ARCHANA M.

GHODESWAR
914 Collier road ,appt.6208, NW, Atlanta-30318
Georgia,USA
archana77ghodeswar@gmail.com
mobile: (678)-768-2402

EDUCATION
Ph.D.(Economics), GeorgiaTech University, Atlanta-Second year
ICWAI (Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India), June 2014
ICAI, (Statutory Body under an Act of Parliament), Kolkata (India) | Inter level- First Class
Relevant coursework: Financial accounting, Commercial and Industrial Laws and Auditing,
Applied Direct Taxation, Applied Indirect Taxation, Cost and Management Accounting,
Information Systems.

Master of Engineering (Electrical Power Systems), April 2011

Government Engineering College, Aurangabad (India) | First Class
Relevant coursework: Computer applications in Power systems, Electrical Power systems,
Electro Magnetic Forces (EMF), Electrical Machine Design and related topics.

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical, Electronics and Power), June 1998

Government Engineering College, Aurangabad (India) | First Class
Relevant coursework: Mathematics I,II, and III, Electrical power systems, Applied mechanics,
Electrical Machines, Digital electronics, Microprocessors, Computer Programming.

STUDY PROJECTS
HVDC Transmission Systems, 1995
Study of advantages of HVDC transmission system over EHV AC transmission system.

Computer Applications in Power System Engineering, 1998

Algorithm of Computer applications in Control, Monitoring and Protection in Power Systems.

Direct Current Transformer, 1998

Sample making of Current Transformer producing Direct current.

Harmonics in HVDC Power System, 2011

Effect of harmonics in HVDC system and its rectification using SCR filters.
 WORKING PAPERS
Economics: Utilization of Fly Ash in construction of Solar Power Plants

Economics: Utilization of Fly Ash in production of insulated paints

PRESENTATIONS/ NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Demand Side Management
Guest lecture and presentation in Electrical Department at Rajiv Gandhi Engineering College,
Chandrapur, on facts and figures related to various aspects of Demand Side Management in
power distribution companies.
Electricity Generation through Solar Power Plant
An article in Marathi language in a monthly newspaper- “Engineer’s Blast”. It covered the
necessity, advantages and graphs related to solar generation throughout the world.

RESEARCH INTEREST
Funding of energy projects, interrelation of development and energy, economics of pollution
control and waste management, Energy Economics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Junior Engineer: 1999-2005--Maharashtra State Electricity Board (Telecom, O&M office
related works in HVDC receiving station, Chandrapur)

Assistant Engineer 2005-2009 Purchase orders and Work orders for O&M works of
transmission lines)

Executive Engineer 2009- present (O&M Division – O&M of power system infra for
supplying power to 1.5 lacks consumers, breakdown maintenance, disaster management, sale of
power, revenue recovery, administration of about 500 employees, monitoring of accounting and
audit activities, project planning and implementation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
DPR (Detail Project Report) of Solar Power Plant’s technical and financial feasibility.
Tools for reduction of techno-commercial losses in power distribution companies.
Prepared a techno-commercial project report of street lights replacement by LED for
Chandrapur and Mul town in India.
 TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Private Tuition classes for engineering students on Engineering Drawing and Engineering
Mechanics for 3 years from yr.2005-2007

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
18th All India Schools Competition- Indian Council for International Amity, Jaipur an affiliate
of FIOCES-UNESCO- General Knowledge- yr.1988- Outstanding
Essay Competition- Youth Hostel Trekkers Group, Aurangabad- yr.1990-3rd Prize
Inter District Quiz competition- Lupin Laboratories- General Knowledge-yr.1991-3rd Prize
Essay Competition- Indian Dental Association, Aurangabad-yr.1991- 2nd Prize
Elocution Competition- Maharashtra Hindi Vidyalaya- yr.1991- 1st Prize
Inter School Taekwondo Championship- District Taekwondo Association-yr.1993- Gold Medal
Inter District Karate Open Tournament- The Huyan Chung Martial Academy-yr.1993- Gold
Medal
Seminar presentations -Graduate Curriculum- HVDC Transmission System-yr.1995 - First
Class
Inter College Seminar Competition- ‘Advantages of HVDC transmission system over
EHVAC’- yr.1997-3rd Prize
Inter State technical Symposium- Computer Applications in Power System Engineering-
yr.1998- 3rdPrize
Project work and presentation- Direct Current Transformer-- yr.1998-First Class
Project work and presentation- Harmonics in HVDC Power System- yr.2011-First Class

TRAINING
Environment Awareness and Management
Feeder Energy Management System
Induction Level Trainings
Solar Power Generation Avenues in India- Technical and Financial feasibility
Demand Side Management
Network Information Management System
Revenue Management and Loss Reduction
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
 AWARDS
“India Power Award”: By National Council of Power Utilities, India.

Best “Woman’s contribution to Power sector” award of India 2014 by the hands of
Honorable Central Minister for Railway for outstanding contribution in power sector field.
Various achievements in power sector for Chandrapur and for working efficiently in
various occurrences of Natural Disaster.

Received “Best Government Officer Award” from the hands of Honorable Central
Minister of Chemicals and Drugs.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Awareness campaigns for students of schools and colleges in city on “Energy conservation
and its necessity, Electrical safety”.

Addressed several women groups meetings, get-together’s, and media to impress upon the
need to exercise their franchise during the world’s biggest elections: General Elections of
Indian Parliament 2014.

The Election Commissioner and the District Collector had chosen me as the face of a
special campaign to increase voting percentage of women.

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