Indian Power Stations O&M Conference, IPS 2025

ABHA

FROM OBSTACLES TO OPPURTUNITIES: SMALL HYDRO’S PATH TO OPTIMISED PERFORMANCE

Senior Manager, NTPC Ltd.

ABHINAV KUMAR

Exploring Business Opportunities in Biomass & MSW Torrefied Pellets in NCR

Executive Biomass, NTPC & SAMARTH, MoP, NTPC

ABHISHEK BANIK

From Vibration Anomalies to Generator Integrity: A Methodical Approach to Troubleshooting

Sr. Manager, BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED

ABHISHEK KATWARE

Load Restrictions on account of very high TG Bearing temperatures due to slope/catenary abnormalities in 800MW TeSTPP units after initial operations.

Senior Manager, Sr. Manager , MM-TMD, NTPC Telangana

ADITYA DESHMUKH

Generator Performance Under Flexibilization: Challenges and Mitigation Approaches

DGM, NTPC

AKHAND CHAUHAN

Reduction in Rake Detention Time through Automation Control Techniques

DGM, Nabha Power Limited

AKHIL AGARWAL

Dry Cooling System in thermal Power Plants – Need of the hour, challenges and Way forward

AGM, Group head (PE-Mech-II) NTPC EOC SECUNDERABAD

AKSHAY DAVE

Las Vegas to Leh – A holistic development approach of Ladakh through Renewable Energy, Agrivoltaic, Green Hydrogen & Energy Storage

TRANSFORMER DESIGNER, BHEL BHOPAL

AMIT CHHABRA

A Case Study on Failure of Stellite-6 Coating on Turbine Valve Plugs after Short-Term Operation.

Sr Manager, NTPC Limited

AMIYA RANJAN BARIK

Digital Initiatives for Plant Load Adjustment in auto to minimize the impact of DSM Regulations

DGM Operation, Nabha Power Limited

ANJAN KUMAR SINHA

Process Optimization and technological upgrades for Flexibility to ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable operations

Director, Intertek

ANOOP RANJAN

Building Machine Learning-Based Model for Large Induction Motor based Drives in a Typical Thermal Power Plant

DGM(IT), Deputy General Manager (IT), NTPC Dadri

APOORVA PRAKASH

A Case Study on Failure of Finish Super Heater Tubes in Boilers at NSTPS

Sr.Manager, Sr. Manager, NTPC LTD, NSTPS

ASHISH BAHETY

A Novel Approach in Operation and Maintenance Practices Ash Handling Plant (AHP) 4x600MW, JPL, Tamnar (C.G.)

Assistant General Manager, JindalPower Limited

ASHISH KUMAR SAHU

UPGRADATION OF OWS/SERVERS /NAS -PERFORMANCE AND AVAILABILITY BY REPLACEMENT OF HDD WITH SSD

DGM, NTPC LIMITED

B. C. MALLICK

Green hydrogen for Grid Balancing, 2029-30

Principal Chief Engineer, Central Electricity Authority

BALRAM SAHU

A New Acid Cleaning Method for removal of Hard Silicate Scale deposit in Condenser tubes of U#2 of Dhariwal Infrastructure limited 2x300 MW plant

Chief Manager Chemistry, Head of Chemistry Dhariwal Power plant

CHANDAN SHAHI

Improving Behavior Based Safety through the concept of Safety Acts Index

AGM(Safety), NTPC

CONSTANTIN CHITIC-FOLDI

Flexible Operation & Reliability Challenges for LP Turbines

Executive, EPRI

DIPANKAR HALDER

Methanol Firing in Gas Turbines: A Sustainable Pathway for Renewable Energy Integration and Utilization of Gas Asset

NTPC, NTPC

DIPANKAR PAL

Operation and Control Philosophy of Rapid Loading System in NTPC Pakri Barwadih Coal Mines

DGM, NTPC

DR HF SWANEPOEL

RISK-INFORMED APPROACHES TO OPTIMIZE ASSET MANAGEMENT APPROACHES

Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute

DR. ANDREW HOWELL

A Novel Approach to Managing Air Cooled Condenser Corrosion and Enhancing Reliability

Executive, EPRI

DR. ANDREW MAXSON

Enabling a Reliable, Decarbonized Future in a Variable Renewable Energy World

Executive, EPRI

DR. BIBHU PRASAD RATH

Sustainable Generation – Closing on the Crucial Water Linkage

Addl.General Manager, NTPC Limited

DR. DURGESH KUMAR LOHIYA

Strategies to Maintain the Integrity of Boilers and Turbines by Preventing Corrosion and Deposition in Current Operational Scenarios

Senior Manager (COS-Chem), NTPC Ltd.

DR. LESLEY SLOSS

Optimizing Coal Fleet Performance to Accelerate the Energy Transition

Executive, EPRI

DR. SAMIT MUKHERJEE

Chemistry Management in Ultra Supercritical Boiler at Godda of Adani Power

DGM Head Chemistry APJL, Adani Power Jharkhand Ltd

DR.M R SHAIJU

Leveraging AI and Operational Data for Enhanced Predictive Maintenance in Power Plants: A Case Study

DGM (OPERATION), NTPC Ltd

DR.M R SHAIJU

Strategies for Reducing Evaporation Loss in Power Plant Operations: A Path to Sustainable Water Management

DGM (OPERATION), NTPC Ltd

GIRIJA SANKAR PATI

Methodology for Prioritizing Investments in Flexible operation of coal Plants for Sustainable Grid Operations

Assistant Director, Central Electricity Authority

GOBIND LAL

Digital Transformation in Logistics Management for Ash Disposal in Coal Based Thermal Power Plant

Assistant Manager, Nabha Power Limited

GOVIND KUMAR SAHU

Enhancement of safety during overhauling by a change in planning of permits

NTPC LIMITED, B.Tech

H S BAGGA

Best practices of CHP Maintenance to avert Monsoon challenges in the year 2024 ‘NTPC Ramagundam experience’

AGM, NTPC RAMAGUNDAM

HARI OM VISHWAKARMA

TRANSFORMING INDIA’S ENERGY LANDSCAPE: ROLE OF ENERGY STORAGE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION

Senior Manager, NTPC

JACOB DEBBARMA

Implementation of Artificial Intelligence for Identification of Weld Joint defects during Overhauling & Boiler Tube Failures

Senior Manager, NTPC LTD

JEGANATHAN MARUTHAMUTHU

A DIGITALIZATION ROADMAP AND METHODOLOGY FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE

Technical Executive, EPRI International

KALYANI PYNE

WATER MANAGEMENT IN MEJIA THERMAL POWER STATION- a Case Study

Environment Management & Pollution Control, Damodar Valley Corporation

KANNAN P NAIR

Strategies for Smooth Commissioning and Stabilization of FGD Systems

SENIOR MANAGER, SENIOR MANAGER COS NTPC LIMITED

KETAN KHANNA

AdvX® system for thermal power plant efficiency improvement and Heat management

Director Technical, Arvos Ljungstrӧm LLC

KUNJ BIHARI PATHAK

Water Management in Power Plant

Sr. Manager, None

LM YADAV

Important Factors for Better Condenser and Cooling Tower Performance

Vice President -Technical Services, Ion Exchange India Limited

MANISH KUMAR SAH

Reliability Centred Maintenance of Wagon Tippler System for enhanced availability of coal unloading System: “A case study of NTPC Kudgi”

AGM (FUEL HANDLING - MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE), NTPC

MANISH THAKUR

Gas Based Power Plant - Cyclic & Flexible Operations -Present & Future

Dy. Engineer, Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd.

MAYA RAMACHANDRAN

Future of Gas based Generation in India

DGM, NTPC

MAYANK KUMAR SINGH

Dry Ash Evacuation Process Improvement- "Advance Pulse Jet Timer System (A-PJT)" [In-House designed and Developed at NTPC-SSTPS]

Senior Manager, NTPC Ltd.

MS. BHASWATI MUKHERJEE

BTL Reduction Through Skill Development and Identification Scheme (S-DAIS) for IBR Welders

DGM- FIELD QUALITY ASSURANCE, NTPC LIMITED

MUNIL KUMAR

ADVANCED SLURRY DENSITY MEASUREMENT: TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

DGM C&I MAINTENANCE, NTPC Limited Nabinagar

MURALI KRISHNA GAJULA BALIJA

Nuclear for Viksit Bharat @2047

Sr. Mgr, NTPC Ltd

NAGARAJU BHASKARANI

Production of ‘Green DM Water’ by using waste heat recovery- An innovative, sustainable, economic approach for conserving natural resources

MANAGER, NTPC SIMHADRI

NAGARJUNA KOPPOJU

STRENGTHENING THE ASH DYKE TOP ROAD USING GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS FOR ENHANCING THE ASH UTILIZATION

Senior Manager, Mr.

NITESH KHANDELWAL

Study on applicability and scope of AI and Data Analysis Tools for Optimization of Maintenance Practices for Capital Equipments in Thermal Power Plant

Mr., DGM-EMD

P NARESH RAJU

STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE ZERO FORCED OUTAGE OF KUDGI THERMAL UNITS DUE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

DGM, Mr

PARTHA NAG

Theme Paper

GM, NTPC

PARTHA SARATHI PANDA

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT IN OPGC

Sr. Manager (Environment), None

PIERRE ANSMANN

Complete Cycle Solution

Global Head of Marketing, ARNOLD

PRAFULCHANDRA JOINT DIRECTOR CPRI & SAMARTH MIS,

“Sustainable Biomass Supply Network Model: A Pathway to Efficient Energy Transition”

Joint Director, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India (SAMARTH Mission

PRAG SOOD

REVERSE OSMOSIS – A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY IN WATER TREATMENT YET INTRICACIES IN ITS OPERATION - LEARNINGS OF REVIVAL OF RO PLANT AT NTPC TELANGANA

DGM CHEMISTRY, NTPC

PRAKASH SUTRADHAR

Bulge Wagon Auto Detection System

Deputy General Manager, NTPC Bongaigaon

PRASHANT MISHRA

Rectification of High Temperature Issue in Segmented Isolated Phase Bus Ducts – A Case Study of 2 X 800 MW Ultra Super Critical Thermal Power Plant

Manager, Adani Power Jharkhand Limited

PUNIT AGARWAL

Achieving Net Zero Certification in NTPC Townships: An IGBC Perspective

Senior COunsellor, Confederation of Indian Industry

PUSPAHASH MOHANTY

EFFECTIVE COAL STOCKYARD MANAGEMENT TO MEET CHALLENGE OF HANDLING MULTIPLE QUALITY COAL

AGM -OS&E, GMR KAMALANGA ENERGY LTD

RAJESH SABADRA

Safety in Power Plants - FirePro Condensed Aerosol System

Managing Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

RAKESH KUMAR

Innovative Gas Turbine Maintenance Practices at NTPC Dadri Gas

AGM, NTPC Dadri (Gas), IEEE (Power & Energy Society)

RASHMI RANJAN BEHERA

AI based Wireless condition monitoring System for Take up pulleys of CHP conveyors

Sr.Manager, NTPC

REGINALD E MASTO

Rare earth and critical elements in coal ash from various Indian power plants

Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-CIMFR

RITESH AGARWAL

Municipal Solid Waste Cofiring in Pulverized Fuel Boilers :Sustainable Green Energy Transition Strategy

DGM ( CenPEEP), CenPEEP NTPC LTD

S.S. MALLICK

Optimizing Ash Handling Plant Operation from Ash Characteristics Measurable at Power Plant

Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

SANDEEP MEGHWAL

TOOL FOR DIGITAL FURNACE TEMPERATURE MAPPING AND USING AIML TO PREDICT FURNACE TEMPERATURE WITH THE AVAILABLE REAL-TIME

MANAGER, ADANI POWER LIMITED ,KAWAI

SANJAY KUMAR NANDAL

NTECL U#1 TURBOGENERATOR REVIVAL CASE STUDY

DGM, NTPC Ltd

SATWINDER SINGH

Enhancing Boiler Reliability: Strategies to Prevent Condensate Blocking in Pendent Coils

Maintenance engineer, Senior Manager, Boiler maintenance department

SH ASHIM JYOTI BORDOLOI

A presentation on CFD Study of Water Conductor System along with under water parts of 4X50 MW Kopili Power Station KHEP, NEEPCO Ltd

CGM, NEEPCO

SHAILENDRA GUPTA

Improvement in Cooling Tower Performance at NTPC Farakka: A Case Study on Identifying and Mitigating Defects in Cost Effective Manner

Sr Manager, NTPC Farakka

SHAILESH AJMERA

UNIT CONTROLS PERFORMANCE MONITORING DASHBOARD FOR STEAM PARAMETER ANALYSIS

SENIOR MANAGER, SENIOR MANAGER

SHASHI KUMAR SHARMA

Implementation of Remote Racking of MV Breakers by Integrated Motorized Mechanism

DGM-Electrical, STATION ENGINEERING, NTPC EMPLOYEE

SHIB SANKAR MISTRY

Addressing Steam Turbine Maintenance Challenges under Flexible Operation

DGM, NTPC

SHIVAM DWIVEDI

Boiler Tube Leakage: A persistent Challenge - Unfolding strategic solutions for reliability

Dy Manager, NTPC Ltd

SHRIKRISHNA M. GAIKWAD

Ensuring long-term reliability of Boiler

Senior Manager, Boiler Maitenance, Senior Manager, BMD, NTPC Telangana

SITA RAM MAJEE

Ensuring a Sustainable Coal Mining and Supply for Thermal Power Plants: Beyond Environmental Compliance

Addl General Manager (Mining), NTPC Badam CMP

SOREN HALBERG OLSEN

OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS: INSIGHTS FROM RAMAGUNDAM UNIT 7 LOW LOAD TESTS

Chief Advisor, COWI

SUBIN ABID

Zerowatt Energy Intelligence system – An IoT & AI solution for increasing energy efficiency, reducing Auxiliary Energy Consumption, increasing profita

Chief Product Officer, Alphageek Enterprises private Limited

SUJAY KARMAKAR

Energy Transitioning with CCUS: Experience sharing of World’s Unique CO2 to Methanol Project at NTPC Vindhyachal

General Manager, NTPC

TAHOOR ALAM KHAN

From Stability to Flexibility- Thermal Power Plant Adaptations for Renewable Integration

Counsellor, Confederation of Indian Industry

THOMAS K. KIRKPATRICK

Enhancing Power Plant Reliability in India_ The Critical Role of Performance Testing for Boilers and Steam Turbines

Senior Vice President of McHale & Associates, Inc., ASME Member & Serves for various ASME PTC codes

UJJWAL SHARMA

Unit-3 Turbine Restoration – Experience & Learning of Koldam Hydro Power Station

Turbine Restoration – Experience & Learning, NTPC ltd

V A SURENDRA

Boiler Flame Failures in Flexible Operating Regime – Operational optimisation

Addl General Manager, NTPC milited

VAIBHAV BHOSALE

CENTRALIZED C&I ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR NTPC USING OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS

Senior Manager, C&I, NTPC Ltd.

VIJAY PORWAL

Advanced Process Control Deployment with No Black Box Solution

DGM CC OS CST GROUP, NTPC LTD

VIKASH KUMAR

THE CHALLENGES AT NTPC- MOUDA ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGH DEMURRAGE ON ACCOUNT OF UNDERUTILIZATION OF WAGON TIPPLER#1: A CASE STUDY

SENIOR MANAGER, CHP-MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE, NTPC

VIKASH KUMAR

Net Zero for Power: A Roadmap for Energy Utilities

Manager, NTPC Limited

VIKRANT SHARMA

Performance Ratio Improvement of Solar Power Plant Using Re-Binning Technique

Renewable Energy, NA

YAMADA FUMIKO

IoT & AI for efficient and flexible operation of thermal power plant for energy transition

Assistant Director, International Collaboration, Japan Carbon Frontier Organization (JCOAL)

Speakers

ABHA

ABHINAV KUMAR

ABHISHEK BANIK

ABHISHEK KATWARE

ADITYA DESHMUKH

AKHAND CHAUHAN

AKHIL AGARWAL

AKSHAY DAVE

AMIT CHHABRA

AMIYA RANJAN BARIK

ANJAN KUMAR SINHA

ANOOP RANJAN

APOORVA PRAKASH

ASHISH BAHETY

ASHISH KUMAR SAHU

B. C. MALLICK

BALRAM SAHU

CHANDAN SHAHI

CONSTANTIN CHITIC-FOLDI

DIPANKAR HALDER

DIPANKAR PAL

DR HF SWANEPOEL

DR. ANDREW HOWELL

DR. ANDREW MAXSON

DR. BIBHU PRASAD RATH

DR. DURGESH KUMAR LOHIYA

DR. LESLEY SLOSS

DR. SAMIT MUKHERJEE

DR.M R SHAIJU

DR.M R SHAIJU

GIRIJA SANKAR PATI

GOBIND LAL

GOVIND KUMAR SAHU

H S BAGGA

HARI OM VISHWAKARMA

JACOB DEBBARMA

JEGANATHAN MARUTHAMUTHU

KALYANI PYNE

KANNAN P NAIR

KETAN KHANNA

KUNJ BIHARI PATHAK

LM YADAV

MANISH KUMAR SAH

MANISH THAKUR

MAYA RAMACHANDRAN

MAYANK KUMAR SINGH

MS. BHASWATI MUKHERJEE

MUNIL KUMAR

MURALI KRISHNA GAJULA BALIJA

NAGARAJU BHASKARANI

NAGARJUNA KOPPOJU

NITESH KHANDELWAL

P NARESH RAJU

PARTHA NAG

PARTHA SARATHI PANDA

PIERRE ANSMANN

PRAFULCHANDRA JOINT DIRECTOR CPRI & SAMARTH MIS,

PRAG SOOD

PRAKASH SUTRADHAR

PRASHANT MISHRA

PUNIT AGARWAL

PUSPAHASH MOHANTY

RAJESH SABADRA

RAKESH KUMAR

RASHMI RANJAN BEHERA

REGINALD E MASTO

RITESH AGARWAL

S.S. MALLICK

SANDEEP MEGHWAL

SANJAY KUMAR NANDAL

SATWINDER SINGH

SH ASHIM JYOTI BORDOLOI

SHAILENDRA GUPTA

SHAILESH AJMERA

SHASHI KUMAR SHARMA

SHIB SANKAR MISTRY

SHIVAM DWIVEDI

SHRIKRISHNA M. GAIKWAD

SITA RAM MAJEE