DK Agrawal,is Director at EPS Pvt. Ltd. and is having over 37 years of national & international experience in various spheres of power sector with TCE and NTPC Ltd. He is an independent consultant for Energy & Efficiency Management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. He has worked for 4 years in erection & commissioning of first 210 MW Unit and 9 years setting-up NTPC design and engineering wing. The experience with TCE and on-site exposure at BEI-UK at NTPC helped in contributing improvement in engineering processes. Thereafter, he worked for about 4 years at NTPC-Unchahar Power Plant and was instrumental in quick turnaround (within 2 years) of taken over plant from state utility.
D K Agrawal
Director , EPS
Subsequently he worked for 14 years in the field of Efficiency and Reliability, at NTPC corporate group, CenPEEP (Center for Power Efficiency and Environmental Protection) – a collaborative bilateral project with USAID (US Agency for International development). He has also worked on other bilateral projects with JICA (Japan) and with many SEBs for Efficiency & Reliability pilot projects for capacity building and technology transfer, leading to improvements in plant efficiency and reliability.
At CenPEEP, he was responsible for the development and implementation of Efficiency Management System and Strategies, as well as Reliability Strategies. As head of the group, he also developed various training modules and conducted training programs for NTPC as well as other entities in the Power Sector. His active involvement led NTPC CenPEEP to win national and global recognition and several awards such as the USEPA and IEA Awards on climate change initiatives etc.
He held leadership positions in various divisions of NTPC. As head of NETRA, the Research Wing of NTPC, he was involved in development of good number of new and innovative technologies, providing state-of-art scientific services to power stations. He was recognized as lead person in the domain of technology development for power sector.
Post superannuation, he is working as an independent consultant. He is engaged as consultant by one of the leading IPP and State Utility for establishing Energy & Efficiency Management System across the organization. He is alsoan independent adviser to SEB’s & IPP’s in Efficiency and Reliability area.
M K Samuel Kutty
Director , EPS
M K Samuel Kutty, is Specialist (EEMS)at EPS Pvt. Ltd. and is having over 35 years of experience in the power sector with NTPC Ltd. He is an independent consultant for Energy and Efficiency Management in the Power Sector. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut. He has worked for 21 years in the Coal based power plants of NTPC in the field of Operation, Efficiency, Commissioning and Electrical Maintenance. He was also head of O&M at NTPCs Jhajjar Thermal Power Plant (3 x 500 MW). He worked for 13 years in the field of Energy &Efficiency Management System, at NTPC corporate group, CenPEEP (Center for Power Efficiency and Environmental Protection) – a collaborative bilateral project with USAID (US Agency for International development). He has also worked on other bilateral projects with JICA (Japan) and with many SEBs for Efficiency Improvement pilot projects for capacity building and technology transfer, leading to improvements in plant efficiency.
At CenPEEP, he was responsible for the development and implementation of Energy &Efficiency Management System. Under this project Performance testing and Evaluations carried out in Turbine, Condenser, Feed Water Heaters, Boiler Feed Pumps& Cooling Tower areas in NTPC and many SEB power plants. A comprehensive reference document on Energy & Efficient Management System was developed with an aim to implement uniform system of efficiency monitoring, performance testing, performance gap assessment, calculations of key performance indicators and reporting.His active involvement led NTPC CenPEEP to win national and global recognition and several awards such as the USEPA and IEA Awards on climate change initiatives etc.
He also worked as head of PG test group for 1 year at NTPCs Corporate Operation Services division. As head of the group, he was responsible for approval of PG test procedures and Conductance & Evaluation of PG Tests. Post superannuation, he is working as an independent consultant.
