Namita Ojha - Manager - Application Support

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Dresden, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - May 2025

1 year 2 months

Mumbai, India

Analyze project specifications
Define the right technical solution to fit project requirements
Communicate with customers, external and internal stakeholders to define technical scope and resolve technical disputes
Prepare compliance statements to project specifications
Responsible for the parameterization, operation, testing (FAT) and troubleshooting of system for SCADA/DMS/OMS applications
Major project handled: ADMS system implementation for UGVCL & TPL, Gujarat, India

Apr 2021 - Mar 2024

3 years

Pune, India

Monitor wind and solar renewable energy information and turbine/inverter performance to track potential lost production
Reporting and analytics to detect early-stage failures
Analyze low voltage visibility platform for both planning and operational systems
Analyze RFP scope

Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

2 years 2 months

Mumbai, India

Develop and execute global strategies, manage complex transmission and distribution initiatives and integrate transmission and distribution solutions to meet changing business challenges and regulations
Utilize transmission and distribution process understanding and functional experience in implementation of SCADA, distribution management system (DMS) and grid operations to design, implement and deliver enhanced capabilities for utilities clients
Developed Storm Management Tool to predict outages, estimate restoration time, plan crew routes, and manage crew and inventory
Developed Battery Management System to forecast generation and schedule battery charging/discharging
Developed Asset Management for solar plant to analyze health risk of inverters, batteries and solar modules based on historical data

Sep 2017 - Feb 2019

1 year 6 months

Chennai, India

DMS system build and configuration, GIS database analysis, load calibration (LA), unbalanced load flow (UBLF), fault location using short circuit analysis (FL), restoration and switching analysis (RSA), automatic fault location and restoration (FLISR), meshed short circuit analysis (MSC), line unloading (LU), loss minimization feeder reconfiguration, volt and var optimization and control (VVO), simulation mode (study mode)
Major project handled: ADMS system implementation for Porto Santo, Empresa de Elictricidade Madeira S.A.

Sep 2012 - Aug 2017

5 years

Mumbai, India

Responsible for DMS network modeling in APDCL SCADA/DMS project awarded by R-APDRP
Analyze Guwahati city GIS database for inconsistencies
Demonstrate DMS applications during factory acceptance test (FAT)
Database and display building
Implementation of SCADA/DMS system in state electricity distribution for R-APDRP works in Assam State and WBSEDCL, West Bengal
Implementation of SCADA/EMS system for OPTCL project in Orissa

12+ years of experience in Energy Management System (EMS) & Distribution Management System (DMS) projects.
Consulting experience in the domain of grid modernization space.
Designing, programming, testing and deployment of energy management system (EMS) and distribution management system (DMS).
Knowledge of EMS and DMS applications: Power Flow, Voltage stability / control, Power Factor Control, load shed / restoration, fault analysis, load balancing & loss minimization, State Estimator, Contingency analysis, load forecasting, Operator Training Simulator etc.
Integrating systems with substation automation systems, and other utilities systems such as GIS, billing center & customer care systems. Experience with OSI, ABB SCADA / EMS / DMS Systems.
Basic knowledge with SCADA / EMS protocols and interfaces such as DNP3 and ICCP.