Consultative Workshop on Power System Automation

Consultative workshop on Power System Automation jointly organized by KSEB Engineers’ Association , Alappuzha unit and Amrita Centre for Wireless Networks and Application, Amrita University at Amritapuri Campus, Karunagappally as part of Industry-academia interaction programme. Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh , Director , Amrita Centre for Wireless Networks and Application welcomed the gathering. Er.Anil M, Executive Engineer described the current practices in Operation and Maintenance of Transmission and Distribution Networks of Kerala Power system. He suggested the improvements required for assuring quality power supply for the consumers. Er. Nadeer , gave a very informative session on talk on SCADA networks Theory and Practices. Er. S. Rajendran former Chief Engineer, Transmission South and Er. Krishna kumar M, were the moderators of discussions on power system automation. The discussion was led by Er. S.M. A Latheef, Er. K J A Vahid, Er. Rajesh K. R, Er. Anil Kumar P.R, Dr. Binu Sankar. The workshop was attended by Faculty members of Electrical and Electronics Engineering department , led by Dr.Kanaka Sabhapthi and other Research Scholars and M.Tech students of Amrita University.

Visits of various socially relevant projects and facilities of were conducted after the workshop. The team visited various projects to predict landslides, SMART grid project, HAPTICS Project for Women empowerment. The team visited a solar panel manufacturing and testing facilities. The various process of solar panel manufacturing was explained to the team. The team visited the development facilities for developing various Solar energy based household projects for the marginalized people of the society.The workshop was attended by over 40 delegates and very informative for the delegates. Sri. Srikanth Krishnan thanked the participants