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Detailed explanation-1: -Did you know it already has a smartgrid laboratory? By India Today Web Desk: The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) started off its smart campus development project with the groundbreaking ceremony of the ABB microgrid with battery energy storage at the campus.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Smart Grid Mission has been established by Govt. of India vide MoP Office Memorandum dated 27.03. 2015 to accelerate Smart Grid deployment in India. NSGM has been in operational since January 2016 with dedicated team.

Detailed explanation-3: -Smart Grid is an Electrical Grid with Automation, Communication and IT systems that can monitor power flows from points of generation to points of consumption (even down to appliances level) and control the power flow or curtail the load to match generation in real time or near real time.

Detailed explanation-4: -The concept of a Smart Grid began to emerge in the early 2000s. Since then, many countries have been pursuing a Smart Grid. Each country has their own unique definition of a Smart Grid based on their own policies and objectives. Therefore, every country approaches achieving a Smart Grid a little different.

Detailed explanation-5: -Also known as vehicle-grid integration (VGI), vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology transfers unused power from a vehicle into the smart grid. An electric vehicle (EV) battery is a cost-efficient form of energy storage. V2G helps balance electricity consumption spikes and reduce overload on the power grid during peak hours.