Posts by Venugopal Pillai

Dinesh Aggarwal Panasonic LR | T&D India

Dinesh Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director, Panasonic Life Solutions India

  "The year 2021 was majorly affected due to the high intensity of the second wave. It has been a tough year on all businesses, though we are seeing an upswing in the manufacturing and services sectors. During Covid Read more

Cross-border grids can support clean energy transition: Powerlinks Transmission

Powerlinks Transmission Ltd, a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Power and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, represents India’s first-ever public private partnership in the power transmission sector. Kiran Gupta, CEO Read more

Grid operators must understand the need for cyber security expertise: DNV

Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV very recently published the “DNV Recommended Practice DNV-RP-0575” containing new guidelines for power system companies planning to improve the cyber Read more

MCB General | T&D India

“There is much scope to improve technical awareness on switchgear products”

Despite the fact that switches and switchgear is very commonplace in industrial, commercial and residential establishments, there is much scope to improve awareness on technical aspects amongst both electricians and owners, strongly felt Dinesh Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director, Read more

LT-EA-1 | T&D India

Schneider Electric sees acquisition of L&T-E&A as a big strength

  Schneider Electric views its acquisition of Larsen & Toubro’s Electrical & Automation (E&A) business as a big strength for the company, according to Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman and Global CEO of Schneider Electric. Jean-Pascal Tricoire expressed this view during a Read more

Our outlook for India remains bullish: CTC Global

US-based CTC Global Corporation has developed and owns the rights to the highly efficient ACCC® Read more

Siemens

Digital-ready solutions will form the backbone of transformation, notes IEEMA President

  Innovation is a key driver that will help India stay ahead of the curve as its electrical sector prepares itself for a radical transformation, noted Vipul Ray, newly-elected President of industry body IEEMA. Ray Read more

Core Sector | T&D India

Core sector output grows 19.3 per cent in first five months of FY22

  Once again, the low-base effect has come into play. The Index of Core Industries (ICI) grew by 11.6 per cent in August 2021, the sixth straight month of above-average growth, thanks to the abnormally low growth rates in Read more

Surya Vidyut CESC | T&D India

Torrent Power to acquire CESC’s wind power assets aggregating 156 mw

  Torrent Power has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire full shareholding of Surya Vidyut Ltd (SVL) that owns wind power assets worth 156 mw. Surya Vidyut is part of the CESC Group. The agreement has been entered into Read more

Prepaid metering can definitely boost collection efficiency of discoms: Tata Power

Tata Power has begun smart meter deployment in Mumbai, in a first for India’s Maximum City. In this exclusive interview, we have Sanjay Banga, President Read more