Highlights of 2025
2000+ Participants from 26 Countries | 5 Supporting Ministries, 16 Supporting Organisations and 20 Supporting Media Partners | 33 Key Partners, 20 Exhibitors, 4 Country Partners and 17 Conference Session Partners | 210 Speakers | 26 Thematic Sessions | 7 Bi-lateral & Focused Workshops | 339 Participants from 33 Utilities | 68 Technical Papers Published and 24 Technical Papers Presented | 50 Winners amongst 11 ISGF Innovation Award Categories

ISUW 2026 Speakers

A. BALAN

A. BALAN

Member (Planning), Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

Aarti Kulkarni - Deputy Executive Engineer, MSEDCL

Aarti Kulkarni

Deputy Executive Engineer, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited

Abhishek Ranjan

Abhishek Ranjan

CEO, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

ABY Joseph

ABY Joseph

Scientist-G and Sr. Director, C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram

Adarsh Nagarajan

Adarsh Nagarajan

Strategic Initiatives Advisor,BRPL

Aditya Gupta

Aditya Gupta

SVP -- R&D, Allied Engineering Works Limited

Ajay Padmanabhan

Ajay Padmanabhan

Head - Corporate Communications and PR, IntelliSmart Infrastructure

Ajoy Rajani

Ajoy Rajani

MD & CEO,
Meshmerise Networks Private Limited

AK Rajput

AK Rajput

Former Member -- Power Systems, Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

Alekhya Vaddiraj

Alekhya Vaddiraj

Technical Consultant, India Smart Grid Forum

Alessandra Amaral

Alessandra Amaral

Executive President, ADELAT

Alex Hunter

Alex Hunter

CEO, Sherwood Power

Alismita Kharg

Alismita Kharg

Scientist-D/Joint Director, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Alok Kumar

Alok Kumar

Director General,All India Discoms Associations (AIDA)

Amal Sinha

Amal Sinha

Group CEO and Director,
BSES

Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal

President,Techno Digital

Amit Tomar

Amit Tomar

Asst. VP - Head Central Engineering Services, BSES Yamuna Power Limited

Amit Tripathi

Amit Tripathi

Power Sector Advisor, CDRI

Amitabh Prasad

Amitabh Prasad

President – Asia,
SEW

Anand Singh

Anand Singh

General Manager,India Smart Grid Forum

Anant Venkateswaran

Anant Venkateswaran

Advisor,
ISGF

Dr. Anita Gupta - Former Head CEST, DST

Anita Gupta

Former Head - CEST, Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Ankit Saraiya

Ankit Saraiya

Director & CEO,
Techno Digital

Ankur Sharma

Ankur Sharma

CEO, Flock Energy

Anoop Kaur Bowdery

Anoop Kaur Bowdery

Chief Executive Officer,
EDX Wireless

Prof. Anoop Singh - CER, IIT Kanpur

Anoop Singh

CER, IIT Kanpur

Anshuman Srivastava

Anshuman Srivastava

Executive Director, Power Foundation of India (PFI)

Anujesh Dwivedi - Partner, Deloitte

Anujesh Dwivedi

Partner, Deloitte

Anurag Bhagat

Anurag Bhagat

Head Communications, Power Foundation of India (PFI)

Anwaya Bilas Sengupta

Anwaya Bilas Sengupta

Alternate CISO,GRID-INDIA

Arani Chaudhuri - Founder & CEO, AI Library

Arani Chaudhuri

Founder and CEO, AI Library

Archa Modi

Archa Modi

AGM - Business Development, Keppel India (EaaS)

Archana Chauhan

Archana Chauhan

Head - Energy Sector Reforms, Climate and Energy Team, British High Commission

Arjun Reddy - Founder & CEO, Spatial Grid

Arjun Reddy

Founder and CEO, Spatial Grid

Arnada Prasad Samal

Arnada Prasad Samal

CEO,NTPC Parmanu Urja Nigam Limited

Arshi Chadha

Arshi Chadha

Co-Founder,Trillectric

Arun Goyal

Arun Goyal

Former Member,
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Arun Kumar Mishra

Arun Kumar Mishra

Former Executive Director, PGCIL

Arun Nayak

Arun Nayak

Dean of Research, Somaiya University

Arvind Jadhav

Arvind Jadhav

Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka

Aseem Goyal

Aseem Goyal

General Manager, Tabreed India

Ashish Khanna

Ashish Khanna

Director General, International Solar Alliance

Ashish Kumar Goel

Ashish Kumar Goel

Chairman,Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited

Ashish Singhal

Ashish Singhal

Executive Director, Allied Engineering Works Limited, India

Ashutosh Goel

Ashutosh Goel

Chairman & Managing Director,
Allied Engineering Works Limited

Ashutosh Natraj

Ashutosh Natraj

CEO & Co-Founder, Vidrona Ltd

Asit Maharana

Asit Maharana

Head -- ETD, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Asiya Rummana

Asiya Rummana

Nuclear Physics,Aligarh Muslim University

Atul Bali

Atul Bali

Director,
NSGM

Avinash Aithal

Avinash Aithal

Strategic Program Director, Energy Networks Association, UK

Avinash Kumar

Avinash Kumar

Assistant Vice President, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

Avner Matmor

Avner Matmor

Co-founder,Yitran

B.K Panigrahi

B.K Panigrahi

Dean, IIT Delhi

Bagus Setiawan

Bagus Setiawan

General Manager,PLN Puslitbang (Research Institute)

Birendra Chaudhary - DGM-IT, Noida Power Company Limited

Birendra Chaudhary

DGM-IT, Noida Power Company Limited

Brajesh Kumar

Brajesh Kumar

COO,BSES Yamuna Power Limited

Brian Motherway

Brian Motherway

Head Energy Efficiency Division, IEA

Cyro Vicente Boccuzi

Cyro Vicente Boccuzi

President, ECOee and Latin American Smart Grid Forum

Cyro Vicente Boccuzi

Cyro Vicente Boccuzi

President, ECOee and Latin American Smart Grid Forum

Deepak Garg

Deepak Garg

Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO,
SEW.AI

Devender Sharma

Devender Sharma

Sr. Vice President and Head of Networking Operations,BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

Dharmveer Singh

Dharmveer Singh

Founder & CEO,
PowerXchange

Dinesh Sharma

Dinesh Sharma

Director -- Standards & Public Policy, SESEI

Disha Khosla

Disha Khosla

AGM, India Smart Grid Forum

Dwijadas Basak - CEO, Tata Power DDL

Dwijadas Basak

CEO, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited

Felipe Alves Calabria

Felipe Alves Calabria

Deputy Superintendent - Regulation of Generation Services, Electricity Market, ANEEL

Gajanan Kale

Gajanan Kale

CEO, TP Northern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPNODL)

Ganapati Myneni

Ganapati Myneni

President and CEO,
BSCE Systems, Inc

Ganesh Das

Ganesh Das

Chief -- Strategy, Collaborations and Innovation, Tata Power

Gaurav A Sharma

Gaurav A Sharma

General Manager, Noida Power Company Limited

Gaurav Kapoor

Gaurav Kapoor

Regional Sales Development Manager, Grundfos

Ghanshyam Prasad

Ghanshyam Prasad

Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

Gopal Krishna Sarangi

Gopal Krishna Sarangi

Associate Professor, Department of Policy and Management Studies (DoPMS),
TERI SAS

Gurusharan Dhillon

Gurusharan Dhillon

Director - Electric Mobility, IESA

Habibie Razak

Habibie Razak

Regional Director, MKI

Heather Murphy

Heather Murphy

Head of Growth & Strategy, Open Climate Fix

Himanshu Chawla

Himanshu Chawla

Head - Regulatory (Senior Specialist),Power Foundation of India

Himanshu Khurana - Secretary, RERC

Himanshu Khurana

Secretary, Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC)

Inderjeet Singh

Inderjeet Singh

Partner - Climate Change and Sustainability,
Deloitte, India

Indranil Chatterjee - Senior EVP, GNA Energy

Indranil Chatterjee

Senior EVP, GNA Energy

Isha Dayal

Isha Dayal

Consultant,
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

J.K JETHANI

J.K JETHANI

Senior Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

Jagdish Shrikrishna Chitre

Jagdish Shrikrishna Chitre

CTO, KIGG Ltd

Jayant Kumar

Jayant Kumar

CEO,Power Transmission and Distribution, L&T

Dr. JBV Reddy - Head Quantum Technology Cell, DST

JBV Reddy

Head Quantum Technology Cell, Department of Science and Technology (DST)

K Balaraman

K Balaraman

Chair ETD 46, BIS and Former DG -- NIWE

Kabir Malik

Kabir Malik

Senior Economist, World Bank

Kamalpreet Wadhawan

Kamalpreet Wadhawan

General Manager,
Power Finance Corporation (PFC)

Keyur Bhalavat

Keyur Bhalavat

Co-founder and CEO,Plutomen

Kiran Gupta - Chief Customer Experience, Tata Power DDL

Kiran Gupta

Chief-Customer Experience, Commercial & Govt. Affairs, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited

Kishore Narang

Kishore Narang

Founder, Narnix Technologies

Kotthapally Satishkumar

Kotthapally Satishkumar

Deputy Director, Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

KVS Baba

KVS Baba

Former CMD, GRID-INDIA

Lalitkumar Parmar

Lalitkumar Parmar

Chief Engineer, Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (PGVCL)

Laura Aylett

Laura Aylett

First Secretary - Climate and Energy, British High Commission

Lena Lusiana

Lena Lusiana

International Relations Department, PJCI

Livia Maria de Rezende Raggi

Livia Maria de Rezende Raggi

Regulatory Specialist, National Electric Energy Agency, ANEEL

Madhav Puranik

Madhav Puranik

GM Mechanical, GIFT City

Madhuri Dixit Ghugari - Director, Agrinext Technologies

Madhuri Dixit Ghugari

Director, Agrinext Technologies

MAKP Singh

MAKP Singh

Former Member, Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

Manish Mohanpurkar

Manish Mohanpurkar

Principal - R&D Delivery,Fortescue

Manoj Batra

Manoj Batra

Vice President – RPA,
NatWest Group

Manoj Upadhyaya

Manoj Upadhyaya

Dy Advisor - Energy,
NITI Aayog

Marc Delandre

Marc Delandre

EDF International

Mashal Dhawan

Mashal Dhawan

Chief Executive Officer -- Asia, SEW.AI

Matt Gleeson

Matt Gleeson

Vice President - Energy Transition and Water Conservation,
Oracle Utilities

Meenakshi Vashist - Founder & CEO, TekUncorked

Meenakshi Vashist

Founder & CEO, TekUncorked

Mohammad Rihan

Mohammad Rihan

Director General,NISE

Mohan Singh

Mohan Singh

DGM - Automation,Noida Power Company Limited

Monali Zeya

Monali Zeya

Director Climate-India,
Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

Mukesh

Mukesh Kala

Hyper Automation Practice Head,
Boundaryless Group

Mukul Saxena - Head Standards & Research, SCGJ

Mukul Saxena

Head – Standards & Research, Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ)

Munish Sharma

Munish Sharma

Head of Group – Consumer Connect, ESG & ISO Compliance,
BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

N.A Khan

N.A Khan

CTO,
Eppeltone Engineers Limited

Naveen Nagpal

Naveen Nagpal

Head-CES (DP), BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

Navin Maurya

Navin Maurya

AGM, Luminous Power Tech

Nick Singh

Nick Singh

Smart Grid CoE Manager, Eskom Research Testing & Development

Nidhi Narang

Nidhi Narang

Former Director - Finance,
UPPCL

Nithyanandam Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu

Nithyanandam Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu

Founder and CEO,
UNMAI Carbon Solutions, Singapore

Om Krishna Singh - Scientist E and Director R&D, MeitY

Om Krishna Singh

Scientist – E and Director – R&D, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Padma Jaiswal

Padma Jaiswal

Secretary,
GNCT Delhi

Pamela R D Pontius

Pamela R D Pontius

First Secretary - Energy,
US Embassy, India

Pankaj Goyal - Co-Founder and COO, AutoNxt

Pankaj Goyal

Co-Founder and COO, AutoNxt

Pankaj Kumar

Pankaj Kumar

Managing Director,Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited

Pankaj Kumar - Managing Director, UPPCL

Pankaj Kumar

Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited

Peter Lundberg

Peter Lundberg

Executive Director, APUEA

Piyush Awadhesh

Piyush Awadhesh

Chief Product Officer- SEW emobility,
SEW.AI

Piyush Singh

Piyush Singh

DG, Power Foundation of India (PFI) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power

PK Agarwal

PK Agarwal

Former Director, Grid-India

PK Vijayan

PK Vijayan

Professor,Manipal Institute of Technology

Poonam Barua

Poonam Barua

Founder & Chairperson,
WIL Foundation

Pourush Garg

Pourush Garg

Chief – Centralized Contracts and Engineering,Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited

Prabir Neogi

Prabir Neogi

Mentor,
FICCI’s Power Committee

Prachii Saini

Prachii Saini

Brand Strategist,
Meshmerise Networks Private Limited

Pradeep Aggarwal

Pradeep Aggarwal

General Manager, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

Pramod Kumar Singh

Pramod Kumar Singh

Senior Director -- Research & Programs, AEEE

Praveen Kumar Goyal

Praveen Kumar Goyal

Senior Vice President, Noida Power Company Limited

R J VALA

R J VALA

CE (Tech), GUVNL

Raghav Salwan

Raghav Salwan

Strategy and Consulting, Power Foundation of India (PFI)

Rahul Tongia

Rahul Tongia

Senior Fellow,
CSEP and Founding Advisor, ISGF

Rajan Munjal

Rajan Munjal

National Channel Business Leader, Sungrow

Rajeev Ralhan

Rajeev Ralhan

Partner & Leader - Decarbonisation,
PWC India

Rajesh Dangi

Rajesh Dangi

Secretary, JERC

Rajib K Mishra

Rajib K Mishra

Executive Director,
IRADe

Rajnath Ram

Rajnath Ram

Advisor – Energy, NITI Aayog

Rashi Gupta

Rashi Gupta

Founder & Managing Director, Vision Mechatronics Private Ltd

Raveesh Gupta

Raveesh Gupta

Managing Director, Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL)

Ravi Seethapathy

Ravi Seethapathy

Executive Chairman,
Biosirus Inc.

Ravindra Desai

Ravindra Desai

Program Manager-Standards, IEEE SA

Reena Garg

Reena Garg

DDG-Standardization, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Reena Suri

Reena Suri

Executive Director,
India Smart Grid Forum

Reji Kumar Pillai

Reji Kumar Pillai

President - India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF),
Chairman - Global Smart Energy Federation (GSEF)

Richard Schomberg

Richard Schomberg

Special Envoy on Smart Electrification,IEC

Richie Stephen

Richie Stephen

Senior Regional Standards Project Manager, UL Standards & Engagement

Rohit Bajaj

Rohit Bajaj

Joint Managing Director,
IEX

Rohit Pareek

Rohit Pareek

Chief Product Officer,
Impresa.ai

Rupesh Goyal

Rupesh Goyal

Head – Metering, Analysis and Energy Audit,Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited

S Suresh Kumar

S Suresh Kumar

Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)

S.K Soonee

S.K Soonee

Former CEO, Grid India

S.K. Senapati

S.K. Senapati

Head- Sales & Commercials,
L&T PT&D Digital Energy Solution

Sabyasachi Majumdar

Sabyasachi Majumdar

Senior Director, CareEdge Ratings

Saikat Chakrabarti

Saikat Chakrabarti

Professor, IIT Kanpur

Samuel Paul N

Samuel Paul N

Managing Director,Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Ltd

Sandeep Dhamija

Sandeep Dhamija

Chief Executive Officer, TP Power Plus Limited

Sandeep Singh Bhadwal - Co-Founder, AI Library

Sandeep Singh Bhadwal

Co-Founder, AI Library

Sandip Pal

Sandip Pal

Head – Distribution Services,
TP Northern Odisha Distribution Limited

Sankar Patnaik

Sankar Patnaik

Director,
Citi

Santadyuti Samanta

Santadyuti Samanta

Leader of Product and Solution Management,
Kimbal

Santanu Sen

Santanu Sen

General Manager, CESC Limited

Santhosh Nair

Santhosh Nair

Director,
Oracle Utilities

Satyendra Nath Kalita

Satyendra Nath Kalita

Director - Regulatory Affairs, All India Discoms Association (AIDA)

Saurabh Gupta - Senior Director, SEW.AI

Saurabh Gupta

Senior Director – Regional Accounts (India), SEW.AI

Saurav Shah

Saurav Shah

Executive Director, PFC Limited

Saurav Shah

Saurav Shah

ED, Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC)

Sebastien Pellorce

Sebastien Pellorce

SVP AMI India,
Wirepas

Shalabh Gupta

Shalabh Gupta

CEO & Co-founder,
Sidhhanth

Shambhu Kumar

Shambhu Kumar

Managing Director,
Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited

Shambu Kumar

Shambu Kumar

Managing Director, Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PuVVNL)

Shashi Bala

Shashi Bala

DGM, PowerXchange Innovations

Shawb Deangelo

Shawb Deangelo

Former Head - Data Center, META

Shibashish Pal

Shibashish Pal

Sector Head - Domestic Nuclear Business,Tata Consulting Engineers Limited

Shivakumar V

Shivakumar V

Joint Director,
Central Power Research Institute (CPRI)

Shivkumar Kalyanaraman

Shivkumar Kalyanaraman

CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation

Snigdha Verma

Snigdha Verma

Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Global Peepal Policy League

Somayeh Taheri

Somayeh Taheri

CEO, UrbanChain

Soumya Chakrabarty

Soumya Chakrabarty

AVP - Head (LR & CPMG), BSES Yamuna Power Limited

Sourajit Ghosh

Sourajit Ghosh

Director – IT,UPPCL

Srikanth Chandrasekaran

Srikanth Chandrasekaran

Country Head & Senior Director – IEEE India,
Global Practice Lead, Foundational Technologies,
IEEE S

Sriparn Saurabh

Sriparn Saurabh

Engineering Manager,
UL India Private Limited

Subrahmanyam Pulipaka - CEO, NSEFI

Subrahmanyam Pulipaka

CEO, National Solar Energy Federation of India

Sumara Duarte Ticom

Sumara Duarte Ticom

Executive Advisor- Planning Board,
National System Operator (ONS), Brazil

Sunil Sharma

Sunil Sharma

General Manager -- Sustainability & Clean Technology, BSES Yamuna Power Limited

Suresh Babu - Scientist E, Department of Science & Technology

Suresh Babu

Scientist E – CEST, Department of Science & Technology (DST)

Swetha Ravi Kumar - Executive Director, FSR Global

Swetha Ravi Kumar

Executive Director, FSR Global, IES Secretariat

Tarun Batra

Tarun Batra

Head -- Digital & IT, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL)

Teguh Prasetya M

Teguh Prasetya M

Head of IoT, AI, & Big Data Industry, MASTEL

Thiago Ivanosky

Thiago Ivanosky

Planning Director, Brazilian Energy Planning Enterprise (EPE)

Tripta Thakur

Tripta Thakur

Vice Chancellor,
Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University

Umang Maheshwari

Umang Maheshwari

Managing Director,
Global Energy Alliance (GEA)

Vasu Khurana

Vasu Khurana

Manager – Projects,Phoenix Contact

Vijay Kumar Soni

Vijay Kumar Soni

Scientist G, India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Vijay Panpalia

Vijay Panpalia

VP- Product Engineering,
SEW

Vikas Gaba

Vikas Gaba

Partner, KPMG

Vimal Mahendru

Vimal Mahendru

Vice President, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Vishnu Shankar Srivastava

Vishnu Shankar Srivastava

Head – Strategic Project, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

VN Kale - Additional Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

VN Kale

Addl Commissioner – Machinery, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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ISGF Innovation Awards 2025

Award Ceremony : 21 March 2025

ISGF Innovation Award Categories

Best Smart Grid Project in India
Most Innovative Renewable Energy Programs/Projects in India
Smart Technology
Emerging Innovation in Electric Mobility Domain
Adoption of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotic Solutions
Smart Start-up of the Year
Smart Incubator of the Year
Innovative Financing For Energy Transition
Waste-to-Energy Projects (W2E)
Woman in Energy and Utilities
ISGF President's Award for the Best Contribution towards Energy Transition in India

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ISUW 2026 Event Structure

Day 1 – 10 March 2026 (Tuesday)

Special Workshops

Day 2 – 11 March 2026 (Wednesday)

Conference & Exhibition

Day 3 – 12 March 2026 (Thursday)

Conference & Exhibition

Day 4 – 13 March 2026 (Friday)

Conference & Exhibition | ISGF Innovation Awards Ceremony & Valedictory Function

Day 5 – 14 March 2026 (Saturday)

Technical Tours and Cultural Tours

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