Nandan Nilekani appointed Chief Mentor for India Energy Stack Task Force
As reported by ET earlier, the
Ministry of Power
confirmed on Saturday the appointment of
Infosys
co-founder
Nandan Nilekani
as the
Chief Mentor
of a newly formed
Task Force
to develop the
India Energy Stack
.
The move aims to form a
Digital Public Infrastructure
(DPI) designed to standardise and modernise operations across the sector.
ET had earlier reported the news on June 18. The initiative has been approved under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), with
REC Ltd.
as the Programme Nodal Agency and FSR Global as Knowledge Partner, said an official memo.
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In a major push to digitise India's power sector, India Energy Stack aims to create a unified digital architecture that will enable interoperability and data-driven innovation across generation, transmission, distribution, and consumer services.
"A correction of up to 25% in generation, transmission and distribution costs is the desired outcome of this exercise," an official aware of the project had told ET earlier this month.
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Nilekani, who previously spearheaded the Aadhaar project as Chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), will guide the Task Force in charting a roadmap for the Energy Stack and preparing the scope for a Utility Intelligence Platform to enhance efficiency and transparency.
Alongside tech entrepreneur, the Task Force includes several distinguished experts and senior officials:
Dr Ram Sewak Sharma
, Chairperson, former CEO of the National Health Authority and ex-Chairman of TRAI.
Pradeep Kumar Pujari
, Vice Chair, Distinguished Fellow at FSR Global and former Chairman, CERC.
Pramod Verma
, Chief Architect of FIDE and former Chief Architect of Aadhaar.
Ghanshyam Prasad
, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority.
Alok Kumar
, Director General, AIDA.
Jitendra Srivastava
, CMD, REC.
SK Soonee
, Founder and former CMD of Grid India.
According to the government notificiation, representatives from major DISCOMs, including CMDs of MSEDCL and GUVNL, will also participate in shaping the initiative.
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