New Delhi, July 14: As a part of capacity building, a Regional Conference/workshop on Cybersecurity awareness for Power Sector Professionals of Eastern and North-eastern Region utilities was conducted on 14th July 2025 at Kolkata by Computer Security Incident Response Team for Power Sector (CSIRT-Power), Ministry of Power,GoI in association with Damodar Valley Corporation.
The power sector is increasingly becoming a prime target for cyber threats, necessitating a trained & vigilant workforce capable of anticipating, preventing, and responding to cyber incidents. Capacity building through Cyber security conferences/awareness programs is essential to empower IT and OT professionals of Power Sector Utilities.
L. K. S. Rathore, Director, CSIRT-Power emphasized the importance of cybersecurity, particularly in a critical sector as power. He further informed that cyber security awareness workshop initiatives are being taken by CSIRT-Power under the directions of Minister of Power and efforts are underway to arrange similar workshops for other regions as well.
The Workshop was conducted in the august presence of S. Suresh Kumar (IAS), Chairman, DVC, N. S. Mondal: Member Secretary, ERPC, K. B. Jagtap: Member Secretary, NERPC, L. K. S. Rathore: Director, CSIRT-Power, Ministry of Power, GoI, Rajiv Sutradhar: ED-ERLDC & Chairman, ER-GO-CSCF and T. Srinivas: ED &CISO-GRID INDIA & CERT-GO-NODAL and other senior executives.
