Pallab Ganguly, B.E (Electronics and Telecom.), M. Tech(Computer Technology), Pursuing PhD in Jadavpur University on Smart Grid Security
Pallab Ganguly, is an expert in Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Information Security, Cyber forensics, IT/OT Security Audit. He is a researcher on the Smart Grid security issues etc. He is working in a big power utility, CESC for the last 17 years in the field of Computer Networks & Security in the domain of Information Technology and Operational technology for the Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution. Was instrumental in the setting up of the company wide high speed optical fiber network for data communication and the Build, NOC and Compute part of the CESCs Data Center project. He was a key member for the Network implementation team at satellite companies like International Management Institute (Kolkata), Crescent power(Asansol), DIPL(Maharashtra), Haldia Energy ltd, Quest Mall, Kolkata, Ranchi Power distribution company, BESL, KEDL, BKESL,Rajasthan etc. Was a task force member for the Company wide IT/OT Security Audit by a CERT-In empaneled auditor and mandated by the Ministry of Power, Govt of India. Was instrumental in the ISO 27001 certification of CESC’s Corporate Datacenter.
He has presented technical papers in leading Conferences like IEEE, ACM, SPIE, CII, INFOCOM, and INTEROP (UBM). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He has been Industry and Session Chair of many IEEE Conferences, 5G Summit and Seminars. He is the Vice-Chairman of IEEE COMSOC chapter, Kolkata. He has visited many cities in India& Abroad for the inspection and testing of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Systems. He is a speaker at many public forums including Industrial Forums, Leading Universities, IITs, IIMs, Seminars, Conferences and IEEE events. He has Certifications in IBM AS/400, ITIL, ITSM, IEEE Smart Grid Security etc. He is associated with the IEEE IoT & Smart Grid Technical Community. He is an honorary member of GISFI.He is a FELLOW of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, India.