation in the M2M and IOT domain and in this direction, have been participating and contributing actively in the OneM2M-The international standardisation Body on M2M. Also has been an active member in M2M Working Group in TSDSI(Telecom Standard Development Society of India) and the Smart Infrastructure Working Group in BIS(Bureau of Indian Standard).”

Aurindam BhattacharyaGL Technical ServicesCDOT


Antonio Pirrotta is the ITS and ETC expert and Business development Manager at AP-Crono consulting company based in Italy. He has 10 years’ experience in testing, homologation and standardisation activities of ITS systems and devices. He actually is active member in the committees UNINFO, CEN TC 278, ISO TC 204 and ETSI TC ITS.

Antonio PirrottaITS and ETC expert, Business development Manager AP-Crono


B. A. Sawale is Additional Director & Head of the Division of Energy Meter laboratory at CPRI Bhopal and unit Head of upcoming Regional Test Centre of CPRI at Nashik. He has obtained BE (Electronic) from Amravati University, M Tech from NIT- Bhopal and MBA from ICFAI University. He is Senior Member of IEEE and member IETE. He is member of IEC Technical committee 13 & Working Group 11. He is convener of panels under ET 13 of BIS.

He is member of state advisory committee of MPERC. He is member of expert panel of Energy meters of CPIB. He is assessor of National Accreditation Board of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.

He has 28 years of Experience in various field like optical fibre sensor, Instrumentation, Energy Metering, EMC Compliance, Switchgear Testing. He is responsible for starting Energy Meter Test facility at CPRI Bangalore, Bhopal and Noida. He has responsibility of setting up Regional Test Centre of CPRI at Nashik under XII five year plan.

He has published more than 30 papers in National and International conferences.

B. A. SawaleAdditional Director & Head Division of Energy Meter Laboratory CPRI - Bhopal


Dr. B. K. Murthy is currently working as Senior Director (Scientist G) and Group Coordinator (R& D in IT) in the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Government of India. He is responsible for promotion of R&D in the area of IT; implementation of the Viswesvaraya PhD Fellowship scheme; Information Technology Research Academy; Human Resources Development for IT and IoT.

During July 2012 to Feb 2016 he was holding the charge of Executive Director, C-DAC, Noida Centre, on deputation from DeitY. As the Head of the Noida Centre of C-DAC, he is responsible for policy formulation, planning, implementation and deployment of various R&D Projects.

He was awarded Ph.D. degree by IIT Delhi. He is instrumental in the initiation of e-learning activities and contributed for the incorporation of Media Lab Asia. He also served as Executive Director, NIELIT (erstwhile DOEACC). He was a member of Technical Committee & Project Approval Board of National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT), MHRD; He is currently member of Board of Governs Indira Gandhi Technological University for Women, Delhi.

Dr. Murthy’s research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering, Object Oriented Design and Software Defined Networking. He has published and presented more than 50 papers in various journals and conferences.

Under his able guidance, there has been unprecedented achievements of C-DAC, Noida (both in terms of receipt of projects and awards). He had initiated projects with a total outlay of approximately Rs. 150 Crores in the areas of Health Informatics, E-governance, Smart Cards, Language Technology and e-learning. About 30 awards have been received interalia Manthan Award 2012, Rajasthan State e-governance award 2012; Skoch Order of Merit (2013); CSI Nihilent e-Governance in 2013; (vi) Indian Merchants’ Chamber Award 2013; e-north East Award for 2015.

B K MurthySenior Director (Scientist G) andGroup Coordinator R&D in IT, HRD, E- Learning, E-infra, IoT


Mr Bhanot is a double graduate in Engineering besides Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management & MBA from FMS Delhi. He was the Chairman Transport Engg. Divisional Council (i.e.TEDC) of BIS, the national body which frames Indian Standards in the field of Automobile, Shipping and Air Craft, Metro etc. He presently chairs TED 28 committee of BIS, dealing with Intelligent Transport System (ITS).

He is also Chairman of TED 31 dealing with I&C regime for vehicles. He is presently engaged in setting up 10 Vehicle Inspection and Fitness centers for commercial vehicles, a project of MORTH. He is also helping in implementing speed governors on existing vehicles besides promoting use of vehicle tracking system and its associated applications on vehicles. He has also engaged in implementing high security Registration Plate Project in the country.

He is presently also a consultant to DIMTS (Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Ltd) for drawing specifications for low and standard floor buses. He has been consultant to numerous other organizations including World Bank, ADB, ILFS, etc.

He is the former Director of Automotive Research Association of India, Pune an organization which is the primary Homologation Body in respect of vehicles for Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. He is also the founder Chairman of CMVR Technical Standing Committee besides heading Automotive Standards Committee (AIS) and was the Chairman of SAE Western India. He took voluntary retirement from GOI in 1999, where he was working as Dy. Director General in Dept. of Heavy Industry as head of Technical wing. He was also the Chairman of Technical Committee for formulating Inspection and certification regime in the country. He has played a crucial role for India’s participation in WP 29 Genève, a UN Organisation which prescribes global regulations for automobile. He has been member of jury of ACMA annual awards jury right from its inception.

Balraj BhanotManagement & Homologation Expert(Former Director ARAI; Chairman CMVR-TSC; Chairman TEDC (BIS); DDG D/O Heavy Industry, GOI)


Bipin Pradeep Kumar is the Co Founder and Director at Gaia Smart Cities, a start up in the IoT space aimed at city scale solutions. Gaia has deployed IoT solutions in over 105 cities in India and has recently established European presence. Gaia is part of Microsoft’s Scale Up program aimed at guiding start ups achieve scale globally. He has over 17 years of experience working with mobile and telecom companies.

Bipin is also the Chairman of the Smart City Group for TEC Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communication, Government of India and was the Co-Chair for the IoT for Smart Cities Task Force under MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and IT). He is a member of the National Working Group on International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s SG on Smart Sustainable Communities. He is a member of the panel on Smart Infrastructure at BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India).

Academically, Bipin has a dual MBA from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service & School of Business and ESADE Business School and a MSc from University of Wales.

Bipin Pradeep KumarCo Founder and Director Gaia Smart Cities


Christophe Colinet joined the City of Bordeaux in 2005 as head of operational maintenance for infrastructure City’s servers before creating, in 2008, a new R&D service dedicated to innovative technical solutions adapted to the context of the City’s information system, and then in 2012 to take over the digital territory management.

Since January 2016, teams in charge of digital activities within the City of Bordeaux and the Bordeaux Urban Community merged into a single branch in charge of digital for Bordeaux metropole.

Christophe became the Smart City project manager for this new directorate, coordinating European projects and more specifically “Sharing Cities”, a 2015 H2020 SCC1 lighthouse project, for the metropolis.

Otherwise, since 2013, Christophe is the Bordeaux representative within the Eurocities KSF forum. Since the beginning of 2016, he chairs the “Standards and interoperability working group” for this forum.

He is the EG4U secretary (EG4U: The European non-governmental organisation (NGO) of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Users). This NGO, dedicated to energy management & waste monitoring, has been created early December, 2015, by ICT(Information & communications technologies) users, members of ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) called Operational energy Efficiency for Users (OEU), based in Sophia Antipolis (France)

Since the 9th June 2016, he chairs an ETSI ATTM SDMC (Sustainable Digital Multiservice for Cities) working group dedicated to provide technical specifications for the industry in accordance with city’s needs. He is also vice chairman of the ETSI Industry Specification Group for Context Information Management, member of the H2020 CS3 Espresso advisory board and member of the standards work package in the H2020 IoT Large Scale Pilot called Synchronicity.

Christophe ColinetChairmanETSI ATTM SDMC(Sustainable Digital Multiservice for Cities)


Deepa Tyagi , an engineer from IIT Roorkee and belonging to the Indian Telecom Service ,Batch 1983 has served in the Department of Telecom ,Ministry of Communications ,Govt. of India for over 32 years in various capacities in the DOT headquarters ,Telecom PSU s MTNL ,BSNL and TEC ,the technology wing of DOT .In her earlier stint as DDG (Mobile ) in TEC ,she had worked extensively on 3G/4G Mobile technologies /Fixed Mobile Convergence /NGN .She has represented India (DOT )in the study group meetings of ITU-T and ITU-R .She was deputed to Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL ) where she was actively involved in the planning /execution of the Govt of India’s flagship project Bharatnet .In her current capacity as DDG (Future Networks ) in TEC she is working on 5G and is an active member of the Task Forces constituted by the High level forum 5G India 2020.

Deepa TyagiDDG Future NetworksTelecom Engineering Centre


Formal Qualifications: Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Focus: TransportationNorth Carolina State University, U.S.A. and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Dibyendu Sengupta is an Independent Transport Consultant with a background in Infrastructure, Civil Engineering and Planning. Dibyendu has over 18 years of experience in across various segments of the transport domain, conceiving and leading multiple highway, roads and sustainable urban transport projects to successful completion, including road safety, pedestrian and bicyclists accommodation, roundabout design, public transport, transit-oriented development, and traffic calming.

Currently, Dibyendu is part of two ADB projects focussing on capacity building and climate change adaptation in transport in East and Central Asia. Apart from that, he has been the Road Safety Auditor of several highway projects at design and pre-COD stage on national highways in India as part of the NHDP Phase IV.

In the past, he was the Transport Specialist at the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC), New Delhi, India, where he delivered consultancy assignments to EU-based companies and researchers, focusing on sustainable and energy-efficient transport solutions and technologies. He also advised clients on their market entry strategy and positioning in the Indian transport/logistics market. His areas of focus included Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), alternate vehicle technologies like Electric and Hybrid Vehicles and logistics.

He has also spent more than a decade working in several consultancies in the US, focussing on corridor and impact studies, traffic engineering, road safety engineering, intersection design, work zone traffic control and long-range planning for public and private sector clients and developers including Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Virginia Department of Transportation and Maryland State Highway Administration. Apart from that he completed several feasibility studies and corridor improvement projects in the mid-Atlantic region of the US.

Dibyendu SenguptaAdvisor – Transport ClusterEuropean Business and Technology Centre


Emilio Dávila has worked since 2013 in the Unit dealing with Innovation within Directorate General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT). He is responsible of coordinating ICT standardisation strategies, and in particular building bridges between research and standardisation and how standardisation contributes to innovation.

Prior to this, Mr. Dávila was research project officer in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (Connected Vehicles, eCall).

Emilio started working in the Commission in the Directorate General for Research, within the EU programme to support the participation of SMEs.

Before joining the European Commission, Mr. Dávila set up and directed the liaison office in Brussels of the Spanish Association for New Technologies, AENTEC, which brought together Spanish high-tech SMEs.

Mr. Dávila graduated as Telecommunication Engineer in the Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds a Degree in Law from the Spanish Open University.

Emilio Dávila-GonzalezEC Directorate General CONNECTStart-ups & Innovation UnitHead of Sector ICT StandardisationBrussels, Belgium


Mr. Enoch Eapen is Deputy Manager at Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, Electrical & Electronics Group, International Centre for Automotive Technology, ICAT

He has experience of over 8 years of experience in testing, homologation of components & vehicles from all major automotive 2,3,4 wheelers, Heavy Commercial vehicles, Buses, Agricultural tractors & Off road vehicles.

He is well versed with different EMC standards and regulations and has exposure to various national & international laboratories.

He has played a vital role in setting up of EMC laboratory at ICAT, Manesar which is a unique laboratory and one of its kinds in India.

Enoch EapenDeputy Manager Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, Electrical & Electronics Group, International Centre for Automotive Technology, ICAT


G. Narendra Nath, is working as Deputy Director General (Security), Department of Telecommunications, Government of India with overall responsibilities for the policy formulation and implementation and matters pertaining to Telecom network security of India. Current responsibilities include security audit and telecom security testing. He has over 30 years of telecom including 20 years of senior management experience in the areas of Telecom network planning, installation, operation and maintenance, Marketing & Business Development and Training.

He holds a Masters in Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi with specialization in VLSI design. He is trained as a Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2008.

G. Narendra NathDDG SecurityDepartment of TelecommunicationsGovernment of India


Dr. G. Ganesh Das is a PhD in the area of Strategic Marketing & Consumer Behavior from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, MBA and LLB from University of Delhi besides having an executive qualification on Export Management from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.

His professional experience of around 30 years’ in the area of Technology Management, Collaborations & Partnership Development, Strategy Planning, Innovation Management, Consumer Management & Analysis, Digital & Business Intelligence, Corporate Performance Management, Business and Market Development, customer relationship management in the area of Power, Smart Grid, Technology, Solar Renewables, Electric Vehicles Infrastructure, Automotive, Services, including international assignments. He has done significant researches in the areas of consumer behavior and strategy with papers written on the subject in international Journals. He has also co-authored a book ‘Aesthetics in Marketing’ published by Sage Publications, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Singapore.

He was the part of the global team involved in conceptualizing, development and enablement of “Smart Grid Maturity Model” (SGMM) whose rights now rests with Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Carnegie Mellon University (USA). One of his key areas of interest is looking at how changing technologies derives from and improves quality of consumer life with papers published in the areas of energy management technologies and strategies in the demand side management of energy. He has presented papers and participated in panel discussions in more than 25 international conference in relation to electricity distribution, energy and Smart Grid including Electric Vehicles and Renewables.

He is part of the Inter – Ministerial Technology Advisory Group, (IM – TAG) for the Department Science& Technology (DST) – Department of Heavy Industries (DHI), Government of India technology platform for electric mobility and Chairperson for IM – TAG Group 2 for LV Charging Platforms. He is also member in BIS Committee for Electric Vehicle Charging. Dr. Ganesh is member, Managing Committee of the Technology Business Incubator at Cluster Innovation Center, Delhi University.

G. Ganesh DasHead - StrategyBusiness Excellence & CollaborationsTata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, Delhi


Telecommunication Engineer. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.

From 1980 to Jan 1992 he worked in private telecommunication companies.

Since 1992 he has been working at the Ministry of Industry, Spain. At the moment, he is head of Unit in the Cabinet of Secretariat of State. He is the National Representative for the Future Internet Forum of Members of UE. Regarding this Forum, he deals with interoperability aspects involving FIWARE platform and other Service Platforms for Smart Cities, and its business models.

Jesus CanadasHead of UnitCabinet of Secretariat of State, Spain


Laurent Guise, graduated from the Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (ESE SUPELEC Engineering school) in 1981 has been working for Schneider Electric in Electrical network protection, monitoring and control system for more than 20 years. Within Schneider-Electric, Laurent Guise is awarded as Master expert in Smart Grids and IEC 61850. He is leading, at Corporate level the Energy BU and Smart Grids standardisation policy, as well as some new innovative offering.

L. Guise leads the “Roadmap” group (WG3) of the IEC system Committee on Smart Energy. He is also convening the IEC TC 57 WG17 group in charge of communication and data models for Distributed Energy Ressources integration, by extending the leading IEC 61850 standard.

Within IEC TC57 he also leads the digitalisation of IEC 61850 series, which induced the setting up with the IEC Central Office of some new innovative deliverables.

At European he also chairs the CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Co-ordination Group on Smart Energy At France level, Laurent Guise leads the AFNOR experts commission related to Smart Grids standardisation.

Laurent GuiseChairmanCEN-CLC-ETSI Smart Energy Grid Coordination Group


Dr. Pendl works in the Trade and Economic Section of the Delegation of the European Union to India and is responsible for ICT matters (market access, standardisation, research and innovation (including startups), Internet Governance). He previously worked in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) in Brussels. Before, he was a head of unit in the Austrian Prime Minister’s Office, and worked at Danube University Krems and the EFTA Surveillance Authority.

Klaus PendlFirst Counsellor – ICTDelegation of the European Union to India


ETSI’s mission is to enable the creation of global open standards for digital networks and services. Over 850 members from 66 countries design the work programme and populate the technical committees.

Margot deals with strategy development which by the very nature of ETSI, implies working in liaison with a variety of networks and ecosystems, be they in industry, governments, user communities, academics, etc.

Previously, Margot worked in the IT industry and the banking sector. She was born and raised in Marseille, France. She holds degrees in political science and International Public Law (Aix-Marseille) and a post-graduate degree from HEC (Paris).

Margot DorStrategy DevelopmentETSI


Dr. Mihai Bilauca is leading the development of Limerick’s Digital Strategy which aims to lay the foundation for a Sustainalle Smart Limerick City Region and Communities. Having worked for Limerick for over 15 years Mihai is now heading the Digital Strategy and EU Programmes departments in Limerick City & County Council.

Mihai worked in various roles in the ICT Management for UPC Romania, and for Limerick City Council as Head of ICT and memler of the Senior Change Management Team that oversaw the transformation of the former Limerick City and County councils into a new organization lased on a new operating model. In his spare time Mihai continues his research in mathematical programming and optimization modelling methods. Mihai received a Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from University of Limerick, Ireland and the sofware engineering degree from “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania.

Mihai BilaucaHead of Digital Strategy & EU Programmes, Limerick City & County Council, Ireland


Mustafa Wajid stumbled into an entrepreneurial career in 1977 at age 16 when he designed & manufactured his first power capacitor, in Bangalore, India. This was the business inception point for a small start-up company “MEHER Capacitors”.

Prior to this he attended Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, followed by the then Christ College & graduated with Distinction as an Electrical Engineer in 1984, from UVCE.

While, developing new capacitor technologies, products & contributing to growing the company. He thus went on to build and lead the team at MEHER, with active support & guidance from his family, enabling its Power Quality Components & Systems businesses to achieve technical recognition, customer appreciation across geographies and clear domain leadership status.

In 2009-10, SCHNEIDER Electric, then a US$ 20 billion global MNC, acquired this business. (http://www.meher.com/images/press_release/Schneider_Press_Release.pdf) As Managing Director & CEO of the MEHER Group (www.meher.com) he now guides “Team MEHER” in its businesses across the power engineering & e-mobility domains while also steering its digital transformation via new businesses in AI powered Data Analytics & Visualisation, Investments in Start-Ups and participating in strengthening activities of the MEHER Care Foundation.

He also actively supports & mentors a variety of start-ups that have a high transformation potential. He continues to be actively involved in key policy making initiatives, international professional societies, industry bodies & academia.

Other indulgences include Maths, Artificial Intelligence, Soccer, Traveling & Diverse genres of food, music, theatre, reading & humour.

Mustafa WajidManaging Director & CEO MEHER Group


Kishor is a Technology Consultant, Mentor & Design Architect with Organizations of National & International repute in the fields of Electrical, Electronics & ICT. He has over 39 years of professional experience in education, research, design and technology consulting.

After a brief stint in Design, Industry & Academics, he started narnix in 1981 to act as the “Technology Interface” for the Industry, Business and Society. narnix is one of the pioneer “Independent Design Houses” in India, engaged in design & technology consultancy, providing complete Design & Development Support to Electronic Products & Systems Manufacturing, as well as Solution Deploying Organizations.

He has over 200 research & design mentees in the STI (Science Technology & Innovation) and ESDM (Electronics System Design & Manufacturing) Ecosystems.

His current focus is to develop Framework, Architecture & Standards for end-to-end unified & secure ICT Infrastructure for Smart Cities. He is leading standardization activities @BIS - the Indian National SDO in - Smart Cities, Smart Manufacturing, Smart Energy & Active Assisted Living as the Chairman of Smart Infrastructure Sectional Committee LITD 28 in BIS.

He is leading the Smart Cities Standardization Globally as “Convener of Reference Architecture Work Group in IEC Systems Committee on Smart Cities” and Co-Editor of ISO Standards – ISO 30145 on Smart City ICT Reference Framework & ISO 30146 on Smart Cities ICT Indicators.

As an Expert and National Committee (BIS) Representative, he has been contributing in Global Standardization Activities of IEC, ISO, ITU & IEEE and help evolve Standards & Standardization Roadmaps in the fields of Smart Cities, Smart Infrastructure, ICT, IoT, Sensor Networks, Communication Technologies, Smart Manufacturing, Smart Energy, LVDC, Microgrids, Electric Mobility and Active Assisted Living etc.

Narang N. KishorTechnology Philanthropist, Innovation & Standardization Evangelist - Narnix Technolabs


Murty is the Smart Cities Partner and Leader for PwC India. He has over 17 years of Indian & global experience in Strategy, Project Delivery, P&L Management and Smart Cities.

As a Thought Leader on smart cities, he designed several projects in the area of Smart Cities, Public Safety, Urban Transportation and Sanitation.

Prior to PwC he was with E&Y and IBM, wherein he worked with clients to deliver components of Smarter Cities Framework. He has worked extensively across Indian Sub-Continent and Middle-East on several key initiatives.

He has driven complex and large ICT Projects in Agriculture, R&D, Skill Development, Social Welfare, Urban Development, Knowledge Management etc. He also managed and delivered citizens services delivery project for Chandigarh and various projects around Land Records, Property Registration and Transport. He has advised multi-billion dollar European firms on their India Entry Strategy (JV/Greenfield/Liason/Importer-Distributor models).

N.S.N. MurtyPartner Smart Cities (PwC India)


Mr Pankaj Batra did his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, Diploma in Systems Management, Diploma in Financial Management and Diploma in Public Speaking He is Member (Planning) in the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), and ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India and oversees various policy and planning functions, including Electric Power Survey Report on long term demand forecasting, National Electricity Plan on generation planning, coal and gas supply to power stations, renewable sources of energy, etc.

He has worked in the Western Regional Load Despatch Centre (WRLDC) as a System Operator.

He was also responsible for operation and maintenance of Power House, Switchyard and Dam in Chukha Hydro Power Corporation in Bhutan and operation and later operation and maintenance of transmission and distribution system of Bhutan.

He has worked in the Grid Management in the CEA Headquarters. He framed the regulations of CEA on Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid and regulations on Grid Standards.

He has worked as Chief (Engineering) in Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) formulating various Regulations, including various provisions related to wind and solar power in the revised Indian Electricity Grid Code.

He also started the Division on Regulatory Affairs in CEA and worked in Financial and Commercial Appraisal of power generation and transmission projects in the CEA, and various financial and commercial matters. He was involved in making the Standard bidding documents for procurement of generation and transmission services, Tariff Policy and National Electricity Policy, etc.

Pankaj BatraMember (Planning)Central Electricity Authority


Pierre - jean Cherret is currently VP strategy, new-innovation, business development, energy & industry smart tech, digital platforms at ITEMS International and also associate professor of ESCPE in business innovation for the European master in energy management. ITEMS International has been involved with Smart Energy since 2010, when it first stepped into this area with a study on electric vehicles. Building on this foundation, ITEMS now has carried out multiple studies and analyses on different Smart Grid issues such as integration of renewable energies, electricity storage, energy efficiency, e-mobility helping utilities and local authorities along with startups to build strategic roadmaps and execute innovative projects related to smart energy and cities. Items collaborated to the building and execution of the “SMILE” program launched in France Brittany region on behalf of one of the 5 industrial plans launched by the French government and validated by the actual France president E. Macron in 2015.

Pierre Jean CherretITEMS International


Dr. Prasant Misra is a Scientist in TCS Research and Innovation, Bangalore. He performs research in computational sensing with a focus on cyber-physical systems. He also has a background in middleware for wireless sensor networks and low-power networked embedded systems.

Prasant has many years of experience in scientific and industrial research. He has worked in different roles and capabilities for: Keane Inc. (a unit of NTT Data Corporation), Bangalore; CSIRO Sydney and Brisbane; Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

He has worked on a diverse range of problems; the outcomes of which have either resulted in open-source solutions or publications in premier sensornet / mobicom / wireless / robotic forums.

Prasant scientific excellence has been recognized and felicitated by a number of honors and awards, of which it is noteworthy to mention the: MIT TR 35 - India “Top 10 Innovators under 35 in India” and TCS “Exemplary Contribution Award” in 2017, ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” and European Commission “Marie Curie” Fellowship in 2012; and the Australian Government’s AusAID “Australian Leadership Awards” in 2008.

Prasant is an active volunteer. He has served on the organizing and technical committee of a number of international conferences/events. He is a contributor to National standardization forums on Smart Cities and Infrastructure. He is an active speaker on the subject of IoT and its various nuances. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM, member of the executive committee of IEEE Bangalore Section (as Co-chair - Industry Relations) and COMSNETS Association, and an Associate Technical Editor of IEEE Communication Magazine. His volunteering excellence and impact has been felicitated by the: IEEE Bangalore Section “Outstanding Volunteer Award for the year 2017”.

Prasant completed his postdoctoral fellowship from the Swedish Institute of Computer Science in Stockholm, and received his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales in Sydney; both in the field of computer science and engineering.

Prasant MisraScientist TCS Research and Innovation


Dr. Rahul Tongia is a scholar and researcher in areas of technology and policy, especially for sustainable development, and a Fellow at Brookings India (and the Brookings Institution), where he leads energy and sustainability studies. His areas of research are broad and interdisciplinary, spanning technology and policy, with domain expertise in energy/power and IT/telecom. His energy work has spanned seminal studies on India’s nuclear power program, importing natural gas, power pricing, and political economy, and current areas of focus include Smart Grids, Renewable Energy (RE), access to energy, and reforms.

He was the founding Advisor to the Smart Grid Task Force, Govt. of India, and the India Smart Grid Forum, bodies he was instrumental in setting up. He is also an Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, and was on the faculty at CMU for many years, with appointments in the Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy and School of Computer Science. He was previously Principal Research Scientist/Program Director at the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), a Bangalore-based not-for-profit where he was involved at the initiation stage. He was also on the Technology Advisory Board for Southern California Edison’s Smart Grid project (“SmartConnect”), a billion dollar project that was recognized by peers as the best in North America, and was Vice-Chair of the UN ICT Task Force Working Group on Enabling Environment (formerly Low-cost Connectivity Access). He has also been a long-time and early scholar in the domain of ICT for Development (ICTD), and the digital divide.

Dr. Tongia has a Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998 and a Sc.B. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University.

Rahul Tongia


Mr Rajeev Sharma is presently working as Head of the Electrotechnical Department of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), where he previously worked as a scientist in Conformity Assessment Schemes, Management System Certification activities, as well as laboratory Management and Standards Development work.

Rajeev started his career in 1987 and he has wide experience in the field of procurement, installation and commissioning of Switchgear and Electric Panels and other electrical equipment in private and public sector organizations.

As a Registered Technical Assessor he has carried out assessments of various International Conformity Assessment Bodies under the IECEE-CB, IECQ and IECEx Schemes as well as Management Systems Certification Audits of organizations as per ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems), ISO 50001 (Energy Management Systems), IS 15700 (QMS- Requirements for Service Quality for Public Service Organizations) as Lead Auditor/ Team Leader.

He has initiated many new capacity building programmes in the field of standardization and conformity assessment and was associated in assessment of various organizations for award of ”Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award” for recognizing Indian Industry for their work in the field of Quality, Environment, Safety, Energy, Occupational Health & Safety.

He is a member of the IEC Systems Committee on Low Voltage Direct Current and Low Voltage Direct Current for Electricity Access and the convener of Working Group 1 on LVDC Standards for Electricity Access.

Rajeev SharmaHead (Electrotechnical Department)Bureau of Indian Standards


Mr. Rajiv Sinha is an officer of Indian Telecommunication Service (ITS) of the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India and has joined the service in the year 1989. He has over 28 years of experience in various administrative & technical matters related to the field of telecommunications with specialization in Transmission technologies. He has played important role in network planning, project implementation and operations of various telecom networks namely GSM networks, Transmission systems and IT systems.

In his present assignment ,he is working as Deputy Director General ,Networks & Technologies, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India primarily having responsibility for framing policies and guidelines for the new emerging technologies like M2M, Cloud computing, 5G,Over The Top (OTT) services, IPV4 to IPV6 transition etc. He is also looking into the policy issues related to Net Neutrality.

Rajiv SinhaDeputy Director GeneralNetworks & Technologies, Department of Telecommunications


Mrs. Rashmi Urdhwareshe took over as Director ARAI on 1st July 2014. Before taking over this top position, she has a long career of over 3 decades in ARAI, the prestigious R&D and Homologation Institute located in Pune.

Mrs. Urdhwareshe has a distinguished academic career. Having graduated in 1981 from VRCE, Nagpur, she acquired Master’s in Electronics Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Pune. In addition she has several professional qualifications to her credit, such as Certified Quality Auditor and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from ASQ, USA and Diploma in Corporate Directorship from World Council for Corporate Governance (WCCG).

In her career span of 3 decades at ARAI she has handled various senior technical and management responsibilities to covers entire gamut of automotive electronics, instrumentation & controls, Quality management, homologation and standardization, international harmonization of automotive regulations, Vehicle Type Approval Certification, Export Homologation, Laboratory Accreditation, etc.

Mrs. Urdhwareshe is the Chairman of Transport Engineering Division Council (TEDC), constituted by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), New Delhi. She had a distinguished honor of serving as Vice Chair of Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) at the Global Forum under UN-ECE at Geneva during period 2014-2017.

Mrs. Urdhwareshe is the Chairman of AISC (Automotive Industry Standards Committee), which formulates Safety Standards in India. Mrs. Urdhwareshe is also Vice-Chairman SAE-India.

She has made significant contributions in establishing Integrated Quality Management, development And successful deployment of Balance Score Card based business excellence model for ARAI and is Co-author of Book on Total Quality Management.

She is a recipient of Woman Excellence Award 2015, given by Rotary International. She is also recipient of “Distinguished Alumnus” award.

Mrs. Rashmi’s other interests are instrumental music, reading and travelling.

Rashmi UrdhwaresheDirector ARAI


Ravi has pioneered the introduction of connected cars to India in a scalable format! He founded Minda iConnect in 2014 and in an extremely short span of time his company has taken leadership position and offering thought leadership in connected vehicles space. They offer end to end solution for multiple automobile OEMs in India. They are also successfully solving logistics and fleet related problems for various large organisations leveraging big data analytics and exception based management principles.

Before Minda iConnect, Ravi, an IIM alumnus, has years of experience in marketing and innovation, launching multiple new to market products across Europe, Africa and Asia!

Ravi JakhodiaFounder and CEO Minda iConnect Pvt Ltd.


Reena Garg is B.E. (Electronics & communication) from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), New Delhi and MBA. She has 21 years of experience in the field of Electronics and IT standardization at Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS).

She has handled the standardization work in various important areas including Information System Security, Biometrics, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Identification Cards, Data management systems, Computer Hardware and peripherals, Indian Language Technologies and products, Safety of AV and IT products etc. She has represented India in various IEC, ISO and JTC1 meetings. She was also associated with work relating to Compulsory registration Scheme (CRS) for safety of electronics and IT Goods. She also represents BIS on Technical advisory Committee for CRS.She is also the secretary of ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7 Software and Systems Engineering subcommittee, responsible for formulating international standards in this area.

She is presently the Head of ‘Electronics and IT’ standardization division of BIS.

Reena GargHead of ‘Electronics and IT’ Standardization Division of BIS


Reji is the President of India Smart Grid Forum (www.indiasmartgrid.org) since its inception in 2011 and is also the Chairman of Global Smart Grid Federation presently. He is an internationally renowned expert with over three decades of experience in the electricity sector in diverse functions covering the entire value chain and across continents.

He is spearheading a mission to leverage technology to transform the electric grid in India and light every home at affordable cost through sustainable developmental models. Reji played the pivotal role in formulation of the Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for India (August 2013) and the launch of a National Smart Grid Mission (March 2015) by Government of India, issue of Model Smart Grid Regulations (June 2015) by Forum of Regulators; and issue of Standards for Smart Meters (IS 16444 -2015 and IS 15959 Part 2) by Bureau of Indian Standards. He is presently advocating for a “Right to Electricity Act” that will ensure lifeline supply of electricity to all citizens in the country. His current areas of research include: WiFi as Last Mile Connectivity Solution for Smart Metering, Smart Grids as Anchor Infrastructure for Smart Cities, Development of Smart City Maturity Model, Grid Interactive Buildings and Campuses, Blockchain for Utilities; Future of Transportation; and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Standards and Policies.

In November 2016 Reji was unanimously elected as Chairman of Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF), a global umbrella organization of smart grid associations from 16 countries and the European Union.

As an entrepreneur, Reji has built successful enterprises in India and overseas and exited them. Reji has studied Engineering, Finance, Management and Law; worked with NTPC and IBM and has been senior consultant with ADB, World Bank and USAID. A recognized thought leader in smart grid technologies and concepts of smart cities, Reji is a popular key-note speaker at international symposiums and conferences on smart grids and smart cities. He has also contributed to several articles and books.

Reji Kumar PillaiPresident - India Smart Grid ForumChairman - Global Smart Grid Federation


Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar is an established Thought Leader in the Internet of Things and Digital Space. He brings over two decades of industry experience, working for Information Technology companies.

Currently, as President, Aeris India (privately held, Silicon Valley based company, in the m2m/IoT business since 1992), Dr Bhatnagar is leading the Aeris business in the Indian subcontinent, MEA and the APAC region. Aeris in India is enabling telecom operators and enterprises to jumpstart IoT services through an integrated end-to-end IoT solution.

Prior to joining Aeris, Dr Bhatnagar worked with Tech Mahindra (among the top 5 IT services company with turnover of 4.1 Bn USD) in various portfolios and served as the Global Head for Digital Enterprise Services in his last role. In addition, Dr. Bhatnagar is :

Chairperson of :

• The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) - IoT Panel in India, a 146 years old UK based institution. It is not for profit & a neutral collaboration platform for IoT thought leaders.

• Elecrama’s IoT, AI & Electricity Track.• CII’s IoT India Summit, 2018.• IoT India Congress 2016, ‘17 & ‘18

Strategic Advisor to :

• IoT Asia 2018, Singapore• IoT India Expo 2017 & 2018• m2m + IoT Forum 2017 & 2018

Rishi BhatnagarChairman IET-IoT Panel


Mr. Sajid Mubashir is Scientist G in Department of Science & Technology. He is currently engaged in developing a technology program to support the electric mobility mission, and he also chairs the committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) that is developing the EV Charging Standards for the country.

Mr. Mubashir had made several attempts to create collaborative industrial R&D Programs.

1. For ten years during 1995 to 2005, he led the Home Grown Technology Program (HGT) to promote academia industry collaboration. Soft loans were provided to 60 small companies and 80% of them successfully demonstrated technology at pilot production plants. But many of them could not get funding for commercial operations, and this problem with the ecosystem continues in India.

2. For another 10 years, till 2015, Mr. Mubashir worked on creating Pre-Competitive Consortium Technology Projects in the Automotive Sector.

3. The first attempt was known as the Collaborative Automotive R&D Program (CAR) during 2004-2010. It led to 10 consortium projects in which major Indian automotive companies and the leading research establishments had participated. When the results came the industry was not willing to take it further or make investments. So the program was closed in 2010.

4. During 2012-14 Mr. Mubashir was Member R&D at the National Automotive Board (NAB), Department of Heavy Industry and assisted the DHI in the nucleation of the electric mobility program. He then moved back to the Department of Science & Technology and implemented a joint technology program which was funded by the Dept of Heavy Industries and managed by the Dept of Science & Technology. As a result, a dozen technology projects were created in the electric mobility topics.

He counted his failures in the automotive sector, and moved to the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program (AMT) of DST. However, early this year the NITI Aayog requested the Department of Science & Technology to initiate a technology program to assist the large scale introduction of electric vehicles.

Sajid MubashirScientist GDepartment of Science and Technology and Member, BIS ETD 51 on eMobility


Sandip Sinha in his current role focuses on the end user sector of renewables, to build knowledge of customers and their applications, enhance customer engagement and to promote ABB’s Power Grid Divsion portfolio offering.

Sandip holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University and an MBA from IIT Delhi. He has close to 24 years of extensive industry experience, which includes 20 years in ABB where he has held various management positions in the areas such as manufacturing, testing, sales and marketing, project management and services primarily in the energy automation and communication domain.

Sandip SinhaVice President Renewables, Power Grid Division, ABB India Limited


Sharad founded Sensorise Digital Services Private Limited with the purpose of bringing end to end, technology agnostic, secure solutions with Devices, Portals and Lifecycle Management in the M2M / IoT space that leverage the GSMA eSIM, new age sensors, gateways and cloud platforms. He has worked extensively with policy, regulation and standards, providing inputs to authorities such as the TRAI, Controller of Certification Authority, Telecom Engineering Centre, ITU, DoT, Mobile Operators and the telematics device ecosystem.

Sensorise has brought the machine solderable SIM technology to India, adding the much-needed factory-fitment, security, quality of service and remote manageability to the IoT space. Sensorise has submitted a patent regarding a method and a system to control expense and usage of subscriptions in a mobile device to provide a frugal and enhanced quality of service. Sensorise addresses complex industry issues using technology, agility, experience and collaboration. Sensorise has contributed to the Swachh Bharat Mission with Devices and Portals that has led to greater accountability and cleanliness at public conveniences. Sensorise works pro-bono for the social sector assisting companies such as Childline India Foundation and SBC3 in their worthy endeavors towards the benefit of the society. It has been recognized as one of the fastest growing IoT Companies by CIO Magazine, Silicon India and IoT India Congress. The World CSR Congress recently listed Sensorise in the 50 Most Impactful Smart City Leaders List for 2018.

Prior to founding Sensorise, Sharad was the Chief Officer for Wireless Solutions at Tata Teleservices, providing vision, direction and execution to the development, launch and incubation of products and solutions that enabled the emerging 3G, M-commerce, M-education, M-health, Social Networking, and M2M businesses. Earlier, Sharad has spent 10 years with a Swedish Security and Mobile Services company, deploying secure platforms that enabled the Root Certification Authority of India, a Commercial CA and OTA platforms at more than 20 MNOs in several countries in APAC. Sharad was a part of the team that set up the green field operations of a mobile communications service provider in India, where he was the Head of Information Systems. Prior to that, Sharad was involved in the set-up of the R&D practice at Xerox in India, undertaking embedded systems design.

Sharad AroraManaging DirectorSensorise


As the Senior Director and Country Head for India at FireEye, Shrikant Shitole spearheads the company’s efforts to assist more Indian organizations protect themselves from the consequences of cyber attacks. He is charged with leading FireEye’s growth efforts in India

A seasoned industry veteran, Mr. Shitole has over 25 years’ experience in information technology, telecommunications and business management. Prior to joining FireEye, Mr. Shitole held senior management roles across several IT and telecom enterprises including Nelco Ltd. (Tata Enterprise), Avaya India, Cisco Systems, Sify Ltd., Siemens Ltd. and Alcatel Business Systems (India) Ltd. He was most recently the Managing Director of Symantec’s enterprise security business in India.

He holds an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, India and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics from Walchand Institute of Technology, India.

Shrikant Shitole Senior Director & Country Head, IndiaFireEye


Silvia Vaccaro has a university degree in Industrial Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and a Master degree in International Politics and Trade from the Sydney University, Australia.

She works in the Unit of the European Commission DG GROW dealing with standardisation (Unit Standards for Growth) and is responsible for the standards part of the TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) chapter in all FTAs (Free Trade Agreements) international negotiations.

Her focus is international relations in standardisation, and she worked several years in CEN-CENELEC as responsible for international cooperation (EU-funded projects and bilateral relations with national and regional standards bodies).

Her current tasks include international relations, with a focus on:

• WTO TBT (World Trade Organisation, Technical Barriers to Trade),• UNECE WP 6 (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working

Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies), • The TBT chapter of all Free Trade Agreements under negotiation (currently

Mercosur, Mexico and Indonesia)• Most third countries such as USA, India and Japan, as well as • Other policy issues related to standardisation (notably from 2016 the Joint

Initiative on Standardisation)

Silvia VaccaroPolicy officer standardizationDG GROW, European Commission


Mr. Sudhanshu Pandey has more than 30 years’ experience in Government in different senior policy positions including as

• Principal Secretary to Government Energy & Renewable Energy,• Principal Secretary, Finance, • Managing Director, Industrial Development Corporation, • Director, Department of Commerce, Counsellor (PIEC) & • Director (TC) Embassy of India, Berlin, Germany.

He has led many high-level trade delegations to various countries, conducted Services and Trade negotiations and negotiations in the areas of SPS and TBT agreements and chaired many high-level committees He has been awarded with the Governor’s Medal for distinguished services (1997) & State Government Gold Medal 2008 for meritorious services and commendation letter in the Department of Commerce.

Mr. Pandey is Post Graduate (Life Science - Botany) & Specialised in Environmental Management (Gold Medal), MBA (Finance) & Executive Management Programme in IIM, Ahmedabad, Budgeting and Financial Management in the Duke University, USA and Leadership Programme in Harvard Business School, US.

Sudhanshu PandeyJoint Secretary, Department of Commerce,Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India


Sumit Monga is the Head of Government Affairs at Unlimit IoT Pvt. Ltd., which is an IoT startup under the Reliance ADA group. In his current assignment, he works extensively on IoT policy and regulatory aspects. He interacts and works extensively with the ICT industry leaders and senior officials at DoT, MeitY & TRAI and other government offices for the formulation of IoT services policies for business enablement. Presently, he is a member of TEC’s M2M Security Workgroup.

Prior to joining Unlimit, Sumit was initially the head of IT managed services for RCom Data Centers and was later the lead Regulatory at RCom. Earlier, for 21 years, Sumit served as an IT and communications officer in the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army. In the civvies street, he has the distinction of being a founder member of CCICI (Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India) and was elected as the Vice President of AUSPI (Association of Unified Services Providers of India) in 2013.

Sumit MongaHead of Government Affairs Unlimit IoT Pvt. Ltd.


Surya Jeedigunta is an Entrepreneur who has spent more than a decade in Silicon Valley mostly in Product and Business development working for telecom companies such as Broadcom Corporation and Centillium communications. He was part of the team that pioneered Sending internet traffic through Telephone lines which is called DSL Modem.

In 2011 he came back to India and started his own firm SNJ SOLAR Energy Solutions to grow the Solar industry. Main activities include Identifying Co-development opportunities for Solar projects, strategies to unlock projects through JV/SPV for Project Development, Strategic Alliances, PPA pricing etc.

Also a founder and CEO of The peace, progress and prosperity foundation (3P foundation) , a Think tank dedicated to conducting Research, conducting public discourse and doing consulting assignments to various institutions with areas of focus being Smart city, Smart Grid, Renewable energy. Surya Jeedigunta has written many articles on Smart city, smart grid, SMAC and spoke in numerous seminars, conferences, and start-up communities.

He is the Author of a book “Shape Up for Smart Cities” to make you future-ready and participate in achieving India’s 100 Smart cities mission.

Think Big, take risk, take decisions and make them right is his motto. He enjoys meeting people, travelling and attending Yoga Events.

Surya Jeedigunta


Mr. Sushil Kumar did his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications in 1987 and Master of Technology in Computer Science in 1988 from University of Roorkee (presently known as Indian Institutes of Technology Roorkee). He is from 1987 batch of Indian Telecommunication services and joined Department of Telecommunications in February 1989.

He has worked in planning, project implementation & operations of fixed, mobile and optical fibre networks and switches, and also as the head of a number of business units in DoT / BSNL for around 22 years.

Since July 2013, he is working as Deputy Director General in M2M (Machine to Machine) Communication / IoT (Internet of Things) domain in Telecommunication Engineering Centre. He chairs National working Group (NWG) -20 in TEC. NWG-20 has been formed to coordinate and submit contributions from India in ITU-T Study Group (SG) -20 on IoT and its applications in Smart Cities and Communities.. He has participated in the ITU-T SG -20 meetings, held in Singapore and Geneva. He is also the member in concerned groups in TSDSI and BIS. He has also participated in more than 30 National / International conferences as a speaker.

Sushil KumarDDG IoT, TEC


“T.V. Ramachandran, widely known in the telecoms industry as ‘TV’, has played a key role in Mobile Telecommunications in India since it was first introduced in 1994. He was the 1st CEO of one of the earliest cellular ventures in India - Sterling Cellular Ltd (Essar Cellphone), Delhi – the predecessor of what is today Vodafone Delhi.

TV was the first Chairman of the India Interest Group of GSM MoU Association and has been closely involved with GSM activities all through the years. TV then moved on in 1997 to establish and lead the industry body – Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) and led it for 12 years – to the position of being one of the most credible and vibrant professional bodies that became accepted as the effective voice of the industry.

Since Jan 2015, TV has set up his own Consultancy firm and advises several firms as well as industry bodies. Also, currently, he is Chairman of the Telecom Committee of the European Business Group,

Is President of the Broadband India Forum, the only Indian body exclusively focused on growth of Broadband,

Member of the Global Advisory Body of the Panel of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, London, on Internet of Things.

TV has a Master’s in Physics (specialization in Wireless & Electronics) from Madras University and is also

• Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) London.• Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication

Engineers (India).

T.V. RamachandranPresidentBroadband India Forum


Formerly: (Last 2 positions)Chief Mentor Tata Teleservices (TATA Group)Chairman board of Directors and executive Director C-DOT

Professional Experience:

• Reasonably successful professional innings in multiple disciplines at multiple hierarchical levels for over 48 long years (mainly in the field of Telecom and Information technology) Including as Chairman Board of Directors & Executive Director, C-DOT (Centre for Development of Telematics) ; private industry including TATAs (TTSL) ; R&D organizations including Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) & Telecom Research Centre (TRC). Standards Organization ( TSDSI).

• Multiple official assignments (National & International) for projects, skill & academic enhancements, sabbaticals, deputations, academia, Research Fellowship, R&D, workshops, delegations, seminars, inter-country programs .

• Member / Chairperson at various (national / International) forums / joint working groups / committees / councils / associations / commerce chambers / PPP forums / academic affiliations etc. including Chair / Ex Chair of Security Study / Working Groups TEC, TSDSI, FICCI…others.

• Current focus on technology and standards especially, in the areas of Security, Cyber Security, Internet of Things (IoT), Smart City, innovative Next-Gen Services. Keeping ahead with changing face and pace of markets, business and technology.

Degree in Elect. Communication engineering followed by PG in Business Admn as well as multiple certifications and fellowships in other subjects.

Vijay MadanAdvisor & Mentor Telecom Standards Development Society India (TSDSI)


Vikram, is the Deputy Director General, of the COAI. This is India’s leading industry association for Telecom and Broadband issues. In his current assignment, he works extensively on telecom and broadband policy, regulatory compliance aspects.

He has close interactions with senior government officials and private sector executives to further augment mobile and broadband service business. He interacts extensively with the ICT industry leadership and senior officials at DoT, MeitY, TRAI and other government offices for regulatory and policy matters. He actively participates in the Joint Working Group on Cyber Security chaired by Deputy National Security Advisor. Is a frequent speaker at Telecom Network Security, Telecom and Broadband workshops / conferences. An active member of Telecom and Broadband Committees of national industry associations - CII, FICCI, Assocham Committees. He actively participates in all International Workshops / conferences being conducted by ITU, APT etc.

He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Global Certification Forum (GCF).

He was the Chief Regulatory Relations (CRO), with TATA Teleservices Limited from 2008-10. Earlier he was with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as their Chief Information Officer (CIO) for three years (2005 - 2008). Prior to that, he served in the communications arm (Signals) of the Indian Army (for a tenure of 24 years), from where he took voluntary retirement in 2005 in the rank of Colonel.

Vikram TiwathiaDeputy Director GeneralCOAI


Vikram Gandotra is recognised in the Power T&D industry for his passion in introducing newer technologies to improve operations in Power Utilities. He has a rich experience of over 30 years covering all areas in the Power Transmission & Distribution domains and has worked on several projects of Power Utilities in India and abroad.

He is also actively involved in standards development activities especially in newer areas such as Smart Grids, Grid Integration of Renewables, and is the Secretary of WG 5 - DMS of the ‘Power System Control and Associated Communications Sectional Committee, LITD 10 of “Bureau of Indian Standards” and also member in the IEC PC-118 committee for Smart Grid User Interface.

He is an Executive Council Member of IEEMA (Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers Association) and also the immediate past president of Smart Grid Division of IEEMA. He was the Convener of World Utility Summit 2018 (held alongwith Elecrama 2018).

He has been conferred the prestigious ‘CBIP Special Recognition Award for Excellent Contribution in Power System Automation’ by the Central Board of Irrigation & Power.

He works at Siemens Ltd, Gurgaon where he heads the Marketing & Strategy group for Digital Grid Business Unit. He has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration.

He dreams to see the Indian engineers, manufacturers and utilities play a leading role in the global community.

He has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration.

He is a speaker in several national and international conferences and also writes for industry journals.

Vikram Gandotra General Manager (Strategy & Marketing) Digital Grid, Energy ManagementSiemens Ltd.


Mr Vimal Mahendru is the President of Legrand-India, a subsidiary of the French multi-national Legrand. In his present role, he guides strategic initiatives of the company, especially forays into new and emerging markets.

Besides this, Vimal is presently the IEC Ambassador, representing IEC in various government and stakeholder fora relevant to the electrotechnical community. He is the IEC Standardization Management Board (SMB) member from India and Chair of the IEC Systems Committee on Low Voltage Direct Current and Low Voltage Direct Current for Electricity Access (SyC-LVDC). Specifically, on Electricity Access, Vimal is representing IEC in various UN, multi-government and international fora, to drive electricity access initiatives through standardization.

He is also a member of the governing council of Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA), the apex industry body in India. Besides this, he is also the Chair of the Bureau of Standards, Sectional Committee 39, for standardization of fuses and fuse accessories.

Based on his contributions to industry and global electrification, in 2016, Vimal was recognized by the Electrical Research and Development Association (ERDA) with its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017, the Control Panel and Switchgear Manufacturers’ Association conferred the COSMA Gaurav award on Vimal for his ongoing contributions to the Indian and global electrical fraternity.

Vimal MahendruPresident Legrand (India)


Dr. Vinosh James leads the technology standards effort for Qualcomm in India. He has over 15 years of standardization and systems engineering experience. He specializes on aspects of cellular connectivity, both on licensed and unlicensed technologies. He was chairman of the 5G work group in TSDSI, and is currently involved in making 5G a reality in India, especially on the vertical and adjacent market segments.

Vinosh JamesLead - Technical Standards ‎Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.


He has over 30 years of experience working with premier Quality Organisations of the country. He has been working as Executive Director, CII IQ since July 2017. Prior to joining CII, he was CEO of National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), Quality Council of India (QCI), where he developed many innovative accreditation schemes. He served QCI for over 18 years.

He has represented India in many international forums including International Accreditation Forum (IAF), Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) and as member of various national and international committees.

The CII Institute of Quality has been established with the vision to be Center of Excellence of international repute that provides role model products and services for the continuous betterment of organizations and society. With tie-ups with reputed international quality organizations, CII IQ’s prowess provides access to the best-in class practices and methodologies to its membership and clientele in their journey of excellence and recognition.

Vipin Sahni Executive Director CII- Institute of Quality, Bengaluru


Xavier Piednoir heads ETSI’s External Relations activities, working in the Director General’s team in close coordination with the ETSI Legal and Strategy Development departments. He is in charge of the partnership care and development as well as projects in foreign countries (notably SESEI in India). He also takes part in the action with European Commission. Xavier has a strong technical background, being an expert in the smart card technology, the standardization of which he was involved for 15 years, as an expert for Orange and later as a Technical Officer in ETSI.

Xavier Piednoir Head External Relations ETSI

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EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION (CEN) and EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR ELECTROTECHNICAL STANDARDIZATION (CENLEC)

CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) are recognized by the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as European Standardization Organizations responsible for developing standards at European level. These standards set out specifications and procedures in relation to a wide range of materials, processes, products and services. The members of CEN and CENELEC are the National Standardization Bodies and National Electrotechnical Committees of 34 European countries. European Standards (ENs) and other standardization deliverables adopted by CEN and CENELEC, are accepted and recognized in all of these countries. European Standards (ENs) contribute to enhancing safety, improving quality, facilitating cross-border trade and strengthening the European Single Market. They are developed through a process of collaboration among experts nominated by business and industry, research institutes, consumer and environmental organizations, trade unions and other stakeholders. CEN and CENELEC work to promote the international alignment of standards in the framework of technical cooperation agreements with ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission).

For more information about CEN / CENELEC visit: www.cencenelec.eu ( www.cen.eu / www.cenelec.eu )


EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ETSI)

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies. ETSI is a not-for-profit organization with more than 800 ETSI member organizations drawn from 66 countries across 5 continents world-wide. This cooperation has resulted in a steady stream of highly successful ICT standards in mobile, fixed, and radio communications and a range of other standards that cross these boundaries.

For more information about ETSI visit: www.etsi.org


EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The European Commission is an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU. The European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry and Entrepreneurship (DG GROW) has the mission to promote a growth-friendly framework for European enterprises. It has a key role in the Europe 2020 agenda of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. DG Grow is playing an active role to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth throughout all industrial sectors, including service industries like tourism. The policy of Grow contributes to making Europe a more competitive, innovative and resource-efficient economy, ready to tackle today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.

For more information about European Commission visit: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/internal-market-industry-entrepreneurship-and-smes en.


EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION (EFTA)

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA), founded in 1960, is an intergovernmental organization set up for the promotion of free trade and economic integration to the benefit of its Member States – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Relations with the European Union have been at the core of EFTA activities from the beginning. The Agreement on the European Economic Area brings together the EU Member States and three of the EFTA States – Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway – and extends the EUs internal market to these three EFTA States. Switzerland’s economic and trade relations with the EU are governed through bilateral agreements. The EFTA countries also have a number of Free Trade Agreements covering countries outside the EU.

For more information about EFTA visit: www.efta.int


SECONDED EUROPEAN STANDARDIZATION EXPERT IN INDIA (SESEI)

The Seconded European Standardization Expert in India (SESEI) is a project established by three European Standards Organizations (ESOs: CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), with the objective to increase the visibility of European standardization in India and to promote EU/EFTA-India cooperation on standards and related activities.

It is a Standardization focused project, with a priority emphasis on the sectors of ICT, Automotive, Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics and Smart Cities.

For more information about SESEI visit: http://sesei.eu/


CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY (CII)

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering industry, Government, and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes. CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. Founded in 1895, CII has over 8,300 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 200,000 enterprises from around 250 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.

For more information about CII visit: http://www.cii-iq.in/

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