1. All the stakeholders involved directly or indirectly as participants or beneficiaries of the Mission of  Sustainable Development Goals – Individuals, Communities, Institutions, Universities, Governments, International and National Organisations (Commercial & Non-commercial, Industrial, Academic & Research, Educational, Social, Socio-cultural, Philanthropic & Spiritual).
2. Emerging professionals to experience-rich executives.
3. Anyone who wants to learn from the experience of others and share it with the intent of making the world a better place to live.
4. All those in the value chain of knowledge acquisition and dissemination.

What it is.

It is a People-centric, Process-oriented, Technology-enabled, and Knowledge-driven eco-system where ideas and insights can connect on a digital platform in a virtual environment and where creativity finds space for the following:

1. Collaborative innovation towards transformation in problem-solving approach.
2. Collaboration of collective intelligence and wisdom to co-create innovative solutions through informed decision-making.

The Theme of My Idea:

From Knowledge is Power to Knowledge Anywhere is Power Everywhere.

What makes my Smart Decision-Support Grid SDG-smart?

The connection of People to People, Process to Process, Data to Data, Document to Document, Applications to Applications, and Infrastructure to Infrastructure makes it ‘Smart’.

How it works:

The proposed Idea is an integrated interactive system comprising the following four components:

1. People
2. Process
3. Technology
4. Information

People:

People include stakeholders, participants, and beneficiaries all across the globe who would do the following:

• Contribute their experiential knowledge and ideas relevant to SDG in digitally structured formats to the progressively built-up content pool.
• Consume the relevant content as required.

Process:

The Process involves the following features:

• Development of problem databases that are domain and context-specific, that will capture inputs in structured formats.
• These inputs would be used as training datasets for input to Machine Language(M/L) algorithms to arrive at probable alternative solutions to problems.    
• Man-Machine interaction for end-user activity would be provided for user input.
• Multi-functional computational facilities would be incorporated with Advanced Analytics
• Artificial Intelligence/Machine language enabled programming solutions.
• Alarm/Alert, Multiple Alternatives display for context-specific, situation-specific solutions, and Visual dashboard views.

Responsibility of organisations:

Each organisation would have to take the following actions:

• Identify their respective mission-critical organisational Key Performance Indicators (KPI)s for SDG.
• Break each KPI down and map each related activity/task of each KPI to responsible departments/units-subsequently further down to individuals assigned for a specific task.
• Establish a system of monitoring, tracking, reporting, feedback
• Identify the intra-organisational and inter-organisational touchpoints for People-Process-Data-Document.
• Input the relevant data in my proposed Smart Decision-Support Grid (SDG).

Technology:

• For the digital platform, Web2.0 technology would be used.
• Remote accessibility would be provided through internet(Broadband/WiFi) devices through which the platform would be accessible - desktop/laptop PCs, handheld, and mobile devices.  

Information:

Information would be the lifeline of the Smart Decision-support Grid. Information would constitute the user-contributed knowledge, insights, and ideas to create the progressive content pool. This would be contained in logically organised and labelled containers and comprise the following types of content:

• Structured - In databases
• Semi-Structured – Via correspondences
• Unstructured – In Audio/Video formats

Areas where it can be applied:

• Knowledge Harvesting: To tap embedded knowledge of any organisation
• Process Innovation
• Multi-nodal knowledge Grid to Bridge the gap in any Process
• Adoption of Distributed Leadership model
• Adoption of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy 

Direct Benefit:

1. This will enable Knowledge Harvesting Process
2. Radical improvement in quality and speed of decision making resulting in a
3. Drastic reduction in the time lag between Decision Point and Action Point project execution time and project cost.

Indirect Benefit:

1. Enablement of Knowledge Harvesting processes all through the value chain.
2. Empowerment of one and all through the free flow of ideas and access to knowledge resources.

The four categories of primary resource components vital for the fructification of the proposed idea are:

Mindset – Growth Mindset as against Fixed Mindset

Skillset – Creative Skill (Design Thinking), Innovative Skill (Doing differently), Leadership Skill (Inspiring

with Empathy), Digital Skills (Software Application Development, Data Management)

Toolset – Digital Tools (Hardware, Software, User end Devices, Network Connectivity Infrastructure)

Dataset – The set of Structured, Semi-structured, and unstructured data-

1) captured through user input, curated, and used as a training dataset for AI/ML algorithm

2) Processed and sorted data output for consumption of Insight seekers

In this Mission, the main resource is the huge reservoir of experiential knowledge within the broad spectrum across all domains-Government functionaries and departments, Policy Planners, Academia, Industry, Social Organisations, Executives, and Groundworkers.   

To start with the pilot phase, the resource pool of People, Infrastructure, and facilities and the knowledge banks of Organisations and Institutions with which I am associated as an Academic Counsellor, Advisor, Educator/Trainer shall be utilized.

Yes.

My team associated for the starting phase of the idea would have the following members with the

profiles mentioned below:

Chief Mentor

Mr. Reji Kumar Pillai

President - India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) (a PPP initiative of the Government of India)

Chairman – Global Smart Energy Federation(GSEF)

Mentor

Prof. Chandan Chowdhury

Senior Associate Dean and Practice Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He is also the Executive Director leading the Munjal Institute for Global Manufacturing and the Punj-Lloyd Institute for Infrastructure Management at ISB, the two institutes set up by MIT.

Mr. N R Halder

Director (Training), National Power Training Institute, Ministry of Power, Government of India

Educator, Trainer, Industry-Academia Collaborator, Program Co-ordinator

Knowledge Partner - Academia

Prof. N.Venkateshwarlu

Programme Coordinator: Diploma in Smart City Development and Management (DSCDM)

School of Engineering and Technology(SOET)

Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU)

New Delhi

Knowledge Partner - Industry

Mr. Abhijit Chatterjee

Abhijit Chatterjee is a world-renowned personality in IT Industry, a global top IT professional award winner, a worldwide topper in MCP, and a certified IT professional in various domains, Industry Certified Professional specializing in IT Infrastructure Management, Network Optimization, Cloud Implementation, Cyber Security, IT Consultation and Advisory.

Idea Manager and Innovation Co-ordinator

Samir Chaudhuri (Self)

CIO, Visionary and Thought Leader, Organisation Transformation Coach, Educator, Trainer, Smart Grid Consultant, Digital Transformation Evangelist

System designer

Mr. M . Jayasankar

Process Innovator, System Architect, and Information System Specialist

Technology solution provider

Developer/Tester

Mr. Mukesh Kumar

Deputy General Manager (IT & ERP), POWERGRID

Multi-Platform Programming Specialist

Infrastructure Manager

Mr. Y Rajesh Kumar

General Manager(IT), POWERGRID

Data Centre and Network Services Specialist

System Security Manager

Mr. Anand Shankar

Senior General Manager(Information Security), POWERGRID

Chief Information Security Officer

Information Security Professional and Cyber Security Specialist

The implementation phase of the Idea would comprise the following phases:

  IDEATE->INCUBATE->BUILD->TEST->FEEDBACK->MATURE->LAUNCH->SCALE                                           

Dates  of Each Phase:                 

Ideate: 31/08/2022

Incubate: 30/11/2022

Build: 28/02/2023

Test: 31/05/2023

Feedback: 31/08/2023

Mature: 31/11/2023

Launch: 28/02/2024

Scale:  Beyond 2024

My Idea is a MISSION - Virtual Innovation Engine to empower potential - an expansive Programme with endless possibilities to explore Latent Creativity, Uncloset Experiences, Unravel Stories, Untwist Emotions, and Unleash Possibilities, Unstereotype characters, and Unbox potential.

Rather than a One-tine Open-and-Shut project, this idea, if implemented,  will be the onset of a journey towards a legacy in learning, thinking, and acting.

Uniqueness in the Selection of the Problem:

Out of a total of 17 UNITED NATIONS Sustainable Development Goals, Goal No.17 (Partnerships for the Goals) has been identified as the most critical Goal and chosen as the focus of my idea. Participation is the vital connecting string of collaborative innovation to achieve all the 16 Sustainable Development Goals in the form of People-to-people, Process-to process, Data-to Data, Document-to document connect. (This has been depicted pictorially in the diagram uploaded during the IDEATION Phase).  

Uniqueness in the Underlying Belief System:

Creativity is Borderless and Non-linear.

Creativity is Individual, Innovation is Collaborative.

A culture of Creativity is to be Built-in and not Bolt-on.

Every entity on this planet is a Knowledge Node.

Everybody has the power to be one who spreads light.

Knowledge Anywhere is Power Everywhere. (This has been depicted pictorially in the diagram uploaded in IDEATION Phase).

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The Team is smarter than any individual member.

Uniqueness in the Approach:

Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast

Uniqueness in the Philosophy:

Purity of Intention, Sincerity of Purpose, Simplicity in the Formulation of the MOTTO:

A, B, C of the Smart Decision-support Grid (SDG) Mission is

Always  Be  Creative

All  Become  Collaborative

Uniqueness in the Consideration of the Features of Smart Decision-support Grid (SDG):

Smart Decision-support Grid (SDG) is envisaged-

To be a People-Centric, Process-Oriented, Technology-Enabled, Information driven system for effective management and administration of all projects under various goals by all participants.

To be a Virtual Innovation Engine on a Seamless digital platform for cross-domain experiential knowledge exchange through a guided journey.

To provide End-to-End visibility for the single version of the truth through a flow of information from source to decision point. (This has been depicted pictorially in the diagram uploaded in the IDEATION Phase).    

To provide On-demand Insights anytime anywhere to transform how the human society learns, thinks, and acts.

To help in informed, timely, and quality decision-making and thereby prompt action for problem-solving through a holistic view considering various aspects e.g. Technical, Educational, Administrative, Managerial, Financial, Commercial, Environmental, Legal, Operational, Social, Statutory, Safety, Welfare within the domain of specific goals and across the domains of all the 16 goals.

To facilitate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for partnership in Sustainable Development Goals through accessibility to all persons of all levels from various fields, companies, organizations, Industries, Institutions, businesses, professions, Citizens with different roles, Job areas, Job functions, and experience levels.

The vital components of the Smart Decision-support Grid (SDG) are envisaged as follows:

INPUT:

Problem database:

1. This would be progressively built up with the input through a structured, formatted, guided user interface.
2. This would  bring into light the Observable Symptom, and the Root Cause of any problem faced by anybody, anywhere to achieve any of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 5W1H Format (What, Why, When, Where, Who/Whom, How)

Solution database:

This would capture the details of the solutions to the problems e.g. actions taken, the process followed resources used (Man, Material, Money, Information, Skills, Document, Support systems needed, People-to-people, Process-to process, Data-to Data, Document-to document Interdependencies to solve a particular problem.

PROCESS

Base Level processing:

Defining Containers-segregated, categorized and labelled based on contextual multiple criteria and metrics   

Sorting

Identifying context-specific input data, directing and placing the data in relevant Containers for query-based access to users.

The output of Base Level processing

Logically and contextually segregated array of containers with individual datasets for a variety and types of data captured as input. These data can be accessed and consumed for ready reference.

Advanced Level Processing:

The segregated data would be used as input to Advanced Analytics System to generate visual dashboards which would be accessible on-demand.

These datasets would also be used as the ‘training dataset’ for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

Systems for obtaining more sophisticated output for decision support e.g suggestions, alternative scenarios, alarming situation alerts, etc.

This would also become a source of Authentic Research Data in the Primary Research Space.

I am planning the initial implementation in Gurgaon which comes under National Capital Region, India.

I am an Alumnus of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, and Indian School of Business, Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, MSc(Information Technology), Masters in Business Administration(HR), Certified Technical Consultant by Department of Science and Technology, Certified Lead Auditor(ISMS) by British Standards Institute.

I have 45+ years of overall experience in various National level Research and Public Sector Organisations.  I have led a team of professionals for e-Governance initiatives and Digital Transformation of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, the world’s 3rd largest Power Transmission Utility into a knowledge-centric organization.

I have played a key role as Industry-Academic Collaborator for cross-domain knowledge dissemination, Academic Counsellor, and Expert Advisor to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for Smart City Curriculum. Smart Grid Consultant to India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF).

I have also been Session Chairperson & Speaker in International Conference and Seminars for an audience community of Visionaries, Thought Leaders, and Policy planners.

I have been a Member of the Editorial Board for Compendium of Technical Papers for the International Conference of Smart Grid and Smart Cities published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. for an audience community of researchers, advanced-level students, and industry professionals. My articles and papers have been published in National and International Journals.

I have been Research Guide, Educator, and Trainer on emerging technologies in various organisations and institutions.      

I am a Winner of the National Awards for e-Governance by the Government of India, and the CIO Leadership Award from a reputed Publication & Media organisation. I am also the awardee as the winner of the National Essay Competition on the Topic: Research and Development for Economic Growth conferred by The Honourable President of India.  

The pilot project is envisaged to scale up to fulfill the mission with progressive participation in the Partnership Goal No.17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. An economic plan to maintain the initiative implies the running cost for operation.

This idea is in line with the UN mission of serving the world population. This is envisaged to be a Non-profit contributory model. The participating organizations involved in the partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals would be beneficiaries of the Smart Decision-support Grid (SDG). As the participants derive value from the benefit of being a part of the Smart Decision-support Grid (SDG), it is logical to assume that they would accordingly collaborate to contribute appropriately to maintain the initiative over time.