Posts by Venugopal Pillai

There should be no compromise on quality: RR Global Group

RR Global is a $1.25 billion conglomerate in the electrical sector with a presence in over 90+ countries. RR Global’s business verticals span multiple products including automatic car parking solutions, copper products, and wires & cables. During Elecrama Read more

We want to focus on the international market: BPE

Best Power Equipments (India) Pvt Ltd, popularly known as BPE, is a longstanding homegrown supplier of power management solutions, with a track record of over 20 years.  T&D India met up with Amitanshu Satyapathy, Managing Director, Best Power Read more

India presents a tremendous opportunity to technology companies: Altair

US-headquartered Altair has been in the field of computational science and artificial intelligence, for nearly four decades. T&D India caught up Vishwanath Rao, Managing Director, Altair India, during Elecrama 2023 to Read more

“The challenge has just begun, and we will do it”

  India will need to double the quantum of its power system over the next seven years. Even though the country has achieved much since 2014, the real challenge has just begun, noted R.K. Singh, Union power minister, in Read more

We aim to develop a world-class supply chain network through L&T-SuFin

L&T-SuFin represents the entry of the engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) into the B2B e-commerce segment, targeted mainly to small and medium enterprises. Bhadresh Pathak, Business Head, L&T-SuFin, in this Read more

Smart Meter EESL | T&D India

Over 20 crore smart meters okayed under RDSS, TN gets most

  Over 20 crore smart prepaid meters have been sanctioned so far under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), according to information recently tabled in Parliament. According to a written reply by Union power minister, R.K. Singh, Read more

TBCB Report Card for 9MFY23: Six projects awarded, five completed

  Six new interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes were awarded under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mode during the first nine months (April to December) of the current fiscal year FY23, according to a special study done by T&D Read more

Competition has intensified in TBCB projects, feels PGCIL CMD

  Competition in transmission projects that are bid out under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism is seen intensifying, according to K. Sreekant, CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). In a recent investor conference, K. Sreekant observed that Read more

EESL to help promote energy efficiency across IMT Growth Triangle

  Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has signed an MoU with Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle Joint Business Council (IMT-GT JBC), Malaysia, at the “India Energy Week” (IEW), to further promote the adoption of energy Read more

PGCIL HVDC FIO | T&D India

Budget 2023: Power ministry outlay up 58 per cent

  The Union Budget 2023 has enhanced the overall outlay to the power ministry by nearly 58 per cent, a special study by T&D India observes. According to the detailed budget documents, the total Read more