Shri Rajiv Kumar Porwal has assumed charge as Director (System Operation) of Grid Controller of India Limited (Grid-India) at New Delhi. Prior to his elevation he was contributing as Executive Director, NRLDC, Grid-India.
Shri R K Porwal obtained Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from M.M.M.Engg. College, Gorakhpur and M. Tech in Power EC, Electrical Machines and Drives (PEEMD) from IIT Delhi. He has around three decades’ experience in Power System Operation spread across POWERGRID and Grid-India.As Director (System Operation) of Grid India, Shri Porwal will be responsible for the overall secure and reliable operation of the India’s Power System, operational planning, grid integration, scheduling and dispatch of electricity, monitoring real-time electricity grid operations, post facto analysis of the grid operations through the NLDC & RLDCs as well as cyber security.
