Smart Utilities for today’s Digital India is a demand to keep up with the fast pace and fast moving market comforting today’s smart consumers and their smart lifestyle. Top Global Trends Driving Changes in the Utilities Businesses: Over the past decades, the utilities industry has been all about Technical Disruptions and Transformations. Several studies and researches have shown the following major focus areas:

• Consumer centricity – In the absence of true climate diplomacy, citizens will drive the charge for change supported by policies driven by various regulatory bodies.
• Tectonic shifts – As industries collide, some will rise while others will be swallowed up.
• Flexibility is the key to longevity – How flexible are the companies and players to adopt massive changes in technology as well as demand supply optimization pressure
• Energizing storage

In today’s scenario, the efficiency of utilities will depend on their ability to develop new capabilities, different business models and a mind-set, centered around agility and collaborations. The Economic Times Round Table Discussion on Smart Utilities for today’s Digital India 2020 is a board room discussion designed to bring together industry veterans from some of the largest Power, Gas and Water Distribution companies of the country. Join in live from wherever you are.

BP Raju
Group General Manager-Head, SCADA
ONGC

Kumud Wadhwa
Senior General Manager NPMU
National Smart Grid Mission

Manjunath Kulkarn
Director – Sales & BD (INDIA)
Atos

M.K.Srivastava
Executive Director (IT)
NTPC

Nitin Kumar Rohilla
Vice President – IT
Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited

Onkar Kapoor
CIO – Information Technology
Adani Gas Ltd.

Partha Dutta
Head Data Science and Senior Vice President Digital & Technologies
Sembcorp Industries

Paul da Cruz
Global Head of Marketing & Consulting, Energy & Utilities
Atos

Supriyo Misra
Principal Consultant, Energy & Utilities
Atos

S Samanta
Head, IT
TATA Power Delhi Distribution Limited