THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SHOW, 11TH & 12TH MARCH 2026, NEC, BIRMINGHAM

05/02/2025

Sagar Dayabhai

Sagar Dayabhai is a Principal Engineer for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) supporting key clients in the UK and Europe and in the field of cybersecurity, communications, and automation.  Sagar received his BSc Electrical Engineering degree from Wits University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and earned his MSc Electrical Engineering degree from Wits in 2014.  He is a cybersecurity practitioner and a registered professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).  Sagar was one of the IEC Young Professionals elected for South Africa in 2016 and is currently a member of IEC TC 57 WG 10 and WG 15. After working at Eskom in the field of telecommunications and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), he later moved to Consolidated Power Projects (CONCO) and held positions as a senior SCADA/automation engineer and the system control manager. Sagar has been extensively involved in cybersecurity, renewable energy systems, SCADA control systems, DMS, substation automation using IEC 61850, and integration of embedded generators into utility networks for more than 15 years.