ISUW 2025 Speaker

Chief Executive Officer L&T PT&D Digital Energy Solutions Dr. Jayant Kumar is CEO (Chief Executive Officer) for “Digital Energy Solutions” business unit at L&T Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D). Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is a global, twenty billion dollar, technology, engineering, construction, and financial services conglomerate specializing in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, high-tech manufacturing, digital transformation and technology solution and services. L&T “Digital Energy Solutions” is an integrated service provider that delivers fast, reliable, secure, and smart digital solutions for mission-critical energy system applications. Since more than a decade, Dr. Kumar’s engagement has been in incubating and growing new businesses in the domain of electric power generation transmission & distribution. Before joining L&T, Dr. Kumar was senior director at GE Renewable where he was responsible for Smart Utility Control Rooms, Grid Automation Systems & Services, Electric Market Systems, Microgrids and Smart City. Prior to GE, Dr. Kumar worked for Alstom and Areva where he developed and delivered multiple multi-million dollar projects for most of the leading utilities in United States and across the globe. In late 90s and early 2000s, Dr. Kumar held multiple global executive positions including R&D Director and Smart Grid Program Director. Dr Kumar was engaged in design and development of most of the electric power markets across globe. Dr. Kumar’s role at Alstom included worldwide regions including Europe, Middle East, India and China. Dr. Kumar has been USA country representative in multiple forums; such as USA China Collaboration – Climate Coordination Working Committee (CCWG) and USA-India collaboration jointly led by USA DoE – India MST (Ministry of Science & Technology), a $30M project for defining and developing next generation T&D operation with high penetration of solar, storage. During his tenure at Alstom and GE, Dr. Kumar has had numerous engagements with US DoE (Department of Energy) and US Department of Defense (DoD) for $100M+ grant projects. Prior to Alstom, Dr. Kumar worked for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the largest IoU in the state of California where he led the business and technology innovation required for company’s transition from vertically integrated operation to deregulated energy services operation. Dr Kumar holds a PhD degree with major in Electrical Engineering and PhD minor in Computer Science & Economics from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA