Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA), the apex association of the Indian electrical equipment manufacturing industry, has announced Harish Agarwal as President IEEMA for 2018-19.
Agarwal will take the leadership role during the IEEMA Annual Convention and AGM to be held on September 15, 2018. The theme of Annual Convention this year is ‘Go Global’.
Harish Agarwal is the CEO of Supreme & Co. Pvt Ltd. He is also a member of important industry bodies like CIGRE; IEEE; ASM International Materials Engineering Institute; CBIP – Executive Committee; Project Steering Committee of 1,200kV National Test Station, Bina; Project Steering Committee of Smart City Pilot Project, Pondicherry; and IEEMA Eastern Region Committee.
“The association believes that Mr. Agarwal’s outstanding professional credentials and extensive international experience make him exceptionally well placed to provide leadership to IEEMA at this important juncture. He is very well known in the industry for his work with utilities and across electrical equipment spectrum and people management” said Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA.
Two Vice Presidents, IEEMA were also appointed for the year 2018-19 — R.K. Chugh and Vipul Ray. Chugh has a diverse set of business experiences in the fields of Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) and Automation & Drives (A&D). Chugh is currently the Business Head for Digital Grid for South Asia in Energy Management division of Siemens and also Location Head for Gurgaon. Vipul Ray is the Managing Director of Elemex Control Pvt Ltd.