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Cyber Security Association of India 
Welcomes you for

PowerSecCon-2023

Power Sector Cyber Security Conference - 2023

19th December 2023

India International Centre

The Inaugural Session Speakers

Sh. Pankaj Agarwal

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Power Secretary

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          Mr. Pankaj Agarwal is Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India from 1st July, 2023

 Prior to this, Mr. Pankaj Agarwal was Additional Secretary & Director General (Acquisition), MoD since January, 2022. He was Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary in Cabinet Sectt. from 2019 to 2022.  Before this, he has held various important portfolios in the Government of Madhya Pradesh.  Amongst them, he was Principal Secretary, Public Health Engg., Water Resources, Narmada Valley Development and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the State Government of Madhya Pradesh.

          Mr. Agarwal belongs to the Indian Administrative Service of 1992 batch and has wide experience in the area of Health, Industry, Infrastructure and Finance in a career spanning 29 years.  He studied Civil Engineering at IIT, Roorkee followed by Master of Technology in Construction Management at IIT, Delhi and Masters in Public Management at National University of Singapore.   

Lt Gen MU Nair, AVSM, SM

National Cyber Security Coordinator

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National Cyber Security Coordinator

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CMD of Grid Controller of India Limited

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Sh. S R Narasimhan

CMD of Grid Controller of India Limited

Mr. S R Narasimhan is the CMD of Grid-India, formerly known as POSOCO. In 1986 he joined BHEL and moved to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in 1988 then to POWERGRID in 1996. Having vast experience spread across three control centres including National level, he joined the Grid-India Board in Nov 2018. He has handled all facets of power system operation and electricity market reforms. He has contributed to several Expert Committees of Central Government & regulator. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, Senior Member of IEEE and a Distinguished Member of CIGRE. He was conferred with the IEEE-PES, Delhi Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in 2019. He has published over fifty (50) papers at the national and international level.

Navin Kumar Singh, IPS

Director General

Director General, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre

Sh. Navin Kumar Singh, IPS is currently the DG – NCIIPC, a unit of NTRO, which is the national nodal body for identification & protection of the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) in the country. He has worked as the Nodal Officer for cybercrime in Jharkhand during 2017-2020 where he developed a pro-active response mechanism for tackling cybercrime for which he was given the FICCI smart policing award. He also contributed in the establishment of the Crime & Criminal Tracking and Networking System (CCTNS) of Jharkhand police. B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kanpur,  he is also an NTS Scholar. He has also received the award for the best Master Thesis by International Anti-Corruption Academy, Vienna in 2016.He is a recipient of many awards including the Police Medal of Gallantry, Meritorious Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal etc. for his exceptional contributions in policing.

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Director General, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre

Dr. Tripta Thakur

Director General, National Power Training Institute

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Director General, National Power Training Institute

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Dr. Tripta Thakur has over 28 years of experience in teaching and research and has nearly 100 publications to her credit. Dr. Thakur is a graduate in Electrical Engineering with a Master’s degree in Power Electronics from IIT-Kanpur and has a PhD from IIT-DelhiShe has been a recipient of several awards such as Commonwealth Research Scholar at University of Dundee (2005-2008), UK, Commonwealth Academic fellow at Durham University Business School (2014), UK, COFUND Senior researcher at Durham University Business School (2016), Visiting Faculty at Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (2010), technical member for International Electrotecnical Commission (IEC), SEG4 Group, ISGF (MoP) working group member etc1She has also been a Consultant for evolving a possible Common South Asian Electricity Markets .

Prof NK Goyal

President, CSAI

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President, CSAI

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Prof. NK Goyal, known as so called Telecom Father Figure, being in the field for last 42 years. He is Chairman Emeritus, CMAI and TEMA. He has been Vice Chairman International Telecom Union APT India; Member Governing Board Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council (Govt. of India), Director National Fertilizers Ltd. Associated with several industry associations. He also held appointment of General Manager of HP State Electronics Development Corporation & President HFCL and Director, Govt. of India, NIESBUD and President HFCL. Ambassador South East Asia for Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, UK. Representing on more than 100 Government Committees, Groups and very deeply involved in Policy Formulations on Telecom, Mobile, IT, Education, Industry Academic Interface, Guest Speaker, National Vocational Courses with AICTE/MHRD in Institutes. He is also known for being Motivational Leader and for Spiritual Life, Meditation, Yoga, Reiki Master, Spiritual Therapy, Psychic Healing, Excellence in Life, Conflict/Stress management and Personality Development.

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

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Shri MAKP Singh

CISO -MoP &

Member, CEA

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Shri Amit Sharma

ADG & Advisor (Cyber), MoD 

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Lt Gen (Dr. ) AS Lamba (Retd.)

Borad Member, CSAI

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Advocate Karnika Seth

Supreme Court Cyber Lawyer

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Prof. Gurunath Gurrala

Indian Institute of Science

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Dr. Prabaharan Poornachandran.

Director, Innspark Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Agenda

Agenda

9:00 AM to

10:00 AM

Registration

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Inaugural Session

10:00 AM to

10:10 AM

Introduction Address

Prof. N.K. Goyal

President, Cyber Security Association of India

10:10 AM to

10:20 AM

Welcome Address

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Rajesh Pant (Retd.)

Chairman, Cyber Security Association of India

10:20 AM to

10:30 AM

Special Address

Dr. Tripta Thakur

Director General, NPTI

10:30 AM to

10:40 AM

Thought Leadership Address

Sh. S. R. Narasimhan

CMD, Grid Controller of India Ltd

10:40 AM to

11:50 AM

Visionary Address

Sh. Navin Kumar Singh

Director General, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre

10:50 AM to

11:00 AM

Inaugural Address

Lt. Gen. M.U. Nair, AVSM, SM

National Cyber Security Coordinator

11:00 AM to

11:30 AM

Tea & Networking

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Keynote Addresses

11:30 AM to

11:40 AM

Sh. MAKP Singh

CISO - MoP & Member, CEA

11:40 AM to

11:50 AM

Sh. Amit Sharma, Additional Director General and Advisor (Cyber), MoD

11:50 AM to

12:00 PM

Lt Gen (Dr.) A S Lamba (Retd.), Board Member, CSAI

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12:00 PM to

12:10 PM

Prof. Gurunath Gurrala,

Indian Institute of Science

12:10 PM to

12:20 PM

Dr. Prabaharan Poornachandran, 

Director, Innspark Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

12:20 PM to

12:30 PM

Advocate Karnika Seth, Supreme Court Cyber Lawyer

12:30 PM to

12:40 PM

Sh. Rakesh Maheshwari, Tech policy and Regulatory Compliance, Former Sr. Director and Gp Coordinator, Cyber Laws and Data Governance, MeITY

12:40 PM to

1:15 PM

Panel Discussions:   Cyber Security Challanges to Power Sector 

1:15 PM to 1:30 PM

SPECIAL ADDRESS: Sh. Pankaj Agarwal, Secretary (Power)

1:30 PM to

2:25 PM

Lunch & Networking

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Sectoral Brief on Cyber Security

2:25 PM to

2:35 PM

Grid Operations -

Sh. K. Muralikrishna

Grid Controller of India Ltd

2:35 PM to

2:45 PM

Transmission -

Sh. Anand Shankar

POWERGRID

2:45 PM to

2:55 PM

Hydro -

Sh. Sandeep Puri

National Hydro Power Company Ltd.

2:55 PM to

3:05 PM

Thermal -

Sh. Akshaya Kumar Patel

NTPC Ltd

3:05 PM to

3:15 PM

Renewable Energy -

Sh. Ajay Kumar Sinha

Solar Energy Corporation of India

3:15 PM to

3:25 PM

Ms. Seema Mittal

Director (Power),

National Critical Infrastructure Protection Centre

3:30 PM to

4:00 PM

Panel Discussion - Challanges of Cyber Security Compliances

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Industry Viewpoint

4:00 PM to

4:05 PM

Vaibhav Rathore

 

Andritz Hydro Private Ltd

4:05 PM to

4:10 PM

Deepak Pandey, GE Vernova

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Consolidation Session

4:10 PM to

4:20 PM

Hot Washup and Recap 

Sh. MAKP Singh, CISO - MoP & Member, CEA 

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Col Inderjit Singh (Retd.), Director General, CSAI

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Closing Session

4:20 PM to

4:25 PM

Closing Remarks

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Rajesh Pant (Retd.)

Chairman,

Cyber Security Association of India

4:25 PM to

4:30 PM

Vote of Thanks

Cdr Mukesh Saini (Retd.)

Secretary General

Cyber Security Association of India

4:30 PM to

5:00 PM

Tea & Networking

Contact

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South Extension Part-II(Basement),

New Delhi-110049.

+91-9167246674

+91-9811129879

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Venue

CyberSecCon - 2023

Where

India International Centre,
Kamla Devi Complex (New Building), Ground Floor,
40, Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, Delhi 110003, India

When

Date: 19th December 2023

Time : 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM

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