BE (Electrical) from Pune University in June 1973. Awarded by the University Late Damuanna Potdar Memorial Prize for securing Highest marks in Electrical Power (Trans & Dist).
ME (Electrical) from Pune University in June 1975. Awarded by the University Prof. P T Kulkarni memorial Prize for securing First Rank
Joined MSEB as Assistant Engineer in Jan 1976 (Transmission Planning Wing). Associated with Power System Planning, PLC Communication, Load Despatching, Hardware/ Application Software maintenance for Energy Control Centre, Distribution Systems Improvement, Energy Auditing System, 400KV planning, HVDC erection & Commissioning, Tariff petition formation, Internal Reform, Corporate Planning, System Operation, Distribution Project monitoring.
Was Dy. Ex. Engineer during 1981-1991, Executive Engineer during 1991-2001, Superintending Engineer during 2001-2003, Chief Engineer during 2003-05, Executive Director (Corporate Planning) during 2005-2009, Acting Director (Operation) from 2007-2009, Director (Projects) from March to August 2009. (Total over 33 years experience in MSEB/MSEDCL)
On 20th August 2009, appointed by Govt. of Maharashtra as Member (Technical) in Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for a period of Five years.
Deputed for 14 Months’ Training Program in “Application Software foe Energy Management” in M/s Siemens AG’s works at Erlangen, West Germany during June 1981- July 1982.
Deputed for 14 week’s training program by USAID at M/s Southern Electric Atlanta, USA in “Urban Distribution Systems” from April-June 1995.
Guest Faculty / approved Mentor for M TECH/ ME students from Pune/Mumbai University, IIT Mumbai, ESCI Hyderabad & BITS Pilani & also in World Trade Institute for “Post Graduate Diploma in Electricity Regulations”.
Presented technical papers on” Energy Audit” & “Reactive Power Management” at Kathmandu, Nepal in Afro Asian Conference held in Feb. 1996.
Awarded first prize of Rs 10,000/- by the Chairman MSEB, in the essay competition on “Eradication of Corruption” in Nov. 2004.
Visited MCREA/PVREA Colorado USA as Indian delegate to Rural Electric Association (REA) for Study tour by USAID in Oct/Nov 2007.
My paper on “DSM Options for Maharashtra” was selected for presenting in IEEE conference on Power Systems at Pittsburgh, USA in March 2008.
Deputed for a two week study tour by MOP/ Govt. Of India, to Seoul South Korea, for studying “Distribution Loss Reduction Projects”, under R-APDRP scheme in April 2009.
Visited “Energy Management Centre” in Philadelphia USA in May/June 2010. Also delivered lecture on “Maharashtra Energy Settlement Mechanism” during the visit.
Attended International Conference on “SCADA Asia 2010” at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for presenting a Technical paper on “Balancing Settlement Mechanism for Maharashtra System” in July 2010.
Attended the Training Program/ Study tour organized by the Forum of Regulators at LBNL California USA with special program on Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Generation during 6th -11th June 2011.
Presented Technical paper on “Regulatory Perspectives of Smart Grids” at International Conference on Smart Grids at Singapore in March 2011.
Presented paper on “Energy Efficiency: Regulatory Perspective” at the Asian Electricity Regulatory Commissioners’ Forum at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (10-11th Sept 2011)
Submitted paper at 1st U-HOME 2011 Conference in China on Demand Response case study. The Conference is scheduled to be during 27-29th Nov 2011 at Hefei International Conference & Exhibition Centre, Anhui, China
