Interviews

"The high degree of backward integration helps us to maintain the standard quality of product," shared Bhushan Sawhney, President & BU Head LDC, Polycab India Limited.

KVTEK Power Systems Pvt. Ltd. designs and manufactures technically advanced and easy-to-use products for High Voltage, High Current and High Power test systems and measurement instruments. In an exclusive e-interview with Electrical India, Anil Uppal (Managing Director cum CEO) of the company is explaining to PK Chatterjee how the growth of their business is getting affected because of import of T&M equipment from China. Excerpts...

"Apart from consolidating our position in our core areas we would more focus on railway electrification, aerial fibre optics, ERS solution, monopole structures, high mast poles and smart poles in the future year," Shares Harish Agarwal, CEO, Supreme & Co.

"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

"We have witnessed our business growing in healthy way and we have been able to meet all expected results and surpass all measured parameters," says Shailendra Shukla, Director Sales & Service – Power Quality Business, Eaton Electrical Sector, 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...

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

"Our ambition is to increase the market volume on the turnkey business in EHV underground power cable segment," Shares Amitava Bose, Chief Operating Officer, Universal Cables Ltd.

Prabhajit Kumar Sarkar, Managing Director & CEO, Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL) speaks to Electrical India on the lockdown, the demand for electricity and the method and strategies adopted to ensure that operations continue unhindered. - By the Electrical India Editorial Team

How is the growth potential of the transformer industry in India? We see tremendous energy demands from the multi fold growth in various industries...

"Serving our customer with the best solutions and offering the best customer experience has been our core philosophy. This belief coupled with actively sharing knowledge has been our way of life," shares Manish Kumar Gupta, Regional Manager - South Asia, OMICRON Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd.

"Digital and power electronics supported technologies will prove to be a game changer for the energy management and power sector in India. - Dr. Harald Griem, Executive Vice President and Head - Energy Management Division, Siemens Ltd."

Thermal Imaging is one of the best technologies that has been a boon for the non-destructive testing methods. FLIR Systems brings innovative sensing solutions into daily life through their thermal imaging and other systems. In an eăinterview with Electrical India, T P Singh, Country Manager, Flir Systems India Pvt. Ltd. is describing the thermal imaging process and its applications in industry to P K Chatterjee. Excerpts…

Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt. Ltd. (TJPS) is a Joint Venture between Toshiba Corporation, Japan and JSW Group, India. It was initially incorporated to manufacture and market Super-critical Steam Turbines and Generators for Thermal Power Plants in India. It has been merged with Toshiba Thermal & Hydro Power Systems Company, a division of Toshiba India Private Limited, to broaden the gamut from Manufacturing to One-stop Solution for Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Construction and Services (EMPCS) of Thermal Power Plant. In an exclusive e-interview with Electrical India, Managing Director of the company Yoshiaki Inayama is briefing on their operations to PK Chatterjee. Excerpts... 

"In every product which we offer to the market, we make sure that the product offers full-proof technically advanced solutions and meet the real needs of the customers," shares Prakash R, Country Head Marketing & Service, Easun-MR, Chennai.

Mitsubishi Electric has launched a state-of-the-art LV power switchgear and control gear called METTA. Sumeet Sharma, Assistant General Manager, LV Switchgear-Project Dept. of Automation & Industrial Division, Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt. Ltd. is explaining the details of the product to P. K. Chatterjee (PK) online. Excerpts...

Is India capable of indigenously manufacturing world-class solar panels at competitive prices? I think India most certainly is capable of producing world-class solar panels at...

The Deming Prize is an award that carries great prestige in the industry sector. It is considered as the last word in the world on ‘total quality management”. Of late, the Electrical Standard Products (ESP) business unit and the New Product Development (NPD) function of L&T Electrical & Automation (E&A) have been awarded with this prestigious prize. Dr. Hasit Joshipura, Member – Executive Committee, Larsen & Toubro and Senior Vice President & Head of L&T E&A and Mr. Girish Tiwari, Vice President & Head - Electrical Standard Products at L&T E&A talk to us about this achievement and give us an insight into the company’s roadmap - Subhajit Roy, Group Editor

The World institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) is a not-for-profit institute established in 2004 in Pune, India, committed to the cause of promoting sustainable energy and sustainable development, with specific emphasis on issues related to renewable energy, energy security, energy efficiency, and climate change. In an exclusive interview with Electrical India, G. M. Pillai, I.A.S., Founder Director General, WISE (Pune), is detailing their activities to PK Chatterjee. Excerpts...

Emerson Network Power(India), a business of Emerson, has an expansive portfolio of intelligent, rapidly deployable hardware and software solutions for power management. In an exclusive interview with Electrical India, Manish Sawant, Director (Power Products Management), from the company talks to P. K. Chatterjee on challenges in today’s business environment and their smart solutions. Excerpts...