NITT Inauguration Report on 20th National Power Systems Conference

NITT Inauguration Report on 20th National Power  

Systems Conference  NPSC -2018 held today at NIT, Tiruchirappalli.

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National  

Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, conducted the inaugural  

function for its event, “20th National Power Systems Conference,  

NPSC-2018 with the theme “Towards a Sustainable Energy Future through  

Efficient, Smart and Green Technologies” from 14th to 16th December  

2018.

The conference began with the lighting of lamp and  

welcome address by Prof. C.Nagamani, General chair, NPSC-2018 and then  

Prof.S.C Srivastava, Chairman, National core standing committee NPSC.  

He elaborated about the achievements of the department. The Director,  

Prof.Mini Shaji Thomas then took over and spoke about the need to aim  

our research toward a social motive, and the need to bind industries  

and institutes. Shri KVS Baba Chairman and Managing Director, Power  

System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) shared his views on energy  

conservation and environmental management briefly and addressed the  

gathering. Dr. Saifur Rahman President, IEEE Power & Energy Society  

(PES) and Director, Advanced Research Institute, Virginia Tech, USA  

delivered the inaugural address.

Academic excellence award-NPSC 2018 was given to Prof.Bhim Singh, IIT  

Delhi. Industry Excellence Award-NPSC 2018 was given to K.Rajamani,  

Chief Consultant, M/s. Adani Electricity, Mumbai, Ltd. Malaviya  

Excellence Award in Power System-2018 was given to Prof.S.C.  

Srivastava, IIT Kanpur. Conference souvenir was released by Shri KVS  

Baba in the inaugural function. Vote of thanks was delivered by Prof.  

Kumaresan, Convenor NPSC-2018.

Prof. Saifur Rahman has delivered the inaugural keynote speech on “A  

smart city and its attributes”.He addressed a strong Industry  

Institute interaction by providing a platform for researchers and  

engineers from Academia, Industry and Utility to exchange their ideas,  

and experiences and present solutions found for actual and future  

problems. India is the Second largest IEEE membership next to the  

USA.IEEE members need to address societal contributions. This  

conference will help us to solve solutions to existing power sector  

scenarios. He also stated the importance of the smart grid in the  

present power sector.

The conference was well attended by eminent academicians, faculty  

members and students from reputed technical and educational  

institutions from different parts of the country and representatives  

of governmental bodies and industry.

Photo Details:

1. Dr. Saifur Rahman President, IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) and  

Director, Advanced Research Institute, Virginia Tech, USA presented  

Academic excellence award-NPSC 2018 was given to Prof.Bhim Singh, IIT  

Delhi on left Prof.S.C. Srivastava, IIT Kanpur,Prof.Mini Shaji Thomas,  

Director, NIT-Tiruchirappalli and on right Shri KVS Baba,Chairman and  

MD Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO).