R. Sarangapani has about 32 years of experience in the power sector, both in engineering as well as in O&M areas. He was head of maintenance at India’s first ultra-supercritical station, Khargone. His focus areas are HMI engineering, cybersecurity, advanced process control, digital asset management, IIoT & Industry 4.0. Sarangapani was a topic leader and the only team member from India for preparation of IEC 62443-2-4 standard for Cybersecurity of Industrial Automation Systems. He spearheaded a project for remote operation of a hydro power station and also led the Digital Transformation team and prepared a digital roadmap. He holds a B.E (Control & Instrumentation) from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, M.Tech in Computer Science, IETE & also an alumnus of IIM, Lucknow.