Training Needs Assessment for officials/Engineers of GVWV & VSWS Department and APSHCL

Mr. Nihankar Rao Kotagiri

Research Associate

@ : nihankarrk@asci.org.in

# : +91 6301885186

Nihankar Rao Kotagiri is a Research Associate at the Centre of Energy Studies (CES), Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI).

He has completed his graduation in Bachelor of Science (B.sc ) with a specialization in Statistics from Osmania University (OU), Hyderabad, and pursuing his Post Graduation Diploma in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Indraprastha Insititute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi.
His area of expertise is data collection, Statistical data analysis, and M.S.Office. He has completed an internship and has been supporting the business development team of the Centre for Energy Studies (CES) at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) since 2021.
He has been part of a two-day training program on Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort, and Eco-Niwas Samhita Compliance for Residential Buildings (APSHCL and GVWV & VSWS department, Andhra Pradesh) in 2021 & 2022 and worked on a Power Purchase agreement with Singareni Collieries Company Limited in 2022.

Mr. Sai Kumar Kadali

Consultant

@ : saikumar@asci.org.in

# : +91 9573757845

Mr. Sai Kumar Kadali is a Consultant with more than 6 years of work experience in the field of Building Energy Efficiency & Sustainability in both the public and private sectors. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.

He joined the Administrative Staff College of India in March 2022 as a Consultant for multiple projects at the Centre for Energy Studies!

He is quite knowledgeable in Building Physics, HVAC, Lighting, and various Green Building Rating Systems. Also skilled in 3D modeling, evaluation of the optimum use of daylight in buildings using DesignBuilder; expert in planning, calculation, and visualization of indoor lighting using DIALux.

Previously, he worked with the All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG) as a Project Manager for the notification and implementation of the Energy Conservation Building Code & Eco-Niwas Samhita in multiple states across India. He was instrumental and played a key role in making ECBC mandatory by supporting the respective governments in the states of Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh. Besides this role, he also worked on multiple commercial projects as a Building Energy Simulation Analyst to facilitate and achieve ECBC Compliance.

His experience includes policy advocacy, stakeholder consultation, and project management working with major clients such as the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Defense Council, State Designated Agencies, viz. CREDA, EMC Kerala, APSECM, APEDA, MEDA, TSECL, and many more.

Competencies: DesignBuilder, eQuest, ENS Compliance Tool, DIALux Evo, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Mr. Pavan Kumar Parnandi

Assistant Professor

@ : pavan@asci.org.in

# : +91 7382228762

Mr Pavan Kumar Parnandi is working as Assistant Professor in the Centre for Energy Studies at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). He is a graduate (Bachelor of Technology) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and completed Post Graduation in MBA – Power Management from University of Petroleum and Energy Sciences, Dehradun. He is also BEE certified ECBC Master Trainer.

He is having around 15 years of experience in the successful implementation of various Research and Consultancy assignments in the Fields of Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy in India and abroad. He has worked on policy framework development for Energy Conservation Building Code implementation in AP and Telangana and also worked on the development of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Aviation Policy. He is having experience in working with major clients such as SAARC Energy Centre, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of AP, Government of Telangana, UNDP, GIZ, NRDC, INCAP, NREDCAP, TSREDCO, WACEM, USAID and many more.

Prior to ASCI, he worked for Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited (TSREDCO) as a Consultant for the Energy Conservation Division where he was instrumental in enforcing and implementing various energy conservation programmes under the provisions of the Energy Conservation act 2001. He was successful in the implementation of major national flagship programmes in Telangana such as Capacity Building in Demand Side Management (AgDSM & MuDSM), Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency (MTEE), Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT), Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), State Energy Conservation Fund (SECF), Capacity Building of DISCOMs programme etc. He has developed an Energy Conservation action plan for Telangana State, based on the recommendations in the action plan, the Government of Telangana has constituted Telangana State Energy Conservation Committee. He has also successfully implemented various other initiatives such as training programmes, awareness campaigns, Telangana State Energy Conservation Awards and many more which resulted in receiving National Energy Conservation Award for Telangana State in 2020. He also represented Telangana State Government in various national conferences and showcased the state’s efforts toward Sustainable Energy.

He has also published energy conservation and sustainable energy-related articles in various journals and newsletters.

His current area of interests are capacity building, Policy and advocacy support in the energy field.

Ms. VISHAKHA BHANDARE

Associate Consultant- Environment Architect | IGBC AP |

@: vishakha.b@asci.org.in

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Vishakha Bhandare works as an Associate Consultant – at the Centre for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). She has been involved in providing technical assistance for the implementation of the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) & Eco Niwas Smitha (ENS) in the state of Maharashtra. She assists Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA), Govt. of Maharashtra in the aspects of policymaking, stakeholder consultation, coordination with various departments in the state. She also assists NRDC for implementing ECBC in the state.

She received a Master’s degree in Environment Architecture & Planning from Dr. B.N. College of Architecture, Pune. She completed her Bachelors in Architecture from the same college and is a registered Architect in Council of Architecture (COA). She is also registered as an Accredited Professional for green building certification at Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). She has over 3 years of experience in architecture, sustainable and passive designing, green building certification projects, energy efficiency approach in buildings and also worked as ECBC Technical Officer in SDA of Maharashtra.

As an Environment Architect, Vishakha has immense experience in building planning, interior & exterior designing, 3D softwares, building energy simulation using DesignBuilder software, life cycle assessment, carbon footprint reporting, illumination survey reporting using Dialux software, environment impact assessment (EIA) reporting and environment clearance (EC) working. As a Technical Officer at MEDA, along with evaluation of ECBC Cell’s work, she was actively involved in working for State Energy Efficiency Index for Maharashtra state, conducting ECBC training programs, suggesting energy conservation measures with simulation of various demonstration projects in for ECBC compliance.

Area of Expertise:

Energy Conservation Building Code
Green Building Certification
Energy Efficient Building Designing
Sustainable Architecture Designing

Ms. SAYALEE DHANANJAY GIRME

Assistant Consultant-Architect & Planner

@: sayaleegirme@asci.org.in

#: +91- 9172412776

Sayalee Dhananjay Girme is an Assistant Consultant – Architect & Planner at the Centre of Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). She has been involved in providing technical assistance for implementation of the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) & Eco Nivas Smitha (ENS) in the state of Maharashtra. She has an active role in policy making, Co-ordination with Govt. Organization for effectual implementation of ECBC & ENS in the state of Maharashtra.

She received a Master degree in Town & Country Planning from College of Engineering, Pune (COEP). She completed her Bachelors in Architecture from Govt College: Bharati Kala Prasarini Sabha’s College of Architecture, Pune (B.K.P.S). She is a registered architect in Council of Architecture (COA) having 5 years of experience in the Architecture as well as Town Planning & urban Planning field with a focus on Urban design with a sustainable approach in Maharashtra state.

As an Architect, Sayalee has immense experience in building designing, Interior & exterior design, plotting, affordable housing, SAP & Infrastructure planning. She was a part of Swachh Bharat Mission scheme for implementing Solid Waste Management, digitization of Development Plan, proposal for modification in MRTP Act. She has a major role in simulation of various demonstration projects in the state of Maharashtra for ECBC compliance.

Area of Expertise:

Energy Conservation Building Code.
Arc-GIS mapping.
Development & Regional Planning.
Town Planning Schemes.
Solid Waste Management.
Architectural working & sanction drawings

Mr. Sumedh Sandeep Korde

Intern

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# : +91 8806412667

Sumedh Sandeep Korde is currently working as an Intern with the Center for Energy Studies. He had done his graduation in BCA from Rashtrasanta Tukdoji Maharaj University Nagpur, and have done his Postgraduation in MBA with a specialization in finance from Bangalore University.

He is currently working on Indian Power Regulatory Affairs.

Mr. Akshay Kumar Janda

Research Associate

@ : akshayjanda@asci.org.in

# : +91 7036199000

Akshay Kumar Janda is a Research Associate, Centre for Energy Studies at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). He has done his Graduation in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is currently working with ASCI in projects related to the ‘Development of EV and EVCS ecosystem for the state of Telangana’ with SSEF, NRDC and Climate Trends. His expertise is in the field of feasibility and siting of EV charging stations.

Mr. Sudharshan Kannan

Associate Consultant

@ : Sudharshan.kannan@asci.org.in

# : +91 9488118222

Sudharshan Kannan is an Associate Consultant, Centre for Energy Studies at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). He has been working in ASCI since August 2021. He has been involved in various projects such as Andhra Pradesh State Energy Efficiency & Energy Conservation Policy: 2021, Indo Swiss BEEP Training Project with APSHCL: 2021, State Energy Conservation Awards of Andhra Pradesh: SECA 2021. He has also been co-author of the Training Manual for “Training Programme to Engineering Assistants on Energy efficiency provisions and Energy conservation techniques”. He currently works at ECBC Cell of ASCI at APSECM in Implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code, policy activities, Co-ordination with the Government Organizations for its effective implementation.
He is a GATE- 2010 qualified professional and He received a Master’s degree (M.Tech) in Energy Systems from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT_ B), Bhopal through the MNRE scholarship funding. He has completed his Bachelor’s degree (B.E) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from P.R. Engineering College, Thanjavur which is affiliated to ANNA University, Chennai.
He with over 9 years of academic experience in a couple of Universities & Self Financing Engineering Colleges, has a rich profile in handling the training sessions for the Professionals. He with nearly an year of experience in NIN Energy India private Ltd performing Energy Auditing & Analyzing, have handled energy audit for more than a half a dozen of MSME firms, and Foreign Companies. He has prepared Energy Audit Reports with Energy Conservation/Saving Measures and earned success stories of Energy savings for POSCO-ICPC Chennai, HANON-Automations Chennai, nearly eight branches of MASCO Printers & Textiles Group, Bangladesh, and Bank of India (B.O.I) – around 23 branches located in the Coimbatore Zone, Canara Bank – branch at Calicut.
His area of interest includes, Energy Auditing, Drafting Technical Analysis in Energy Conservation & Energy Audit Reports, and Effective utilization of Renewable Energy resources to reduce dependence on fossil fuel.

Mr. Siddartha Ramakanth Keshavadasu

Assistant Professor

@ : siddu@asci.org.in

# : +91 7219714477

Siddartha Ramakanth Keshavadasu, is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Centre for Energy Studies. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, post graduate with MBA in Power Management from National Power Training Institute, Ministry of Power.

Mr Keshavadasu has been working in various capacities in Electricity Regulatory & Tariff Advisory, Power Distribution, Techno economic feasibility studies, Tariff, Annual Performance analysis of Power utilities, PPA Advisory, Financial Modelling, Strategic Consulting, e-Mobility and Renewable Energy and its integration in the last 6 years on projects in India, South Asia and Sub-Saharan region particularly in countries like Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Kenya as a Solar Expert and Project Leader on Clean Energy and power sector development. He has worked on consulting assignments with State Power Utilities, State and Central Regulatory Commissions and Government undertaking in a variety of areas including technical analysis, tariff filing, tariff analysis, demand and supply estimates, regulations and policy related matters. His Clients include Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, Govt. of West Bengal, UPNEDA, PFC, OHPC, HVPN.

His specializations include Renewable Energy, Techno-commercial design and framework, PPA Negotiation, Financial Modelling, Regulatory/Tariff Filing, Business Plans, Strategic Consulting, Statistics for Management Decision Making. He has contributed to Power and Renewable Energy Sector from Concept to Commissioning including but not limited to Policy Advocacy, Strategy, Financial Management, Regulatory matters, Public Procurement, Project Management and Audit etc. His notable contributions include working on first utility size BESS Solar Power Plant in Democratic Republic of Congo and Burkina Faso and One of the largest Solar Power Plant in Kenya and Cote D’Ivoire.

Mr. Siddartha has earlier worked with Feedback Infra Private Limited (erstwhile Feedback Ventures) and Mercados EMI and was instrumental in Benchmarking of Electricity Distribution Utilities and has worked on Techno-Commercial Due Diligence for around 400 MW Solar Power Projects in India

Mr. RajKiran V Bilolikar

Director & Professor

@ : rajkiran@asci.org.in

# : 91 9704087888

Mr. Rajkiran V. Bilolikar is working as a Director and Professor, Energy Area, at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad. Mr Bilolikar has been working in various capacities on Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Electricity Distribution Management, Regulatory affairs of the Electricity Industry, Tariff analysis, IT in utilities and RE projects in India. In India, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has appointed Mr Bilolikar as a member of the Technical Committee to look into the implementation aspects of the Energy Conservation Building Code. Mr Bilolikar played a key instrumental role in the mandatory compliance framework in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Usha Ramachandra (PhD) Economics HCU

Director, Centre for Energy Studies (CES) at ASCI

@ : usher@asci.org.in

# : 91 9849405359

Dr Usha Ramachandra joined the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) as a Tarun Sondhi Fellow in 1995, to study the Liberalisation of India’s Civil Aviation. She joined the faculty in 1998 and became involved in several of ASCI’s training programmes and consulting assignments in the power sector. She contributes to programmes, policy and consulting on infrastructure regulation with a focus on power sector, and energy reforms. She served as Dean of Training Programmes at ASCI from 2015-17.

She has worked in the South Asia region particularly in Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan as a resource person on energy and power sector related issues in several training programmes and regulatory initiatives under the USAID funded SARI/E Project. She has worked on consulting assignments with power utilities, state and central regulatory commissions and governments in a variety of areas including tariff filing, tariff analysis, demand and supply estimates, regulations and policy related issues.

She has conducted specially designed programmes for the THDC India Ltd., NTPC, PXIL, DVC, IEX, NHPC, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) etc. Apart from being actively involved in ASCI’s management development programmes, she has several publications and conference and workshop presentations to her credit.

Dr Usha Ramachandra served as an Independent Director on the Board of MIDHANI, a defense PSU which develops and manufacture custom-made alloys to suit the specific requirements of customers for their critical applications from 2015-19. She is an Independent Director on the Board of the Andhra Pradesh Gas Power Corporation (APGPCL) which is the first group captive power plant set up in the country. She has also served on Expert Committees associated with the power sector in Andhra Pradesh.

Bhaskar Reddy

Senior Consultant

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Mr. Bhaskar Reddy has been with Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) since February 2004 as a consultant for Electricity related studies. Before joining in ASCI, he has served in various capacities for about 33 years in APSEB / APCPDCL. Mr. Reddy has over 50 years of rich and diversified experience of power sector. As an engineer in APSEB/APCPDCL he was looking after operation and maintenance of transmission and distribution system, rural electrification etc.

As a consultant in ASCI, assisted in drafting various Regulations, processing tariff petitions and finalization of Tariff Orders for generating companies, transmission and distribution licensees for State Electricity Regulations of Bihar, Gujarat, Delhi, Joint Electricity Regulation Commission of Manipur & Mizoram and Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission of Goa & UTs etc.

As a team member involved in Reforms and Restructuring of power sector in Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram etc. and also key team member for evaluation of APDRP works sponsored by Ministry of Power, evaluation of works in Uttar Pradesh executed under World Bank Funding and preparation of study reports of Demand Supply position in Eastern and North Eastern Regions for NTPC.

He holds a Post Graduation Degree (M.Tech) on Power Systems and graduated degree in Electrical Engineer (B.E). He has also undergone various short training sessions related to Demand Management, Energy Conservation, Energy Audit etc.

P. Rajesh

Senior Consultant

@ : prajesh@asci.org.in

# : 91 9869471271

Mr. P. Rajesh has joined ASCI as Senior Consultant in October 2018. He is responsible for Planning and Execution of various research and consultancy projects being undertaken by “Centre for Energy Studies” with a focus on Innovation in Research Design. Some important consultancy projects successfully accomplished under his guidance are Assessment of Biomass and Bagasse Power Potential in the Country; Feasibility and Adoption of Pumped Hydro Storage Systems in India in view of rapid RE penetration; Implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code 2017 (ECBC) in the states of Telangana and AP. He takes regular sessions on ECBC 2017 for all stakeholders in Telangana and AP, as part of creating awareness for implementation of ECBC.

Prior to joining ASCI, he has worked in NTPC Ltd. for 33 years in various capacities, heading departments like Operations, Maintenance, Maintenance Planning, Operation Services (OS), Project Execution in power plants spread across the nation at Badarpur (Delhi), Singraulli (UP), Kahalgaon (Bihar), Solapur (Maharashtra) and SRHQ (Southern Regional Head Quarters) at Hyderabad (Telangana). During his posting at SRHQ OS department, he was involved in carrying out Energy Conservation Audits in all SR Plants and the Performance Guarantee Test in new plants i.e. at Kayamkulam and Simhadri. A new concept of “System Audit for Plants and Auxiliaries” was introduced by him during monthly ORT (Operation Review Team) meeting at SR stations. This was appreciated by Corporate OS and adopted as a regular practice in ORTs and is reaping rich dividends.

He played a pivotal role in two outside NTPC consultancy assignments, for improving the operational performance of thermal power plants in UP and Maharashtra. In this consultancy assignment to State GENCOs, he could bring in a remarkable turnaround in performance within a short span at Panki Thermal Power Station in UP and Nashik Thermal Power Station in Maharashtra and received Special Appreciation from Chief Engineers.

He is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from MANIT Bhopal and has done M. Tech. in “Power Generation Technology” from IIT Delhi.

Mr. K Sudershan

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T. Satyanarayana

Senior Consultant

@ : thotasn58@gmail.com

# : 91 9963947939

He has worked in various capacities in the APSEB /APTRANSCO and retired as Accounts Officer on 31^st March 2013. He is a Commerce Graduate (B.Com) and MBA (Finance). He has associated with the works of finalisation of annual accounts of APSEB/APTRANSCO and interrelated works of audit, cost records maintenance, cost audit, filing of IT returns of the APSEB/APTRANSCO and assessments by the IT authorities, furnishing information to various Central/State Government departments/institutions, Financial Institutions/Banks, etc. He has associated in APSEB reforms process of segregation of assets and liabilities of APSEB in to generation, transmission and distribution functions (four discoms) and allied works. He has associated/experience in/of preparation and filing of Tariff Petitions of APTRANSCO and dealing with associated regulatory works.

He has joined the ASCI as Project Consultant in November 2013. He has experience of analysis of tariff petitions filed by the power utilities (generation, transmission, distribution companies, etc), scrutiny of revenue and expenditure, analysis of accounts, determination of ARR, drafting Tariff orders. He has assisted the Bihar ERC, Delhi ERC, JERC/Gurugram and Meghalaya ERC in Tariff orders as a finance team member.

G. Sudarshan

Senior Consultant

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Mr. G. Sudarshan has joined ASCI in October 2010 as Consultant in the Energy Area.

He has been Graduated in Commerce (B.Com) from Osmania University.

Prior to joining in ASCI he had worked in Power Sector in various capacities for about 40 years. He had been Superannuated in the year 2006 as Chief General Manager (Finance) in TSSPDCL. He has been Director (Finance) in the TSNPDCL during 2013-15. He had expertise in Accounts & Finance Management of Power Sector and had experience in the project accounts funded by Agencies of externally aided projects.

He had experience in Power Sector Regulatory matters within the ambit of Electricity Act 2003. He has been Team Member for processing of Tariff Orders for TSTRANSCO.

Mr. G. Sudarshan had been a Team Member in various projects under taken by Energy Wing of ASCI such as, performance investigation of Electric Society of Srirampur Maharashtra, processing of power tariffs for the States of Bihar, Assam, Mizoram, Delhi assigned by respective ERCs.

At present Mr. G. Sudarshan is engaged in processing of Power Tariffs for State of Meghalaya assigned by Meghalaya State Electricity Regulatory Commission (MSERC) and allied assignments.

Mr. K. Hari Prasad

Hari Prasad

Senior Consultant

@ : khprasad60@gmail.com

# : 91 9866698655, 8919733130

Regulatory Exposure

Worked as Deputy Director (Tariff) on deputation to the A.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) for a period of six (6) years (i.e., upto 30^th October 2014). During the tenure with the Commission, had the exposure to the two Multi-year Tariff (MYT) filings i.e., in 2009-2014 and 2014-2019 and all its related works such as preparation of power purchase cost, running of CoS, Tariff fixation related works and its scenarios and financial gap analysis and retail tariff design for four Discoms and determination of wheeling tariffs for four DISCOMs for the 11kV, 33kV and LV voltages independently. Besides, the fixation and final determination of the Fuel Surcharge Adjustment (FSA) for the various years. Also, participated in the fixation of the cross-subsidy surcharge final orders were issued by the Commission in 2012 in process of clearing unresolved issues. In addition, thoroughly involved in Truing-up of actual costs for the first control period (C.P) (i.e., 2006-09) for all the four DISCOMs as well as APTransco. The APGENCO ARR fillings for the fixation of Tariff for the 1^stP 2006-09 was also verified, scrutinized and finalized the tariff for the purpose of issue of GENCO Tariff Order.
Also served TSERC (Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission) as consultant for a period of 7 (seven) months during the tariff finalization for the FY 2017-18.

Exposure to Regulatory regime, worked with the team of International financial consultants (1999 – 2006)

In the year 1999, while in the rapid process of APSEB unbundling, I was given an opportunity to associate with the International Consultants M/s SNC-Lavalin INC., Canada and taken the total exposure to the Cost to Serve (CoS) model developed by the Canadian consultants. In the process of training on CoS model for 45 days training at Montreal, Canada, and later on independently run all the CoS models for the unbundled APTRANSCO and four DISCOMs for the purpose of filing of ARR (Aggregate Revenue Requirement) each year with the A.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) for period from 2000-01 to 2006-07 and every year the model was presented to the Commission in the process of ARR submissions.

In addition, regular faculty member in the REC Institute of Power Management & Training (RECIPMT) formerly known as Central Institute for Rural Electrification (CIRE), Shivrampally and part-time faculty in the ESCI, Gachibowli since the year 2004 giving lectures on Cost to Serve, Regulatory aspects and ARR (Aggregate Revenue Requirement) filing and other related issues and other financial and accountancy related subjects.

EXPERIENCE:

Presently serving the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (Mizoram & Manipur) as Consultant from FY 2019-20 onwards assisting the Hon’ble Joint Commission in the preparation of Tariff Orders for Power & Electricity Department of Mizoram State (i.e.,P&ED, Mizoram), Manipur State Power Corp. Ltd. (Transmission Utility- MSPCL) and Manipur State Power Distribution Corp. Ltd (MSPDCL – Distribution Utility) and also attending on to all other related & associated issues throughout each year continuously.

He is a Graduate holding B. Com and also C.A (Inter)

Purna Prakash Reddy

Senior Consultant

@ : gppreddy@yahoo.com

# : +91 7569109150

Purna Prakash Reddy Gaddam has joined ASCI as project Consultant in November 2019 in Energy Sector and involved in preparation of Tariff Orders for Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission for FY 2020-21 and completed the Task in issuing the Tariff Orders of Bihar Distribution Companies, Transco and SLDC in the month of March 2020.

Prior to joining in ASCI as project consultant, I worked in erstwhile APSEB, APTRANSCO and retired as SE in TSTRANSCO. My total experience in Energy Sector is 29 years in various cadres right from Assistant Engineer to Superintending Engineer. In my career I worked in Transmission wing looking after the Operation & Maintenance of Transmission lines and Substations by arranging repairs of the same and preparing the budget proposals and approvals of the new schemes to be taken up later. Later on joined in Reforms wing of APTRANSCO, closely associated with Tata Economic Consultancy Services, Bombay for asset valuation of erstwhile APSEB. Later on worked with Regulatory wing of APTRANSCO in filing of Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) of APTRANSCO and DISCOMS from 2005 to 2014 and filed the ARR of APTRANSCO for three Multi Year Tariffs (MYT) from 2005 to 2008, 2009 to 2013 and 2014 to 2019. Mainly my association is coordination with all wings of Transco for filing of the MYT ARRs for the above periods. Apart from Transco filings, also involved in filings of the DISCOMS for the above period mainly coordinating in finalizing power purchase of the DISCOMS. My area of association is with the Discoms is operating the Power Purchase Model as the power purchase cost is 70% of the total cost of Discoms. I was also involved in issuing various GOs of Govt of AP post unbundled of APSEB and closely associated with various international consultants like M/s KPMG and Arthur Anderson.

I am a Post Graduate (ME) from Osmania University in 2008 and graduated from JNTU Ananthapur in the year 1984.

LEELA KRISHNA VEGI

SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

@ : leelakrishnavegi@asci.org.in

# : 91 9704559139

Leela Krishna Vegi has been with Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) since 2016. He has over five years of Techno-Commercial experience in the Power Sector in Research and Consultancy. He has a, Post-Graduate Degree in Power Management from then National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad, PGCC-TPP Engg., NPTI and a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from JNTU, Kakinada. He also has Certifications on Technological Entrepreneurship Part – 1 and 2 from Stanford University – USA; Involvement in Green Revolution Certification Program by Green Revolution and UNFCCC with ‘A’ grade;

At ASCI, he contributes to Consulting and Business Development. His areas of focus are on the technical and commercial aspects in power sector, Regulatory, Energy Audits, Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC), Electric Vehicles (EVs), and Renewable Energy. He also provides support for the conduct of training programs and workshops; Developing Statistical Models, Data Analysis, Data Mining, and Data Handling; He is involved in implementing various projects which includes those related to Monitoring & Evaluation, Forecasting, Assessment, Estimation, Restructuring, Customer Satisfaction Survey, Energy Audits, Evaluation for Telangana State Energy Conservation Awards by TSREDCO from 2017.
As an Engineer, Mr. Vegi has experience in power plant O&M operations, overhauls, Fuel Management.

Key Interests

Energy Efficiency & Energy Conservation, Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy and their developments, Conceptualization, Self-sustainability, and Carbon foot print reduction methods.

Publications

General and Administration of Policies: Electric Vehicle Policy and Role of Power Utilities of India in 2020;
Design and Analysis of High pressure Steam Turbine Impulse Blade, Paper ID: I011529 in IJSER – 2013;
Design and Analysis of Connecting Rod using forged steel, Paper ID. I021991 in IJSER – 2013;

MOUNICA KAVYA PODILAPU

Consultant

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Mounica Kavya Podilapu is Consultant of Architecture and Planning at the Centre for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). She has been involved in the preparation and appraisals of ECBC and allied activities in Andhra Pradesh. She works in energy conservation research, data management, information design and dissemination. She is also responsible for managing and coordinating the ECBC online course effectively.

She received a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning with specialisation in Infrastructure Planning from CEPT University, Ahmedabad and Bachelors in Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Vijayawada. She is a Council of Architecture (COA) registered Architect with over 4 years of experience in the Architecture, Urban Development and Planning areas in Andhra Pradesh with a focus on City Development Planning and Infrastructure prioritization. She is pursuing an online programme in ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ from Tata Institute of Social sciences (TISS), Mumbai.

As an Architect, Mounica has wide experience in providing Design, Interior & Exterior Detailing and Digital Modelling for ONGC Odalarevu, Rajahmundry & Kakinada. She also provided consultancy services to commercial and residential projects. She has prepared tender drawings for Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) Campus, Vandalur, Tamil Nadu. She was actively involved in conservational redesigning of Dakar Temple complex and in designing of MEGA Metro Stations, Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) & Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., NEXA Show Rooms etc.

As an Urban Planner, she has supported ULBs in identifying the projects, project development, project implementation, management and commissioning and also responsible for the implementation of Reforms under AMRUT, Urban Greens Projects, Designing of Roads and Road Junctions, Development of Source, Store and Supply for Fresh Water and Septage Treatment Plant for Waste Water and thoroughly involved in Swachh Bharat Mission, Poster Free City, GO 279 with Real-Time Monitoring System (RTMS) and Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) Master Plan 2041.

Areas of Expertise

Energy Conservation Building Code
Sustainable Architectural Design
City Infrastructure Planning and Prioritisation
Infrastructure Financing

Shiva Kumar Kadali

Associate Consultant

@ : shivakadali@asci.org.in

# : 91 9849629398.

Shiva Kumar Kadali is an Associate Consultant at Centre of Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). He is an ECBC Expert (Energy Conservation Building Code), GRIHA Certified Professional and licenced Civil Engineer from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Hyderabad, Telangana. He is having more than 7 Years of professional experience in the field of Construction and Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency.

He has been engaged in ASCI to implement Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency in building sector in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by co-ordinating with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), State Designated Agencies (SDA’s), and Municipal Corporations to facilitate ECBC implementation and Cool roof’s and he also plays vital role in Energy Simulations, Day-lighting simulations, and Artificial lighting Simulations.

Earlier, he has worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG) in implementation of ECBC in the states/UT of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Andaman & Nicobar Islands in coordination with respective SDA’s.

R. Sai Sandeep

Assistant Consultant

@ : saisandeep@asci.org.in

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Sandeep Ramakuru is an Assistant Consultant of Electric Vehicles at Center for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). Sandeep holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from GITAM University, Hyderabad. He has been associated with ASCI since 2016 and previously worked on various projects on Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency. Sandeep’s expertise lies in project management and execution affairs. His area of interest is policy making.

Mr. Raghavandra Goud Padala

@ : raghoo@asci.org.in

# : 91 7569250039

Abilash Uttam

Research Associate – Centre for Energy Studies

@ : abilashuttam@asci.org.in

# : 91 8121996942

Mr. Abilash Uttam is working as a Research Associate at Centre for Energy Studies (CES), Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) from past three years. He has been involved in Business Development of Centre for Energy Studies and simultaneously he works on tasks related to Implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Mr. Abilash holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering – Design for Manufacture from Osmania University (OU) in collaboration with Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD), Hyderabad. He completed bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Anurag University (AU), Hyderabad. Prior to joining ASCI, he worked as Intern for Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) Ltd., Hyderabad.

PRAGNA LATHA NIDUMOLU

Research Associate – Architect, Planner

@ : pragnalatha@asci.org.in

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Pragna Latha Nidumolu is a Research Associate – Architect & Planner at the Centre for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). She has been involved in the preparation and policy making of ECBC and allied activities in the State of Andhra Pradesh. She works Pro Actively in Implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code, policy activities, Co-ordination with the Government Organisations for its effective implementation. She is also a part of ECBC online course development team.

She received a Master’s degree in Sustainable Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Vijayawada and also pursuing Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from Institute of Town Planners India, New Delhi (ITPI). She finished her Bachelors in Architecture from Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture & Fine Arts, School of Planning and Architecture, Hyderabad. She is a Council of Architecture (COA) registered Architect with over 3 years of experience in the Architecture, Urban Planning areas in Andhra Pradesh with a focus on Sustainable Development in urban Planning.

As an Architect, Pragna has extensive experience in providing Building Design, Interior & Exterior Detailing. She has prepared tender drawings for Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) Campus, Vandalur, Tamil Nadu. She was actively involved in working with the simulations of various Demonstration projects in the state of Andhra Pradesh which are taken up for the ECBC Compliance.

Areas of Expertise

Energy Conservation Building Code
Sustainable Architectural Design
Project Management and Global sustainability (involves responsible use of resources, and managing projects for sustainability relates to use of projects to support future changes).
Regional Urban Planning

G.R.S.Gowtham

Research Associate

@ : gowtham938@gmail.com

# : +91 8885631477

G.R.S.Gowtham has been with Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) since 2017. He has over three years of Technical experience in the Power Sector in Regulatory and Policy making. He has Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from BIET, Hyderabad;

At ASCI, he contributes to Regulatory and Policy making related works. His areas of focus are on the technical and commercial aspects in power sector, Regulatory, Electric Vehicles (EVs), and Renewable Energy.

Assisting State Electricity Regulatory Commission in analyzing the Tariff Petitions filed by the Utilities and processing the Tariff Orders for Generating Companies, Transmission and Distribution Liocensees.

Publications

Published project report on OHE in Railway Organisation,Kacheguda.
Published project report on Design of Single Phase Sine Wave PWM Parallel Inverter using Microcontroller.

V SAI SHARAN

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

@ : sharansai.v9@gmail.com

# : +91 9059772940

Mr. V Sai Sharan is working as a Research Associate in Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) since 2017. He has a Post-Graduate Degree in Finance (M.B.A) from St.Pauls College of Management affiliated to Osmania University Hyderabad, and a Bachelor Degree in Bachelor of Commerce (B.COM) from Sri Sai Degree College affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad. Before Joining in ASCI, he had work experience as an Admin in Accounts in Sudhakar wires and Cables, Hyderabad.

As a Research Associate in ASCI, he contributes as Team Member in analysis and processing of Tariff order for Meghalaya State Electricity Regulatory Commission for FY 2018-19 & 2020-21. Which include examining the Tariff Petitions filed by power utilities viz Distribution, Transmission & Generation, Calculations of Power Purchase, Preparation of Revenue Model Calculations etc.,

In his MBA he done Project Work on Capital Market in HDFC Bank, which includes to know how the Primary activities of Capital Market is used by the company in their new issue of shares and to know the complete awareness of Secondary Markets.

Srinivas Varkoor

Research Associate

@ : varkoorcnu31421@gmail.com

# : +91 9666359570

Mr. V. Srinivas who has been working in ASCI from 2018 as a Research Associate in Administrative Staff College of India. He completed his Post Graduation (M.Com) from Osmania University in 2003. He worked in Green Urja Technologies and Systems (GUTS) under Mentorship of Late. Shri. TL Sankar and assisted various Renewable Energy projects like Solar Energy, Biogas, Biomass.

Under Guidance of Late. Shri. TL Sankar he was involved in Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP), Access to Clean Energy (ACE) projects from Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. SAARC Country Report etc.

At present he is assisting in the Energy Section, doing all State Energy related projects. Assisting in processing Tariff Orders for various States Regulatory Commissions viz., Bihar Electricity Regulation Commission, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission, Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission, Manipur & Mizoram, gathering all data / information. Assisting in Preparation of Proposals for Consultancy Services related to Power Sector.

Sai Kiran Kasoji

SAIKIRAN KASOJI

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

@ : saikiran@asci.org.in

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Saikiran Kasoji is a Research Associate, Centre for Energy Studies at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). He has been working in ASCI since 2018. He has been involved in various projects that include Rural Electrification Corporation’s (REC) Customer Satisfaction Survey, Estimation of Agriculture Power Consumption in State of Telangana. His area of interest includes Data Modeling, Data Analysis, Energy Auditing, Effective utilization of Renewable Energy resources to reduce dependence on fossil fuel.

Snehal S. Jadhav

Research Associate

@ : snehalj@asci.org.in

# : 91 8600844986

Snehal S. Jadhav is Research Associate in Centre for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). She has been involved in the project on Estimation of Surplus biomass and bagasse potential for pan India.

She has completed her Bachelors in Agricultural Engineering from VNMAU, Parbhani, Maharashtra and Master’s degree in Agriculture Engineering with specialization in Renewable Energy Engineering from MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan. Prior to join ASCI, she was working as Assistant Professor at College of Agriculture Tondapur Hingoli, Maharashtra for 6 months. She has participated in green skill development programme certificate course on Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Green GDP, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Publication:

Panwar NL, Jadhav SS. Energetic and Exergetic Assessment of 50 W Solar PV System. Applied Solar Energy. 2018 Nov 1;54(5):303-7.

Key interests:

Her current interest includes Renewable Energy (Bioenergy, Wind Energy & Solar energy), Solar Photovoltaic System, Energy and Exergy Efficiencies, Waste Management and carbon sequestration.

Veeranna Maloth

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

@: veeru@asci.org.in

M: +91 9959661985

Veeranna Maloth has been with Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) since 2019. He has over five years of experience in the Ministry of Defense Sector. He has a Bachelor Degree in B.Tech in Civil Engineering from JBIT Hyderabad. He also has Certifications on Course in Entrepreneurship (CCE) from CSC Academy.

At ASCI, he contributes to implementation of ECBC in the state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh , Business Development. His areas of focus are on the Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC), Electric Vehicles (EVs), and Renewable Energy. He also provides support for the conduct of training programs and workshops. He is involved in conducting various ECBC workshops, Agriculture consumer survey and Assessments case study.

Key Interests

Energy Efficiency & Energy Conservation, Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy and their developments.

Ms. Indu Gaddam

Ms. M. Sudha

Anusha Reddy

Research Associate

@ : anu0961897@gmail.com

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Anusha Reddy has been with Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) since 2012. Anusha Reddy provides support to Consultancy and Business Development and her areas of focus are Regulatory Affairs especially processing Tariff Petitions for State Electricity Regulatory Commissions. She has got vide experience in preparation of bid documents and allied activities pertaining to consultancy services related to power sector. She also looks after maintenance of financial aspects pertaining to various business activities.

Anusha Reddy received a Bachelors of Education (B.ED) from Universal College of Education, Kodad, Nalgonda District affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University and also Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) from Hindu College for Women affiliated to Osmania University Hyderabad.

Ms. Sevitha Malagavelli

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Dr. Vishal Garg

Dr. Vishal Garg is professor and head of the Center for IT in Building Science at IIIT Hyderabad. His current research interests are in the areas of energy simulation and cool roofs. He teaches building automation and controls, energy simulation and lighting Design & Technology. Dr. Garg has conducted several national and international workshops on intelligent buildings, green buildings and energy simulation. He holds a B.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering from MBM engineering college, Jodhpur and a Ph. D from IIT Delhi. Dr. Garg is actively involved with green building movement, development of eTools and educational platforms for advancing energy efficiency in buildings, ECBC and its implementation. He was the founding president for Indian chapter of International Building Performance Simulation association (IBPSA) and chaired the organizing committee of International Conference for Building Simulation-2015.

Mr. Srinivasaa Murthy

Mr. Srinivasa is a post graduate in Electrical Engineering. He worked for Department of Space, Government of India from 1985 to 1995 in planning of various services for space programs like PSLV, GSLV etc. He is a member of Institution of Fire Engineers (UK). Mr. Srinivasa is also a chartered engineer; certified Energy Auditor; accredited professional-IGBC. He is a member in many professional organizations like ASHRAE, ISHARAE, ISLE and FSAI. He is the founder president of Fire & security Association of India (FSAI)-Hyderabad chapter and presently National executive board member of FSAI. He worked on various projects like hospitals, residential, commercial, IT, retail etc. besides defense projects of National importance during the last 20 years as consultant.

Ms Sarojini V

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# : 91 98666 94317

Ms Sarojini V. has done her Masters in ‘Public Personnel Management’ from Osmania University in the year 1994. She has rendered 12 years of her service in a Non-banking Finance Company, and a couple of years in a pharmaceutical company prior to joining ASCI. She has put in 12 years of service in ASCI in the Offices of the Centre of Management Studies and the Dean of Training Programmes. She is now associated with the Centre of Energy Studies at ASCI.

Training Needs Assessment for officials/Engineers of GVWV & VSWS Department and APSHCL

Technical Knowledge

Building and Facility Knowledge

Analysis

Energy Assessment and Opportunity identification

Regulation, Standards, and best practices

Technical Knowledge

Building and Facility Knowledge

Analysis

Energy Assessment and Opportunity identification

Regulation, Standards, and best practices