Research Advisory Committee

Electrical Research and Development Association (ERDA)

ERDA's

Leadership Team

Dr. Satish Chetwani

Director

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01.

Dr. Uday Puntambekar

Asst. Director & Head of Division Mechanical and Insulating Materials, Rajahmundry, Purchase

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02.

Mr. Rajib Chattopadhyay

Sr. Manager & Head of Division PETE II (Impulse, Cable, CT-PT, Calibration), Rabale, Narol, ERDA North, Maintenance, (Electrical & Civil)

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03.

Mr. Anil Khopkar

Asst. Director & Head of Division Business Development & CRM, Corporate (Accounts & Finance, P&A, HR)

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04.

Mr. Anil Aswani

Asst. Director & Head of Division SEC (Third Party Inspection, Energy Meter, EMI/EMC, Appliance, Lamps & Luminaries, Motor & pumps, Power Systems)

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05.

Mr. Yashinkhan Pathan

Sr. Manager & Head of Division PETE I (Transformers, Switchgear, Short Circuit – Makarpura & Savli)

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06.

ERDA's

Research Advisory Committee

Name of Employee
Chairman
Dr. Vijay Shah
President - ERDA
Vice President - ABB India Limited, Vadodara
Name of Employee
Ex – Officio Member & Secretary
Dr. Satish Chetwani
Director - ERDA

Members

Name of Employee
Shri J. D. Thakare
Scientific Officer/G Control Instrumentation Division
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Trombay, Mumbai
Dr. M. Mohana Rao
AGM (GSG, I & Projects)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Corporate R&D Division, Hyderabad
Name of Employee
Dr. Shobhit Singh Chauhan
Principal Scientist- Instrumentation
Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar
Shri Kuldeep Singh Dhiman
Chief Manager Product Management Group (Metering solution division)
Genus Power Infrastructure Limited, Jaipur
Name of Employee
Shri N. M. Sheth
Executive Engineer - Engineering
Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Ltd., GETCO, Vadodara
Name of Employee
Prof. (Dr.) S. S. Murthy
Former Director - ERDA
Former Director - NIT
Prof. (Rtd.) IIT, Delhi
Bengaluru
Name of Employee
Shri Jatin B. Upadhyay
GPRD I/C Head Executive Engineer (R&D), GUVNL
Gujrat Power Research & Development Cell, Gandhinagar
Name of Employee
Dr. Naran M. Pindoriya
Assistant Professor- Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar
Name of Employee
Dr. Udaya Kumar
Professor and Chair of Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Intitute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Name of Employee
Shri Neelkumar S. Shrimali
Joint Technical Advisor (PI)
Office of The Industries Commissionerate, Gandhinagar
Name of Employee
Shri Praveen Kurvey
Sr. General Manager
L&T Electrical & Automation A unit of Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Name of Employee
Prof. (Dr.) Dhanesh Patel
Dean
Faculty of Tech. & Engg. M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara
Name of Employee
Prof. Dr. P. N. Tekwani
Director – Directorate of Research & Innovation
Dean – Faculty of Doctoral Studies and Research Professor – Electrical Engineering
Institute of Technology Nirma University, Ahmedabad
Name of Employee
Dr. Raksh V. Jasra
Senior Vice President - R&D
Reliance Industries Limited, Vadodara
Name of Employee
Shri Sanjay G. Patki
Former VP - The Tata Power Company Limited
Former VP - The Tata Power Company Limited, Mumbai
Name of Employee
Mr. B. N. De Bhowmick
Independent Consultant & Former ED(TD) PGCIL
New Delhi
Name of Employee
Prof. (Dr.) S. S. Murthy
Former Director - ERDA
Former Director - NIT
Prof. (Rtd.) IIT, Delhi
Bengaluru
Field Services
Name of Employee
Mr. Mehul Patel
Sr. Manager
HR
Mr. Pratik Shah
Asst. Manager
Accounts & Finance
Mr. Pranav Parikh
Dy. Manager
Business Development
Mr. Shailesh Patel
Sr. Manager
Cables, CT-PT, Capacitors & PD
Mr. Ravi Nandwana
Sr. Engineer
CT-PT & Capacitors
Mrs. Vidya Kapse
Dy. Manager
Customer Relationship Management
Mr. Puran Gajera
Dy. Manager
EMI/EMC
Mr. Nitin Chitte
Asst. Manager
Impulse – Makarpura
Mr. Anil Solanki
Sr. Manager
Information Technology
Mr. Jaydeep Sheth
Dy. Manager
Liquid Dielectric
Mr. Ravi Singh
Dy. Manager
Motors & Pumps, Solar Pump & Converters
Mr. Anil Suthar
Dy. Manager
Mechanical
Mr. Bhavesh Vasiyani
Manager
Non Destructive & Energy Management
Mr. Mitesh Prajapati
Sr. Engineer
Quality System
Mr. Sandeep Soni
Manager
Short Circuit 3– Savli
Mr. Amar Shah
Dy. Manager
Third Party Inspection
Mr. Asheesh Dhaneria
Manager
TM5(A) NPT Electronics,
TM5 (B) NPT Electrical
Mr. Munaf Patel
Manager
Short Circuit 2 – Makarpura
Mr. Pankaj Chawla
Manager
ERDA (North)
Name of Employee
Mr. Laxman Bhekare
Sr. Manager
Admin
Mr. Rakesh A Patel
Dy. Manager
Appliance
Mr. Brijesh Sachdeva
Manager
Business Development ERDA (North)
Mrs. Sheetal Panchal
Dy. Manager
Cables
Mr. Nirav Taunk
Manager
Calibration
Mr. Umesh Soni
Manager
Electrical Diagnostics
Mr. Tejas Mistri
Dy. Manager
Energy Meter
Mr. Tirthashankar Vishwakarma
Manager
Impulse – Savli
Mr. Nitin Patel
Dy. Manager
Lamps & Luminaires & Solar
Mr. Pramod Patel
Dy. Manager
Maintenance (Civil & Electrical)
Mrs. Sneha Sheth
Manager
Solid Dielectrics
Mrs. Bhoomi Patel
Dy. Manager
Metallurgy
Mr. Shailesh Modi
Sr. Manager
Power Systems
Mr. Jeetendra Tahilwani
Sr. Manager
Transformers & Short Circuit 2 – Makarpura
Mr. Goutam Som
Manager
Switchgear & IP
Ms. Shefali Talati
Dy. Manager
TM4 Power Systems (R&D), Documentation
Mr. Kapil Sharma
Dy. Manager
Transformers
Mr. Nitin Doshi
Sr. Manager
ERDA (West)
Mr. Rajesh Marri
Dy. Engineer
ERDA (South)

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