Standing Committee on Research Development

Updated As On:12-11-2018

Standing Committee on Research & Development

Sl. No.	SCRD - Main Committee	Name
01	Chairperson (I/c), Central Electricity Authority New Delhi	Shri Prakash S. Mhaske, Chairman, CEA	Chairman
02	Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India	Shri Vivek Kumar Dewangan Joint Secretary and FA Shram Shakti Bhawan,Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001	Member
03	Economic Advisor & Joint Secretary, (I/C) of R&D, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India	Shri Raj Pal Ministry of Power, Govt. of India, Shram Shakti Bhawan New Delhi – 110001	Member
04	Member Planning (I/C of R&D) Central Electricity Authority New Delhi	Dr.Somit Dasgupta Office of Member Planning Central Electricity Authority, 3rd Floor, Sewa Bhavan R K Puram, Sector -1, New Delhi – 110 066	Member
Chairman of all Technical Committees
05	(a) Hydro research	Prof. B.K. Gandhi Mechanical & Industrial Engineering IIT, Roorkee – 247 667	Member
06	(b) Transmission research	Prof. S. C. Srivastava, Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur – 208016	Member
07	(c) Thermal research	Prof. R. P. Vedula, Department of Mechanical Engg IIT-B, Powai, Mumbai 400076 Email – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ph: 022-25767547	Member
08	(d) Grid, Distribution & Energy	Prof. S. V. Kulkarni, FINAE Professor Department of Electrical Engineering IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076	Member
09	DSIR-Scientist-G & above	Shri. Ashwani Gupta Scientist ‘G’ Department of Scientific and Industrial Resarch New Delhi – 110 016	Member
10	DIPP-IPR Expert	Ms. Palka Sahni Deputy Secretary Dept. of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhavan New Delhi – 110011	Member
11	Director General CPRI	Shri V S Nanda Kumar Director General, CPRI	Convener
Special Invitees
12	Chief Engineer (R&D) CEA, New Delhi.	Smt. Seema Saxena Chief Engineer (R&D) Central Electricity Authority, 3rd Floor, Sewa Bhavan R K Puram, Sector -1, New Delhi – 110 066	Member
13	BHEL	Director (E,R&D), BHEL, New Delhi	Member
14	POWERGRID	Director (Projects) Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. ‘Saudamini’, Plot No. 2, Sector 29, Gurgaon, Haryana – 122 001	Member
15	NTPC	Sh R K Srivastava Executive Director (NETRA) E3 ECOTECH-II, Udhyog Vihar, Gautam Budh Nagar – 201 306 (Uttar Pradesh)	Member
16	NHPC	J. Choudhary GM (O&M) Division NHPC Office Complex Sector-33, Faridabad – 121 003	Member
17	MNRE	Dr. P.C. Maithani, Scientist ‘G’, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Block 14, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003	Member

• Functions of SCRD

  • 1. The Standing Committee on R&D (SCRD) shall identify and pnontize important strategic areas of Research and Development including inter sector research projects, which are to be considered for implementation under the three Research schemes namely, In-house R&D (IHRD), Research Scheme on Power (RSoP) and R&D under NPP.

    2. The Standing. Committee on R&D shall also identify leading Researchers and Domain Experts in diverse areas of Power Sector and engage them in the Research Schemes.

    3. The Standing Committee on R&D shall approve and recommend Research Projects with outlay above Rs.50 lakh under In-house R&D, Research Scheme on Power and R&D under NPP schemes to Ministry of Power for release of grant-in-aid.

    4. The Standing Committee shall also identify:

    a) Need for basic and the applied Research and Development for the Power Sector.

    b) Evolve at national and organizational levels, the Research and Development plans for the nation. The Committee shall endeavor to define desirable limits for the expenditure and prioritise Research and Development plans.

    c) Evolve mechanism to channelize the outcome of research for the benefit of Power Sector and to improve operational efficiency of the Indian Power Sector.

    5. The projects approved by Standing Committee on R&D rriay be forwarded by CPRI directly to Ministry of Power for funding. The existing Working Committee on Research, the Expert Committee on Research Scheme on Power, Task Force under Chief Engineers of CEA for Research and Development projects under NPP and the Expert Committee under Standing Committee on Research and Development for projects under NPP and the present practice of ratification of approved projects by Standing Committee of CPRI is withdrawn.

    6. The mechanism for inviting, screening and monitoring of progress of Research and Development Proposals / projects under the three schemes will be streamlined as per the recommendations contained Report of the Expert Committee on R&D in Power Sector which I was approved by the Governing Council of CPR I in its 76th meeting held on 29th August 2014.

    7. Necessary Secretarial assistance to the Committee would be provided by the Central Power Research Institute under the Research Grant provided to CPRI.

    8. The Committee shall make recommendations from time to time for optimum utilization of infrastructure and release of funds for Research and Development.

    9. The Standing Committee on Research and Development shall meet at least once in six months to consider the Research and Development proposals approved by Technical Committee and to review the progress of Research projects.