POSOCO Power System Awards (PPSA)

As a part of the efforts to strengthen industry-academia collaboration for exchange of knowledge and growth of power system in the country Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO) in collaboration with Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer(FITT), at IIT Delhi has been organizing POSOCO Power System Awards(PPSA) annually since 2012. PPSA-2021 is the 9th edition of this award program.

PPSA recognizes, research in power systems and its related field in both Doctoral/Master category in all the technical institutions offering PG in power system in India.

What PPSA Aims ?

Discover innovations in Power System

Rewards these excellences in Power System & its related fields

Encouraging students to undertake researches in Power System & its related fields

Collection and dissemination of technologies for possible industry adoption

Award Category & Beneficiaries

Master Category

15 awards
Cash prize of Rs.40,000/- for each short listed project along with certificates.

Doctoral category

15 awards
Cash prize of Rs.1,00,000/- for each short listed project along with certificates.

The prime objective of the PPSA is to

“Reward reputed & immediate, latest creative research accomplishments in power system and related fields in all the technical institutions offering PG program in power system and related fields”

Creation and sharing of knowledge between Industry and Academia is of utmost importance for the country’s future. POSOCO being a knowledge-based control centre organization, encourages strengthening co-ordination with academia.

Towards fulfilling this objective, POSOCO encourages research in the following topics related to the functional area of POSOCO:

System Operation:

Low Frequency Oscillation (LFO) - detection, analysis and mitigation
Stability Limits - angular, voltage
Transfer Capability Assessment for multi-area transfers
Collection and dissemination of technologies for possible industry adoption

Issues related to Markets:

Transmission Pricing
Ancillary Services
Imbalance Pricing
Market Auction Design

Renewables:

Renewable Integration & Storage from the view point of system operation such as forecasting, balancing requirements etc

Tools:

Big Data Analytics- PMU Applications, Historical Data

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Those willing to apply for this PPSA-2021, must qualify following eligibility criteria:
- Eligible to Indian citizens only.
- Applications relevant to power system and related fields are eligible to apply.
- Only recently accomplished projects/research work/innovations are eligible for entry.
- For Master category, only those who have been awarded degree in 2020 are eligible for participation.
- For Doctoral category, those who have completed 3 years of the program or submitted their thesis or awarded degrees in 2020 are eligible for award.
Submission Guidelines
- Applicants may submit as an individual and (or) team, and no upper cap for the team size.
- Team may comprise members from multidisciplinary and academic years. Faculty may be included in to the team, but their role is restricted to advisory/mentoring/guide level only.
- In case of IP involvement, applicant/team has to take approval or to furnish no objection letter from principal advisor/co-inventors/research colleagues, if they are not part of team.
- The applicant will have to register on the portal and then apply for the award.
- The application form must be furnished with all the details as per the fields given in the online application form.
- Every applicant must submit a power point presentation (not exceeding 10 slides) as per the given field in the portal.
- Incomplete application will not be accepted.