Electrical Research and Development Association (ERDA) signed a MoU with Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) on 1st February 2019 for setting up of a testing laboratory at PVVNL Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh. This site testing laboratory shall be equipped with routine and acceptance testing facility of major electrical distribution equipment e.g. Distribution Transformer, Instrument Transformer, Energy Meter, Insulator, Cable etc. PVVNL and other UP DISCOMS shall be using this facility for acceptance testing of equipment purchased by them to ensure quality assurance of the equipment purchased by them. In future, other state government distribution companies may also avail this facility. Inauguration of this site laboratory was performed by Shrikant Sharma, Minister of Energy Government of Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Ashutosh Niranjan, Managing Director, PVVNL and Hitesh Karandikar, Director, ERDA at an official function at PVVNL headquarter at Meerut on 1st February 2019.
