September 28, 2012
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Indian Electrical & Elec-tronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) – the apex association of the Indian electrical equipment manufacturing industry – has announced that Mr. J G Kulkarni has been elected as President, IEEMA for the year 2012-2013.
IEEMA has over 775 members encompassing the complete value chain in power generation, transmission and distribution equipment, having a combined annual turnover of over US$ 25 billion (approximately Rs 1.25 lakh crores). Mr. J G Kulkarni takes over from the current President Mr. Ramesh Chandak.
IEEMA also announced the election of other office bearers – Mr. Raj Eswaran, Managing Director, Easun Reyrolle Ltd., and Mr. Vishnu Agarwal, Chairman and Managing Director, Technical Associates Ltd., as Vice Presidents for the year 2012-2013.
Mr. Kulkarni has been associated with Crompton Greaves for last 32 years is currently Executive Vice President of Crompton Greaves Ltd & President CG Power (1Asia) and has worked in various disciplines individually and jointly with international experts in design, technology, projects, quality systems, TQM-BPR-TOC.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. J G Kulkarni said: “I am honored to be appointed as the President of IEEMA, one of India’s largest and most respected industry associations. The year ahead is full of challenges and it will be my endeavor to spearhead some of the most critical business decisions that the industry has to take at this juncture including exports. I look forward to working with my team members and will try to do my best”.
Speaking on recent development of ‘Financial reforms & policies for Discoms’ he said, “The government has initiated the steps in the recent past to rejuvenate the power sector. The financial distress in the power distribution sector has been negatively impacting the Electrical Industry in India. We hope these steps will put the nation’s power sector back on a high growth trajectory, which will positively impact the domestic electrical equipment industry”.
He added, “We, in the industry, also need to focus on leveraging the power of innovation and adopting cutting-edge technology for faster product development, through continuous innovation and greater investment in research & development. We should imbibe dynamic production techniques to enhance cost efficiency, even while supplying products conforming to highest standards of quality. Critical attention is required in enhancing our cost competiveness, especially to withstand the overseas competition in our domestic market. We must broaden our horizons and think of the entire world as our potential market by scaling up our operations”.