Interviews

The faster we provide the necessary support, the quicker it can become a serious contributor to nation growth and reduce its energy dependence on fossil fuel and carbon emission, states Ashish Khanna, ED & CEO, Tata Power Solar in an interaction with Electrical India.

HPL Electric and Power Limited (‘HPL’); a multi-product electric equipment company; is an established player in the electrical equipment industry. In an e-interview with Electrical India, Gautam Seth, Jt. Managing Director, HPL, is fielding questions from PK Chatterjee. Excerpts...

"Last year, we have seen the trade had slowed down due to the GST implementation. Now the LED lighting has been growing. - Gautam Seth, Joint Managing Director, HPL Electric & Power Ltd"

Palka Sahni, an IAS officer of 2004 batch from Bihar cadre is spearheading Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), a priority scheme of Government of India in the Urban Power Distribution Sector as Executive Director (IPDS), Power Finance Corporation. She gives a glimpse of status of IPDS projects, assessment of power transmission and distribution sector, policy measures taken by IPDS to curtail distribution losses, challenges in the power T&D sector that need urgent policy attention and many more in an interaction with Supriya Oundhakar.

"Due to unreliability and lack of quality of test equipment coming from China, most quality conscious customers have started shying away from Chinese equipment and KVTEK has been the major beneficiary of this development…" shares Anil Uppal, CEO, KVTEK Power Systems Pvt Ltd

"Now the central government has realised that the franchise model can be very effective to increase the revenues of DISCOMs. We need to provide this service for the next decade to increase more revenues," said Girish Kumar, Managing Director, SAI Computers Ltd "We have taken the most challenging area in Meghalaya. There were 87% AT&C losses in that particular area and we bought it down to 27% in 8 months duration, says Ayush Kumar, CEO, SAI Computers Ltd.

How is the demand of aluminium growing in the (electric) power industry? Affordable, reliable, and clean energy will be a key enabler in realization...

WAGO started its India operations in the year 1997 as a joint venture between WAGO Kontakttechnik Germany and C&S Electric Ltd. Currently known WAGO Pvt Ltd became a 100 per cent subsidiary of WAGO Kontakttechnik, Germany in 2011 having its manufacturing facility in Noida along with 9 sales offices across India. With the current positive momentum and future growth prospects, the company is expecting a double-digit growth year-on-year, informs Alok Kishore, CEO, WAGO Pvt Ltd during an interaction with Electrical India.

The switchgear is turning inherently intelligent, allowing for predictive maintenance. So, the failures and downtime will minimise. Chandrashekhar Shrotri, Head of Control Products Business, Digital Factory Division, Siemens India.

OMICRON Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is the Indian wing of OMICRON, which was founded 30 years ago at a small town in Austria. The company has been offering different kinds of innovative testing, diagnosis and monitoring solutions to the Indian power sector. Whether it is a power transformer or circuit breaker or rotating machine or cable system, the company is ever ready to cater to the need for its test and measurement. In an exclusive interview with Electrical India, Willam Kibart, Regional Sales Manager, MESA (Middle East & South Asia), of the company, is talking to P K Chatterjee on the company’s Indian business. Excerpts…

Digitalisation holds great promise for the power generation industry, especially in developing economies such as India, where increasing productivity, improving efficiency of processes and reducing cost of operations, as well as energy consumption and emissions, is critical. - Rajeev Kishore, Digital Lead, Hub Asia Pacific, ABB

"There is no doubt the external environment is challenging; however, we are confident that we have a good strategy and team in place to deliver on our growth mission," saysRahul Yadav, Global Market Development Leader, Electrical Infrastructure, DuPont.

"For last one year, we are focusing more on maintaining our top-line and cost reduction by improving operational efficiency," says Sanjay Kulkarni, Chairman, SCOPE T&M.

Assess the electric wire and cable industry in India The industry has not been doing well for the past two years and the financial...

What makes Billets unique to the cable and wire industry? BEWL is the pioneer in cable lugs and cable crimping technology – and was among...

Brugg Cables is one of the few cable manufacturers in the world that successfully produces cable systems and accessories for what is currently the highest voltage level, 550 kV. Work in its in-house R&D Department is continually proceeding to create new, innovative products, states Mayukh Banerjee, Chief Executive Officer, Brugg Cables India Pvt Ltd in an interaction with Electrical India…

SCOPE T&M Pvt. Ltd., popularly known as SCOPE, was incorporated on 13th January, 1988 to become India’s first organisation to design and develop Test & Measurement products working in strong electromagnetic induction environment prevailing at EHV & UHV substations. In e-interview with Electrical India, Balasaheb Doiphode, CEO - T&M Business, speaks about his company’s business and future plans…

Coal India has increased its coal production in the recent past. It can do even better if it is not saddled only with “monitoring” by the central government and is provided necessary support in negotiating its problems with the state governments. - Anil Swarup, Former Coal Secretary

Stepping into its 100th year of operations, IPCL is planning to make its Asansol operations a “Smart Utility”, keeping pace with global technology and digitisation trends. – Somesh Dasgupta, Group President, India Power Corporation Ltd

"The Fuji Electric India 2.0 plan envisages the revenues from the India market to reach Rs 1,500 crore by the year 2023-24," Sriram Ramakrishnan, Managing Director, Fuji Electric India.