Preyas Gupta

Experience

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  Nokia

  Sept 2008 - Apr 2009

  Site engineer

  Involved in Land acquisition for the tower site.Possess Managerial skills as supervised civil work including excavation of the land according to the drawings for each site.Handled installation and erection of the 50 meter, 80 meter towers and installation and commissioning of Diesel Generator set up to 20KVA.Installed Battery set of 50V as well as power plant for charging the battery sets including rectifier.Led efforts across installing Automation system where DG sets starts automatically, when main (State Electricity board) supply is off and battery is going to drain.Scrutinized and investigated the work of contractor for finalizing the shelter room with 1 to 5 ton of Air condition.Monitored and installed the base terminal substation to establish the site on air i.e. Network is through & ready to operate. Show less

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  Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

  Apr 2009 - Jun 2011

  Engineer

  Job responsibilities include testing of all type of relays in 400/220KV substation & PLCC panels in 400/220KV substation.Testing & commissioning of 400/220/33/11kV substation along with the SCADA system.Initiating maintenance plans/ schedules for minimizing machinery downtime for smooth production; minimize stoppages & ensure condition monitoring of various equipment.Veteran at Installation & Commissioning, coordinating gor testing & commissioningDriving the efforts across completing the work in minimum cost, high quality, timely and controlled environment.Establishing quality standards and implementing stringent quality control system to enhance quality of products.Handling discussions with clients about their requirements, arranging for submissions of required details.Involved in monitoring, operation, maintenance of RTU data, obtained from RLDC through SLDC.Maintaining battery voltage regularly and discharge test in 220V, 50V battery sets.Dexterous at tasks such as testing and maintenance of networking including IP camera, LAN & WAN connectivity.Periodically maintaining Event Logger and Automatic data login system. Show less

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  Adani Power

  Jun 2011 - Mar 2020

  Detailed analysis of all the system faults in substations for further corrective action to enhance the reliability and availability of the system.Preparation of lesson learned document for the faults and corrective actions to enhance awareness of all site team in various substations in transmission business on yearly basis.Grid coordination in case of any grid disturbance pertains to Adani asset. Indian Grid Co-ordination for synchronization of projects and O&M of 765kV / 400kV /220kV and HVDC transmission system.Compliance of all Indian grid regulation pertaining to various part of the region in all over the nation.Regulatory affairs coordination for recovery of revenue and incentive for the transmission business as per tariff petition.Calculation of transmission system availability as per respective regional load dispatch center for further submission for revenue.Schedule visit of all substations for inspection of the record of operation & maintenance of each equipment.Prepared SOP (standard operating procedures) and maintenance procedure for site team for better maintenance .Involved in Installation & Commissioning, coordinating and visiting of newly commissioning 765kV substations.Inspection of manufacturing industries for factory acceptance test (FAT) during project execution.Proficient in managing operation & maintenance of 765kV and 400kV EHVAC & HVDC substations in reducing downtime and enhancing operational effectiveness of equipment.Responsible for technical evaluation of all instruments for upcoming substation and line projects.Involved in making policies for the O&M of Adani Transmission Ltd.Budget preparation and controlling as per regulatory guidelines of all transmission sites.Responsible for AGILE process formulation and implementation in transmission business.Being a core team member of IMS certification, responsible for regular audit of each transmission site to maintained IMS certification by the external auditors. Show less Indian Grid Co-ordination for synchronization of new projects and operation of 765kV / 400kV /220kV and HVDC transmission system.Compliance of all Indian grid regulation pertaining to various part of the region in all over the nation.Regulatory affairs coordination for recovery of revenue and incentive for the transmission business as per tariff petition.Calculation of transmission system availability as per respective regional load dispatch center for further submission for revenue.Detailed analysis of all the system faults in substations for further corrective action to enhance the reliability and availability of the system.Preparation of lesson learned document for the faults and corrective actions to enhance awareness of all site team in various substations in transmission business on yearly basis.Schedule visit of all substations for inspection of the record of operation & maintenance of each equipment.Prepared SOP (standard operating procedures) and maintenance procedure for site team for better maintenance .Involved in Installation & Commissioning, coordinating and visiting of newly commissioning 765kV substations.Inspection of manufacturing industries for factory acceptance test (FAT) during project execution.Proficient in managing operation & maintenance of 765kV and 400kV EHVAC & HVDC substations in reducing downtime and enhancing operational effectiveness of equipment.Responsible for technical evaluation of all instruments for upcoming substation and line projects.Involved in making policies for the O&M for the transmission department of Adani Power Ltd.Budget preparation and controlling as per regulatory guidelines of all transmission sites.Responsible for AGILE process formulation and implementation in transmission business.Being a core team member of ISO certification, responsible for regular audit of each transmission site for ISO certification. Show less

  • Associate Manager

    Oct 2014 - Mar 2020

  • Assistant Manager

    Jun 2011 - Oct 2014
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  IndiGrid

  Apr 2020 - now

  Head of Operations

  Responsible for - BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) Project planning and execution as Project Director- Fail safe operation of all substations operation on across India basis voltage level from 132kV to 765kV of AIS and GIS elements.- Smooth remote operation of across portfolio asset from Remote Operation Center.- Smooth Grid Coordination for outage management of entire portfolio.- Ensure 100% availability of SCADA system across all substation portfolio and its troubleshooting- Technical Due Diligence of substations up to 765kV voltage level.- Ensure protection coordination of across portfolio asset including lines and substation- Support to detailed out the RCA for better CAPA of every emergency/ forced/ tripping.- Explore and implementation of new feasible technology across portfolio. Show less