Vision

Class, Integrated, Global Transmission Company

World
with Dominant Leadership in Emerging Power Markets
Ensuring Reliability, Safety & Economy

An Overview

A Navratna Company
Incorporated in 1989 for transmitting bulk
power across the country
Central Transmission Utility of India
One of the Largest Transmission Utilities in the World
EHV AC and HVDC Transmission lines -more than 1,04,200 ckm
EHV AC and HVDC substations - 176 Nos.
A listed Company in India with 57.9% shares owned by
Government of India and rest by the public/institutions
Carries about 50% of Indias total power generation
Consistently maintained Transmission Network
availability of over 99.90%
About 3,000 kms of 800 kV HVDC system under
implementation
1200 kV UHV AC system under development
Transformation capacity over - 1,85,600 MVA
Cumulative Inter-regional power transfer capacity
of National Grid - 33,950 MW

Transmission Assets
Transmission Lines (more than 1,04,200 ckm )

Substations (176 and MVA over 1,85,600)

765 kV EHV AC

8,272 ckm

765 kV EHV AC

22 Nos.

500kV HVDC

5,947 ckm

500kV HVDC

10 Nos.

400 kV EHV AC

78,679 ckm

400kV EHV AC

123 Nos.

Below 400 kV

11,303 ckm

Below 400 kV

21 Nos.

As on 31st December, 2013.

POWERGRID - Growth Profile

Capital Investment of ` 20,037 crores in 2012-13

Telecom backbone network of about 30,000 kms through Optic Fibres leveraging its country wide transmission
infrastructure
Certified to Publicly Available Specifications (PAS): 99:2006 Standard (1st Power Utility and 2nd company in the
world to get this certification)
Managing National Grid in India having generation capacity of about 172,000 MW on real time basis
A pool of about 9,300 personnel accomplishing in-house projects and offering consultancy & turnkey assignments in
India & abroad
A profit making company since its inception. Its financial position as on 31.03.2013 is :
Gross Asset Base
` 80600 cr.
Yearly turnover
` 13329 cr.
EBITDA
` 11514 cr.

POWERTEL
A SYNERGY THAT BRINGS OUT THE BEST
OF POWER & TELECOM

To provide total solution to customers through state-of-the-art

Broadband Telecom Network and contribute in bridging the digital
divide by accelerating the process of Convergence in urban and
rural areas and enable the common man living in remotest and
uneconomical areas become a part of the global village.

Only Telecom Service provider in the country having Pan India overhead optic fiber
network on its Extra High Voltage transmission lines.

One of the few to have a reach to Srinagar (J&K) and North Eastern States.

One of the implementing agencies for major Telecom Projects of Govt. of India Viz. National
Knowledge Network (NKN) envisaging gigantic 3 layer high speed (10 GBPS) Telecom
Network connecting major Knowledge Centres such as IITs, IISs etc. & National Optic
Fibre Network (NOFN) to provide connectivity to about 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the
country with POWERGRIDs scope to connect 36,000 GPs in 4 states.

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY
Connectivity established to Bhutan
over OPGW on full redundancy.
Connectivity established to
Bangladesh over OPGW
OPGW links also being established to
Nepal & Sri Lanka.
POWERGRID offering domestic
leg for International connectivity
to neighboring countries for ILD
operators
Exploring consultancy opportunities
in international Market

POWERGRIDS
TELECOM NETWORK

Highly reliable
Sturdy and secure
Free from cuts, rodent menace and vandalism
All India Broadband Telecom Network of
30,000 Kms.
Expansion in progress for another 33,000 Kms
Covers over 290 cities & towns
Reliability of 99.99%
Multiple self resilient rings of complete
redundancy in backbone as well as intra-city
access networks.

FUTURE PROOF TECHNOLOGY

OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) - Overhead, free
from fibre cuts, sabotage, vandalism.
DWDM Equipment
Scalable to Terabit capacity
Capable of both Layer 1-DWDM/SDH, Layer
2-Layer Switching
Supports Ethernet over SDH
Deploys Multi- vendor equipment

TELECOM LICENSES
National Long Distance
(NLD) license.
ISP Category A license
to provide internet
services in the country.
IP-I To provide Telecom
Infrastructure

SERVICES OFFERED
POWERGRID has developed expertise in

Point to Point bandwidth lease (National Long Distance as well as Local

Access networks)

Internet Leased Lines

Ethernet private leased lines

Dark Fiber Leasing (on underground OFC)

Leasing of tower space for installation of Telecom Antenna.

Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN)

HIGHLY
SATISFIED CUSTOMERS

Unified Access Service

Providers

NLDOs

ILDOs

ISPs

Call Centers

Govt. Agencies

Corporate Customers &

MNCs

POWERGRIDS
MPLS NETWORK

8 core locations, 26 edge locations and 74 Access

locations covering 108 location with all major
cities on the network with highest redundancy.

State-of-the-art NOC design with fully redundant

servers at DR site.

Core layer at 10 Gbps and Edge layer at 2.5 Gbps

makes highest of capacities possible at any instant
and at any location.

Layer 3/layer 2 VPN technologies to serve all type

of connectivity requirements and different Class of
Services, QoS and any-to-any connectivity.

MW Antennas on lightning mast

TOWER
INFRASTRUCTURE

More than 1.5 lakh power towers & more

than 100 microwave towers
Covers entire length & breadth of country
Towers of height 40-120 mtrs.
Towers suitable for mounting all types of
wireless antenna

GSM BTS
CDMA ANTENNA
MICROWAVE ANTENNA
WI MAX ANTENNA

Pilot project successfully

completed for GSM,
Microwave antenna & WIMAX

VALUE FOR TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDERS

AWARDS & ACCOLADES :

Ready built infrastructure

2009 - utility Providing Best Telecom Infrastructure

Easy installation

2010 - Emerging Telecom Infrastructure Provider

High speed rollout

2011 - Excellence in Innovation in Tower Management

Covers remote and rural areas

2012 - Innovation in Telecom Infrastructure

Fiber connectivity available on towers

Ideal for cost effective rural tele-coverage

NETWORK
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Real time monitoring of the telecom
network through State of Art National
Telecom Control Centre a Delhi.

Fault Management on 24x7 basis.

Customer support HELPDESK

Technical support

More dedicated and focused

approach for maintenance
from Regional Telecom Control
Centres at Delhi, Mumbai,
Kolkata & Bangalore.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS
OWERGRID is committed to the goal of
sustainable development and conservation of
nature & natural resources and strictly follows
the basic principles of Avoidance, Minimization
and Mitigation in dealing with Environmental and
Social issues. Where necessary, restoration &
enhancement is also undertaken.

Developed Environment & Social Policy

and Procedures (ESPP) through a broad
consultation with stakeholders to pre-empt
all possible Environmental and Social issues.
An independent committee oversees ESPP
implementation at project level. The effective
implementation of ESPP has resulted in the
reduction of Forest involvement from 6% in
1998 to 1.35% in 2009.

Conferred Green Award 2006 by the

World Bank for leadership and commitment
to promote environmental sustainability.
Developing Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) for the transfer of clean and green
power from far-flung areas of North Eastern
to Northern Region for reduction of millions
of tons of Green House Gas Emission.
Designed special towers to avoid disturbance
to habitation, wildlife and trees in ecologically
sensitive areas.
Certified to Social Accountability Standard SA
8000:2008.

POWERGRID
TRANSMISSION
LINES

TELECOM
BACKBONE
NETWORK

CONTACT DETAILS
CORPORATE CENTRE (New Delhi)
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.
B-9, Qutab Institutional Area
Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016
Ashwani Jain
Chief Operating Officer (Telecom)
Tel No.: 011- 26564826
Mobile :+91- 9871348822
Fax : 011- 26560095
e-mail: aj@powergridindia.com
M.A. Ravinder
General Manager (Telecom-Engg & Mktg)
Tel No.: 011- 26560040
Mobile :+91- 8826697158
Fax : 011- 26560095
e-mail: maravinder@powergridindia.com,
ravinder.cpg@gmail.com
Minoo Varghese
Deputy General Manager (Telecom-Mktg)
Tel No.: 011- 26564773
Mobile :+91- 8826896878
Fax : 011- 26560095
e-mail: mvarghese@powergridindia.com

Babu Varghese
General Manager (NTCC & NOFN)
National Telecom Control Centre
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
New Delhi-110016
Tel. No.: 011-46115208/09, 011-26853945, 011-26564862
Mobile : +91-9650293183
e-mail: babuv@powergridindia.com

OUR HELPDESK
Toll Free Number : 1800 11 2900
Alternate No. : Mobile: 09910999324
Landline : 011-26525591/92
e-mail: powertel.helpdesk@powergridindia.com

NORTHERN REGION

WESTERN REGION

(Haryana, Rajasthan, U.P (West), Uttaranchal,

Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir)

(Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa)

Prahalad Saraswat
Deputy General Manager (Telecom)
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd
C-159, First Floor, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-I
New Delhi -110020.
Tel No.: 011- 26371154
Mobile :+91- 9873549081
Fax : 011- 41612397
e-mail: saraswat@powergridindia.com

Bidyut Kumar
Additional General Manager (Telecom)
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd
Plot No. F-3, M.I.D.C. Industrial Area
Near SEEPZ Bus Stand, Marol
Andher(East), Mumbai-400093
Tel No.: 022-28389805
Mobile : +91-9987764990
Fax : 022- 28200406
e-mail: bidyut@powergridindia.com

EASTERN REGION & NORTH EASTERN REGION

SOUTHERN REGION

(U.P (East), Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, West

Bengal, Assam and North East)

(Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka)

Rajiv Mohan
Addl. General Manager (Telecom)
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd
14-Golf Club Road, 4th Floor
Tollygunge
Kolkata-700033
Tel No.: 033 - 24235011
Mobile: +91-9434740031
Fax : 033- 24235013
e-mail: rajivmohan@powergridindia.com

M. Krishnamurty
Deputy General Manager (Telecom)
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd
SRTS-II, RHQ, Pragati Mahalakshmi,
South Block (2nd & Third Floor),
No. 62, 3rd Cross, MEI Road, Industrial Suburb,
Yeshwantpur, Bangalore-560022. Karnataka
Tel No.: 080 - 23571535
Mobile: +91-9448284846
Fax : 080 - 23571531
e-mail: mkrishna@powergridindia.com

January, 2014

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

(A Government of India Enterprise)
Registered Office : B-9, Qutab Institutional Area,
Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi - 110 016, INDIA
Ph: 91-11-26856959, 26564862. Fax: 91-11-26560095
Corporate Office : Saudamini, Plot No. 2, Sector 29,
Gurgaon (Haryana) - 122 001, INDIA
Ph: 91-124-2571700-719. Fax: 91-124-2571760, 2571848
www.powergridindia.com
For further details contact:
telecom.marketing@powergridindia.com