1. 
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gridlock

2. 
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Grid was a product of
the thinking of the late
19th and early 20th
centuries. The idea was
simple. It was a one-
way delivery mechanism
that would reliably carry
parts of a country with
minimal transmission
and distribution loss.
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3. 
Swaminathan is a National Internet Ex-Swaminathan is a National Internet ExSwaminathan is a National Internet Ex
change of India (NIXI) Fellow. He is also a Se-
nior Fellow in Observer Research Foundation
(ORF). A dyed-in-wool digital native, he is
one of the few surviving members of the orig-one of the few surviving members of the origone of the few surviving members of the orig
diskettes, DOS prompts and WordStar
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GOVGOVGOVGOV A Click Into
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
Shorn of jargon, here is what using
information technology in power sector
would mean to a household consumer:


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

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
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


4. S
atyanarayan (‘Sam’) Gangaram
Pitroda wears many hats: he is
currently advisor to the prime
minister on public information
infrastructure and innovations (PIII)
and chairman of the national innova-
tion council. He has served as chairman
of the national knowledge commission.
He is also the founder of C-SAM, Inc.
Among other things, he is also chairman
of the India smart grid task force (IS-of the India smart grid task force (IS
GTF) which was established in May 2010
to act as a government focal point for
activities related to smart grids. Pitroda
spoke to Samir Sachdeva on what the
task force is up to and what is its vision
of smart grids in India. Edited excerpts:




 D R SA M PIT R O D A, C H AI R M A N,
I ND I A SM A R T G R ID TA S K F OR C E
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5. 
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6. 




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


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“Smart grid technologies
help us address this in
a number of ways. Take
for example advanced
metering infrastructure
(AMI). We can use AMI
to locate major sources
of power theft, leading
to administrative action.
We can also use AMI to
help citizens make wiser
choices about how they
use power – how much,
for what purpose, at what
time – helping ensure that
everyone gets a reasonable
power supply within a
reasonable budget.”
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7. 
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
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
samir@governancenow.com
“We also need to develop
a new Indian smart
grid model – focused on
addressing power loss
and reliability – which can
generate opportunities
for Indian technology
providers, and provide
a model for emulation
across the developing
world. Another focus has
to be on development of
such as low-cost ‘dumb’
smart meters.”
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8. 
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9. 
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