MR. ADITYA KUMAR, Technical Specialist: Smart Energy
ADITYA KUMAR
Technical Specialist: Smart Energy
Mobile: +91-971*******
Email: *************@*****.***
Skype ID: aditya.neo
Address: Flat No 263, Sixth Floor, Plot no 21, Sant Sunder Dass Apt., Sector 12,
Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075
9.5 years of rich Techno-Commercial experience in field of Smart Metering, Advance
Metering Infrastructure, Energy Storage System, Interoperable Communication
Protocols, Communication Technology, Head End System and Meter Data
Management
Seeking Assignments in
Domain: Smart Grid / Smart Energy / AMI / Smart Metering
Role: Solution Architect / Solution Manager / Technical Specialist
Executive Summary
Currently employed with NEC Technologies India Ltd. as a Technical Specialist in Engineering &
Solution Department
Currently responsible for driving strategy for Smart Energy Business Unit at NTI and performing
requirement analysis with NEC global clients
Technical Competence
Domain knowledge of Smart Grid and Smart Energy components:
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Smart Metering / Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
Energy Storage System comprising of Battery Management System
Energy Management System (EMS) at Telecom Towers
Setting up of Solar PV Ground (1MW) and Roof Top (5kW – 500kW) Plants
Communication Technologies : RF Mesh/PLC/GSM/GPRS
Software : Head End Software (HES), Meter Data Management System
(MDMS)
System Integration
Kindly refer to last page of resume for complete project list from 2006 to 2014
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Ex-member of prominent committees :
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Central Electricity Authority (CEA) –1Ph Cost Effective Smart Meter
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) - ETD13 :Panel 1 - Smart Metering
BIS - ETD13 :Panel 4 - IS 15959 DLMS protocol development
BIS LITD 10 P7 : AMI
Indian Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) WG 4: Metering
ISGF Use Cases for Smart Grid (14 MoP) Pilots
International training on AMI / Smart Metering in L+G USA on Network Management and
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Deployment, Head end software (HES) and customer interaction (at Greystone Utility)
Core knowledge of communication protocols like IEC 62056-21 DLMS, IS 15959 Indian COSEM
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standard, IEEE 802.15.4g, Zigbee, MIOS, Interoperable Device Interface Specification (IDIS)
Core knowledge of energy metering standards : IEC 62053-21, IEC 62053-22, IS 13779, IS
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14697, CBIP 304, IS 15884 and several other regulations
Designed network architecture and executed various Projects in Generation, Transmission Sub-
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stations & Distribution related to establishment of Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and
Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) based solution
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MR. ADITYA KUMAR, Technical Specialist: Smart Energy
Deployed several AMR solutions based on Energy Management Software (EMS) to help Genco/
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Transco/ bulk consumer/ CPP etc achieve benefits of Availability Based Tariff (ABT) and Open
Access (OA)
Solution Architect / Product Management Competence
Techno-commercial expertise in proposal creation with technical scope of work, efforts
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estimation, business case with project costing for internal management review
Drafting DPRs / Replying to RFPs and RFIs for AMI and AMR projects within the stipulated
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timelines by taking end-to-end solution architect ownership of the entire process including the
required coordination with multiple teams such as sales, procurement, project management.
RFP response provided to MoP 14 Smart Grid pilots: UHBVN, KSEB, ASEB, UGVCL, TSECL,
DHBVN etc…
Create and validate go-to-market plans, driving proof of concept and pilot activity
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Proficient in handling product and solution portfolio from product definition, development
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to successful market launch
Collect market information on new feature and functionality requirements, consolidate
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the same and communicate with the Product Development team
Helping company decide the ‘STRATEGIC VISION’ and 4 year product portfolio.
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Efficient in creating Network Operation Center (NOC) design for utility in AMI scenario
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Product Management training from Pragmatic Marketing in Sydney, Australia.
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Program and Portfolio Management
Smart Energy :
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Small scale Energy Storage System
Energy Management System for Telecom Towers
AMI / Smart Metering portfolio :
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1Ph and 3Ph Residential Light Commercial (RLC) Indian Smart Meter with modular RF/
PLC/ GPRS modules and latching relays
Head End Software (HES)
Meter Data Management (MDM)
Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) portfolio:
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Single solution for Walk By / Drive By and remote reading via Data Concentrator Unit
(DCU) of 1Ph and 3Ph RLC meter with inbuilt RF Mesh module
Meter Interoperability System (MIOS) and Device Language Message Specification
(DLMS) common AMR integration software
Distribution Transformer (DT) Metering and Health monitoring via GPRS modem
Low Power Radio (LPR) @ 2.4GHz based point to point solution for RLC + I&C segment
Industrial and Commercial segment:
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CT and CT VT operated Class 0.5 meter as per IS 14697 with associated accessories
like meter boxes, CTs with Base Computer Software (BCS)
Business Development
Was regional member of Global Gridstream Team (GGT) responsible for developing Smart
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Metering Solution globally
Was local member of Target Account Selling (TAS) team for providing solution for MoP AMI /
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Smart Metering pilots in India
AMI solution technical presentation to various utilities
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Own and drive technical discussions with utilities and eco-system partners (OEMs, SI’s etc..)
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Support Sales and Marketing team in generating leads, analyzing latest trends
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Technical writes up input on collaterals, white papers etc…
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Represent company at trade shows (Elecrama), seminars (Metering India), etc.
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Present papers at utility workshops
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MR. ADITYA KUMAR, Technical Specialist: Smart Energy
Soft Skills
Expectation management across inter and intra departments with efficient people management
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An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills.
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A keen planner, strategist & implementer with demonstrated abilities in managing complete
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inbound Product Management cycle and outbound Product Marketing activities.
Proficiency in managing overall Software and Product life cycle by monitoring market trends,
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forecasting future needs and brainstorming with R&D for desired features thereby delivering
value for money to customers.
Ability to grasp the latest technologies and confident enough to provide leadership
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEC Technologies India Ltd. Technical Specialist - Smart Energy since Sept’14
About NEC Corporation:
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people
around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's
experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its
customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people,
businesses and society. NEC is headquartered at Japan.
About NEC Technologies:
NEC Technologies India Limited (NTI) has been operating in India since October 2005, providing product
development, global product maintenance and global business enablement services. Formerly known as NEC HCL
System Technologies Limited, NTI is a 100% subsidiary of NEC Corporation after it acquired the 49% of equity
stake held by HCL Technologies Limited.
NTI’s vision is to expand the global business of NEC Group and play a vital role in developing products and
solutions, providing pre and post sales operations. It focuses on providing solutions for emerging opportunities in
retail, banking and finance, biometrics, public safety, smart energy, e governance and infrastructure fields. NTI
offers innovative software and support services and solutions using NEC’s products throughout India and global
markets. NTI has its offices in Noida, Bangalore, Japan, USA and Singapore. NTI is CMMI Level 5 certified.
Landis + Gyr Ltd. Manager – Solution Manager -AMI May’09 – Sept’14
LANDIS + GYR LIMITED helps utilities manage energy better. An undisputed leader in advanced metering
solutions L+G offers the broadest portfolio of products and services in the electricity metering industry including
integrated AMM/AMI solutions, communication systems and software, meters, meter data management, services
and financing i.e. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (smart metering), Demand Response (smart grid), and
Energy metering products. The company has over 5,000 employees, 600 full-time professionals dedicated to
R&D, and operations in 30 countries across five continents including India. L+G is CMMI Level 3.1 certified.
Secure Meters Ltd. Senior Executive –Product Management Aug’06 – Apr’09
SECURE METERS LIMITED is a well known centre of Metering Solutions in the Country with the highest quality
and wide product range. It licensed the product named "Credit and Load Management Unit CALMU” from
Polymeters Response International Limited, U.K. It today offers a comprehensive range of end to end metering
solutions, such as: High precision, high accuracy Grid Meters, Consumer energy meters, Panel Meters, Pre-
payment meters, On-site Calibrators, software solutions and turnkey services. L+G is CMMI Level 3.1 certified.
Genus Overseas Elect. Ltd. Engineer – Product Management Jul’05 - Aug’06
GENUS OVERSEAS ELECTRONICS LIMITED an ISO 9001 company engaged in desi gning & manufacturing of
complete range of Electronic Energy Meters, Inverters, UPS and Power Projects. L+G is CMMI Level 3.1
certified.
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MR. ADITYA KUMAR, Technical Specialist: Smart Energy
Current assignments:
Project Name Role
Prediction based Energy Management System for 1. Project milestone planning
telecom towers a/c reduction of diesel consumption 2. Requirement analysis with effort estimation
Small scale Energy Storage System – Cost 1. Requirement analysis with effort estimation
Optimization 2. Vendor development
Battery Management System for Indian Railways 1. SLD, BOQ and vendor selection for 48V DC
battery system
International Experience:
Visit to NEC Japan : Dec 2014
Strategic roadmap discussion for Smart Energy solutions
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Visit to L+G Alpharetta, USA : Feb 2014 and Oct 2012
Training on Standard Based Stack IPV6 RF Mesh, PLC and Cellular solution
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Training on Gridstream suite – an end-2-end Smart Grid Solution covering –
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Smart Meters
Communication equipment’s ; Router and Collectors based on RF and PLC
Command Centre : Head End Software (HES)
Ecologic Analytics : Meter Data Management (MDM)
Interaction with ‘Greystone Power’ Atlanta based utility officials to understand the various drivers of
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Smart Grid in developed country and efficient usage of L+G Gridstream suite
Site visit for seeing actual field deployment, terrain mapping and assets management
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Visit to L+G Sydney, Australia : July 2010
One week training & workshop from Pragmatic Marketing visiting official from USA on “Practical Product
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Management” and “Requirement that Works”
Cross interaction with Product Managers colleagues from L+G Asia Pacific region – China, S.E. Asia,
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South Africa, Australia
Review of L+G Smart Grid deployment and project progress across Australia
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Designing Online Monitoring Solutions:
Smart Metering network planning by using GIS maps and map info tool for assessing RF coverage,
identifying pure RF clusters and deciding the placement of DCUs, repeaters
2.4GHz@ Zigbee cluster based RF mesh Or 865-7MHz IEEE802.15.4 proprietary RF mesh creation, hopping
testing and verifying the data readouts
Preparing GPRS AMR scheme using either SMS based Gateway or M2M gateway with either push/ pull type
of connections
Expert in drafting ABT, Open Access & EMS online monitoring solutions over OFC/ VSAT/ Leased Line
Possess excellent writing skills for preparing application notes and scheme write up
Product Validation:
Validation of application software supplied to various utilities in India and abroad for complete metering
solutions
Product Validation by maximum use of Automation Tool to improve tests Effectiveness & Efficiency
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MR. ADITYA KUMAR, Technical Specialist: Smart Energy
Achievements:
Landis + Gyr :
1st commercial AMI + MDM Pilot order from TPDDL, Delhi ( Indian Private Utility )
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Worked with TPDDL Delhi, one of the India leading private distribution company on AMI +
MDM and Advance Demand Response (ADR) pilot for approx. 250 high revenue I&C
consumers.
Pre-order: I was involved in complete technical (requirement analysis, RFP response
preparation etc.) and partial commercial (BOQ, Service Conditions, price schedule etc.)
activities related to this pilot.
Post-order: I was involved in AMI and MDM requirement analysis sign OFF with customer,
preparing of SAT and UAT, clearing of inspection, training to customer in coordination with
Program Manager
1st maiden AMI bid submission at TSECL, Tripura along with TCS
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I prepared the complete technical proposal, deviation list and BOQ for L+G
First Indian company to get DLMS IS 15959 certificate for Category A & C (according to R-APDRP
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guidelines) from CPRI Bangalore
Program management for developing a new AMR RF mesh portfolio in six month time
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Appreciations from PAB members in L+G Switzerland on preparation of one of the finest business case
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& proposal document for new project kick off
Secure Meters Ltd.
ABT + EMS online monitoring scheme for MSETCL, Mumbai – Received Entity team award 07-08
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Open Access online monitoring scheme for Hindustan Zinc Ltd – Received Entity team award 06-07
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ABT online monitoring scheme at NTPC Khalagaon – Successful commission against tight deadline
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Genus Overseas Limited
Cleared sample testing of 3P whole current worth 1170 Million INR in WBSEB
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Received order of 5K single phase meters from CESC – Subsequently made team leader for project
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Cleared sample testing in major tender in Jodhpur, Jaipur, AVVNL, NDMC, MSEB, Lucknow, Indore
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ACADEMIA
2005 B.E. (Electronics & Communication) from Govt. Engineering College Bikaner, Rajasthan University,
with 75% honors
TECHNICAL & I.T. SKILLS
Astah sequencing tool, MS Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, MS-Visio, Corel X4, ERP
system
Knowledge of RF MESH/ LPR/ PLC/ GSM/ GPRS/ OFC/ VSAT/ Leased line technologies
Programming skills in C/ C++, Database management with Oracle 9i/ 10g, MYSQL
PERSONAL DETAILS
Father Name: Late Mr. Rajender Singh
Date of Birth: 29th Nov 1982
Passport: L5888915 (B1 visa available for USA)
Marital Status: Married (06.Apr.2012)
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MR. ADITYA KUMAR, Technical Specialist: Smart Energy
Aditya Kumar - Projects Completed 2006- 2014
Utility /
S.No. Year Category Details My Role
Client Name
Solution Manager : Prepared the
Eastern India 1st maiden AMI bid submission at TSC EL, c omplete L+G AMI technical bid
1 2014-15 AMI
D iscom Tripura r esponse. C oordinated with TC S
K olkata for BOQ submission.
Worked to develop a common RF C anopy
for Distribution Automation (DA) devices
a nd AMI Solution Manager : Designed the
Eastern India
2 2014-15 AMI + DA c omplete network and RF planning, I
D iscom
a m doing the requirement analysis part.
L+G : Network Equipments RF Mesh 865-
867Mhz + HES + Smart Meters
India's first AMI and ADR commercial order
S olution Manager involved end - 2 - end
for 250 HT consumers spread over 250sq
:
K m's in Delhi India
P re sales - prepared techno-commercial
Tata Power,
3 2013-14 AMI proposal, Solutioning, Sign Off,
D elhi L+G : Smart HT Meters + RF Mesh 865-
Execution.
867Mhz + HES + MDM
(Won Super Achiever Award)
Honeywell : ADR system
AMI pilot project with utility in Noida.
I nstalled 10 Smart Meters and n/w
Solution Manager : Designed the
infrastrcuture
4 2013-14 DGVC L, Surat AMI c omplete network and RF planning, I
did the requirement analysis part.
L+G : Smart HT Meters + RF Mesh 865-
867Mhz + HES
AMI pilot project with utility in Noida.
I nstalled 250 Smart Meters and n/w
infrastrcuture
5 2012-13 PVVNL, Noida AMI Solution Architect
L+G : Smart 1Ph, 3Ph Meters + RF Mesh
865-867Mhz + HES
AMR commercial order wherein deployed
1000 no's LT meter with GSM modems and
developed MIOS -DLMS interface.
Solution Architect + System
AMR + IT Engineering
Tata Power, Succesful integration of L+G DLMS API into
6 2012-13 S ystem
D elhi TPDDL existing MIOS system catering to
I ntegration (Won Accoloades from Senior
60000 bulk consumers.
Management)
L+G : LT meters, GSM modem, API,
S ystem Integration
UGVC L, Developed 1Ph AMR solution working on
7 2012-13 AMR Project Lead, Solution Manager
G handinagar 865-867MHz using DC U and HHU
Worked with 3PP and developed a joint
DT Health
8 2011-12 BSES, Delhi portfolio. Deployed PoC at 1 DT area of Project Lead, Solution Manager
Monitoring
B SES Delhi.
Worked with 3PP and developed a joint
Pump
UPPC L, s olution for monitoring DT metering and
9 2011-12 Monitoring + Project Lead, Solution Manager
Lucknow e nable remote start/ stop of water pumps
C ontrol
in farms.
AMR bulk consumer order wherein LT
m eters were installed with GSM modem
JUSC O,
10 2011-12 AMR Project Lead, Solution Manager
Jamesdhpur
L+G : LT meters, GSM modem, API,
S ystem Integration
WBSEDC L, Developed 2.4GHz LPR solution portfolio for
11 2011-12 AMR Product Manager
West Bengal L+G
Helped C PRI Bangalore develop Test Bed
Product Manager
DLMS for DLMS testing
12 2010-11 C ertificate, IS C ertification
(Won Accoloades from Senior
15959 1st company to get C ategory A and C
Management)
c ertificates
Installed Energy Monitoring System for
10,000 C lass 0.2 Grid meters across state
o f Maharasthra for collecting grid metering
o nline data from 471 EHV and HV sub
EMS Online s tations and sending every 5 minutes data Product Manager
MSETC L,
13 2008-09 Monitoring to State Load Dispatch C enter at Kalwa
Mumbai
S cheme Mumbai via TC P/IP link. (Won Best Customer Impact Award)
Secure Meters: C omplete solution including
a ll h/w, s/w, deployment, services etc...
Installed Availbility Based Tariff Online
Monitoring Scheme to NTPC wherein in two
days before of line charging the system
ABT Online P roject Lead, Solution Manager
NTPC, was made online and connected with SLDC
14 2008-09 Monitoring
K halagaon
S cheme (Won Best Customer Impact Award)
Secure Meters:Grid Meters, DC U, ABT S/W,
I T System Integration
Installed Availbility Based Tariff Online
Monitoring Scheme to RSWM three remote
plants wherein plants were able to know
how much its C PP produce and thereby
Rajasthan r educe their respective drawls. This way
ABT Online
S pinners and they didn't overdrew from RSEB Grid pool
15 2007-08 Monitoring P roject Lead, Solution Manager
Weaving Mills, a nd were not penalized.
S cheme
B hilwara
Secure Meters:Grid Meters, DC U, ABT S/W,
I T System Integration, VSAT TC P/IP link
Installed Availbility Based Tariff Online
Monitoring Scheme to HZL four remote
plants wherein plants were able to know
how much its C PP produce and thereby
r educe their respective drawls. This way
Hindustan ABT Online P roject Lead, Solution Manager
they didn't overdrew from RSEB Grid pool
16 2006-07 Z inc Limited, Monitoring
a nd were not penalized.
C hitoargarh S cheme (Won Best Customer Impact Award)
Secure Meters:Grid Meters, DC U, ABT S/W,
I T System Integration, VSAT TC P/IP link
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