General Manager Maintenance, Khargone Super Thermal Power Project
NTPC
R. Sarangapani has about 31 years of experience in power plant operations and has been involved in the overall maintenance of India’s first ultra-supercritical station. His focus areas are HMI engineering, cybersecurity, advanced process control, digital asset management, IIoT, and Industry 4.0. He 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 and M.Tech in Computer Science, IETE.