S R Narasimhan has assumed the role of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Power System Operation Corporation Ltd from February 2022.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) State-run Power System Operation Corporation Ltd(POSOCO), which operates in New Delhi, announced on Friday that Director (System Operation) S R Narasimhan has assumed the position of chairman and managing director.According to a company release, S R Narasimhan, Director (System Operation), has assumed the role of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Power System Operation Corporation Ltd from New Delhi beginning on February 2022.Narasimhan holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance.After an initial stint with BHEL, he has over three decades of experience in power system administration, which includes CEA (central Electricity Authority), POWERGRID, and POSOCO.
He has worked with all aspects of power system operation, from operational planning, scheduling, real time operation, and post-despatch analysis, to the deployment of the necessary visualization and situational awareness.He has also implemented many reforms to improve the electricity market, including the availability based tariff, interstate open access, Day Ahead Markets (DAM) via Power Exchange (PX), the Point Of Connection (POC) scheme of transmission charges sharing, frequency control ancillary services, Security Constrained Economic Despatch (SCED), etc.Narasimhan has served on various committees at the federal and regulatory levels.He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, a Senior Fellow of IEEE, and a Fellow of CIGRE. He has published over fifty (50) papers on the national and international levels.He is passionate about making energy systems more cost-effective, stable, efficient, economical, and safe, as well as a dedication to technical excellence and the highest ethical requirements.PTI KKS