Interviews

Pepperl+Fuchs is a leading supplier of automation equipment for a wide range of industries and has been associated with safety in hazardous areas for decades. We expect the business potential for our products from power sector to be about INR 150 million, informs Dr Thampy Mathew, Managing Director, Pepperl+Fuchs (I) Pvt Ltd in an interaction with Electrical India…

Vikram Solar is a comprehensive solar EPC solutions provider with an installed capacity of over 305 MW of solar plants. Research reveals that focusing on domestic manufacturing can save India more than $42 billion by 2030 in forex alone. Domestic solar growth has already created more than 416,000 new jobs (2015), indicating a potential solution for India’s employment scarcity, informs Gyanesh Chaudhary, CEO and Managing Director, Vikram Solar in an interaction with Supriya Oundhakar…

As per India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) the emissions intensity of its GDP is to be reduced by 33 to 35% by 2030 from 2005 level and about 40% cumulative electric power installed capacity is to be generated from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030. Under such circumstances, how is the Indian hydro power segment grooming up to share the responsibility?

Our smart experience center will help customers to explore, purchase and experience Crabtree’s most intuitive and advanced range of products. - Vivek Yadav, Senior Vice President, Havells India Ltd.

"Awareness to use effective predictive maintenance is increasing at fast pace and hence demand is continuously increasing as well," shares T P Singh, Sales Director, Emerging Markets-Ins (India, ME, CIS, Turkey, SS Africa), FLIR.

"With huge potentiality in power and distribution market, we will continue to invest in building a strong technology capacity for a substantial growth in near future," shares Atul Agrawal, Managing Director, Uttam (Bharat) Electricals Pvt. Ltd.

Recently, in a free-wheeling interaction with Electrical India (EI) team, Dr Vivek Soni, Faculty of Management, PhD & MTech (IIT Delhi), and a Certified Independent Director -MoCA, Govt of India, revealed his observations and expectations from the ongoing developments in the Indian Power Sector. Here is the Part 1 of the interaction; remaining parts will appear in the next issues of EI…

Which are the primary industries and markets that PowerBuild serves, and how does it set itself apart in those markets? Power Build was established in...

The large-scale manufactures are not immediately affected due to their greater exposure to the import markets and Birla Copper has been able to meet their demand. Shreegopal Kabra, MD and Group President, RR Global

Electrical Research and Development Association (ERDA) is a cooperative research institution created by the Indian Electrical Industry and Utilities with the support of Governments of India and Gujarat. National in character, ERDA has established its laboratory facilities at Makarpura Industrial Estate, Vadodara. In an e– interview with Electrical India, Dr M K Shah, Director, ERDA, is explaining the facilities that his organisation extends to the Indian electrical equipment manufacturers to P K Chatterjee. Excerpts...     

Sridhar Reddy Arumalla, Managing Director, Esennar Transformers sheds light on Indian power and distribution transformers in an e-mail interaction with Electrical India.

The foremost concern is the financial sustainability of the sector itself because there is a lot of outstanding payments of generating companies pending with state DISCOMs. Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, Secretary, Ministry of Power.

"In terms of the future plan of the company, we are looking at growing to various locations internationally. We are doing the market study right now and are in the advance stages to set up a couple of manufacturing plants globally," shares Pawan Kumar Jain, Chairman, Kotsons Pvt Ltd.

"We are focusing on tomorrow’s progress today because we see a lot of modernisation required in the utility sector," says Manish Patel, GM - Business Development, Apar Industries Ltd. (UNIFLEX Cables)

What’s your take on the gap between education and employability in our country, especially in the power industry? Mismatch continues between education and skill sets...

How is the Cable Accessories business of Raychem RPG growing globally & in India? Raychem RPG’s Cable Accessories business continues to achieve robust growth in...

Leveraging over 450 Megawats (MW) of consulting portfolio experience, RaysExperts has been an active player in the solar industry and has emerged as a leader. Due to shortage of non-renewable sources of energy, solar energy sector of India has been growing rapidly since past few years, mainly due to government initiatives, informs Rahul Gupta, CEO, RaysExperts in an interaction with Electrical India.

Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems group is a world leader in the supply of integrated solutions for energy Transmission & Distribution. In an exclusive interview with Electrical India, Dr. Katsutoshi Toda, Chairman & MD of Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. is focusing on his company’s contribution to the Indian Power Sector. Excerpts... 

Prime Meiden Ltd, is a company of the highly diversified Prime Group, which is a leading force for over 28 years in the field of high technology equipment & systems. PML is one of the leading players in the field of power transformer having the most modern and state-of-the-art factory for supply of EHV power transformer up to 765 kV located in Special Economic Zone. PML Lab is accredited by NABL. In an exclusive interview to Electrical India, Rohan Mehta says, our vision is to see Prime Meiden Limited as a leading Transformer manufacturer and EPC Project solution company.

"We have recently expanded our offering to Philippines market and planning to expand BPE products’ reach to all over the world by the end of 2025," says Amitansu Satpathy, Managing Director, Best Power Equipments (BPE)