IITGN organised conference on national power systems

margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%The 21st edition of

National Power System Conference

(NPSC 2020) was hosted online by the

Electrical Engineering

discipline of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN). NPSC is a prestigious biennial conference that provides a forum for academia, industry, and students to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field of electrical power and smart energy systems. The theme for

NPSC 2020

was ‘Sustainable Energy and Resilient Future Grid’, which is of interest to most power utilities, practicing engineers, and academics. More than 200 participants from India and abroad joined the online conference. margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%K V S Baba, CMD, Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (

POSOCO

) attended the inaugural session as the Chief Guest. In his inaugural speech Mr K V S Baba highlighted the three Ds of the present world and said, “The world is becoming more and more decentralised, decarbonised and digitalised with a flush of social media and Information Technology. For a modern technical society like India’s, NPSC is one of the premier platforms where all aspects of power systems attract attendees. The challenge of skillset and mindset, especially in the aftermath of Covid pandemic, has to be confronted with industry and academia collaboration, and the same is possible through this conference platform.”margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%Anjan Bose, a Regents Professor and the Distinguished Professor of Electric Power Engineering at Washington State University, USA, delivered the inaugural keynote address on the topic ‘The Continuing Evolution of Grid Operation and Control’. After giving a brief background about the first digital grid control centers installed in the 1960s, Prof Anjan Bose said, “The improvements in computer technology allowed more sophisticated applications at the control center, resulting in the modern Energy Management Systems (EMS). With computing and communication becoming cheaper, the same technologies could be applied to distribution level control centers resulting in the proliferation of the Distribution Management System (DMS). This would result in increased efficiency, reliability, and better outage management. Clean energy strategy must be adopted as per local needs of the developing and developed countries as both will benefit from increasing smart grid technologies.”