Alstom T&D India, a leading player in the power transmission business, has been selected to lead the smart grid pilot project by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board. This pilot project will be located at the Kala Amb industrial area of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India and will serve over 1,500 consumers. This will be the second out of fourteen projects under the Indian Ministry of power's flagship 'Smart Grid Pilot' programme.

Ratin Basu, managing director, Alstom T&D India said, ''Alstom is pleased to be the recipient of the second smart grid pilot project in the country. Over the last 15 years, the compny has been delivering large scale smart grid projects for India's national grid through power Grid Corporation of India. In addition, the company has delivered several distribution projects for the state distribution system operators. Currently Alstom is delivering NTAMC and URTDSM projects for Power Grid which will have advance smart technological solutions for the transmission grid. Alstom id constantly striving to make the power grid more efficient, smart and reliable by participating in such innovative projects.''   

Shares of the company gained Rs 8.1, or 1.6%, to trade at  Rs 515.  The total volume of shares traded  was  23,991 at the BSE (1.52 p.m., Tuesday).