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FUTURE INSIGHTS Smart Grid & IoT: A Combination to Outset Next Energy Revolution Bipin Chandra Founder & CEO

Suresh Sugavanam Vice President & MD UL – South Asia

Creating Safe, Secure and Sustainable Environments

Editorial

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ven today, whole human history bewilders with the most erstwhile invention of fire which was basically for producing heat. But process proceed, we learned conversion—fire under a kettle produced steam. Watching over the human condition through that lens, while resources may be limited but human ingenuity so far has seemed boundless.

Now, in a compelling way, this is the condition in which global energy producers now find themselves. There have been years you’re hearing about future of energy, power application’s next generation or the upcoming future utility business model. Everyone is probably getting a little tired of it. But indeed something is changing all around us that might not come to your notice. It is the development in the way we control, design, operate and maintain energy plants — at outset using those tiny rooftop PV arrays to now going with the most remote, biggest, offshore wind farms: everything is turning digital.

Digitalization has come up all on a different level, where hardware is experiencing a brain so as to easily fetch the data, analyze it, and compile the decisions without any human intrusion.

Maturation of New and More Sustainable Energy, Powering Human Lives

Softwares are playing an important role in the lives of energy stakeholders.

Companies in an urge to get better working hard towards making power plants smarter with installing cloud-connected sensors. Mergers of solar with storage technologies is getting higher to reduce annual peaks in microgrids.

It’s no secret that bluer oil prices and upcoming scenario where fossil fuels are diminished, is encouraging a serious rethinking to energy companies.

Some governments are attempting to switch vehicles that use combustion engines with electric vehicles, thereby easily cutting oil demand and emissions. With this huge step, concerns about local air pollution and climate change, some or all will get justified.

Talking about energy, India is remaining true to its determined renewable energy targets, which could be observed with the deduced data, which as of April 2017 account for 17.5 percent of the total energy source. This is remarkable growth in renewable energy installations in India. India also aims for reaching 170 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022, out of which 100 GW is to come from solar.

Evident for a while, solar and wind stand poised to reform energy markets.

And world is taking a transition from a hydrocarbon-dominated system to one where renewables started to shape influential market share, enthusiast players in energy will definitely leverage all present technologies —from established to upstart.

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UL: Creating Safe, Secure and Sustainable Environments

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Tata Power: Sustaining the Pioneering spirit in the pursuit of Innovation

Company Of The Month

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EsyaSoft Technologies: Pioneer in Smart Grid Solution for the Smart & Connected World

EXPERT’S ADVICE

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Emerging Technologies and where do we stand as a Start-up Nation in Global Market

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Best Power Equipments India: Providing Energy Solutions to the Developing World

22 TPD Projects: Swiftly Executing Variety of Domains with Safety as Main Moto

Weatherization Program – Need, Insight, and Implementation

Center Of Interest: Hydraulics Structure Life’s Mater & Matrix, Mother & Medium

Go Green: Japan’s spectacular breakthrough in wireless energy transmission

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Future Insights: Smart Grid & IoT: A Combination to Outset Next Energy Revolution

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10ENERGY and UTILITY MOST ADMIRED

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Smarter Utilities and Optimised Energy, Transforming the Industry

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ptimized utilization of energy and the way it is streamlined has been an important constituent of the human society development as it aids to keep the environment under control and adapt with it. Maximizing the management of energy has become inevitable for each and every functional society. In the industrialized world, the progress of energy resources has become crucial for transportation, agriculture, waste collection, communications, and information technology that have become preconditions of a developed society.

In accordance with our selection tradition, The 10 Most Admired Energy And Utility Solution Providers assures its customers and clients best-in-class services as their main focus is on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions which effectively meet the ultimate energy needs of clients in a cost-effective and safe manner.

Some of the best energy and utility offerers, Best Power Equipments India comes first in our list which provides the complete range of product and client base services to fulfill the power back-up need in India. The company has the complete range of Line Interactive and Online UPSs from 650VA to 4800 KVA. Then, EsyaSoft for being the only company in India serving software solutions and analytics needs of Smart Grid for utilities, initially, supported by robust Integrated Smart Grid suite made for transforming the legacy utilities into a smart utility. After that, TPD Projects for dealing in domain of EPIC Projects – Civil, Gas, Piping & Fabrication, Integrated Solid Waste Management, AMC/Shutdown Maintenance Jobs and Fire & Safety – Products & Projects. Elmeasure, Greenovative Energy Solutions, Jakson Group, Mytrah Energy, Praj Industries Ltd, WindSim Limited are also shortlisted for their top-notch services.

We are delighted to have UL India as our Cover Story, which offers services including: inspection, advisory services, education and training, testing, auditing and analytics, certification software solutions, and marketing claim verification.

Our editors have cast some light on: Smart Grid & IoT: A Combination to Outset Next Energy Revolution and Hydraulics Structure Life’s Mater & Matrix, Mother & Medium.

Atul Gunjal, Co-founder and CEO of IWORKTECH has given his expert view on Weatherization Program – Need, Insight, and Implementation.

Hope it is value adding experience to your read.

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Creating Safe, Secure and Sustainable Environments

COVER STORY

Suresh Sugavanam Vice President & MD UL – South Asia

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s a global leader in the testing, inspection and certification (TIC) industry with a rich legacy of 123 years, UL sets global benchmarks for safety, quality and performance of products spanning a wide range of industries.

UL’s internationally renowned authority in safety science has enabled its expansion to over a hundred countries worldwide. This reflects in its now two decades long presence in India.

UL in India is driven by the company’s mission to make the world a safer,

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more secure and sustainable place. The company has worked relentlessly to craft and deliver on an ‘In India for India’ strategy; and has executed this ambitious plan through significant investment in building world class testing and engineering capabilities as well as developing bespoke solutions for addressing needs of manufacturers within the country. UL also has long standing relationships with the Government of India, and with leading academic institutions, with whom it undertakes pioneering research in topics such as solar energy and fire safety.

In more ways than one, UL’s growth in India mirrors the changing policy landscape in the country. While India still has a long way to go to compete globally and improve quality and safety standards to match those of mature economies around the world, there has definitely been rapid progress in this regard over the past few years.

It is heartening that the government and manufacturing communities are recognizing the importance of establishing safety and quality standards for the domestic market as well, rather than just focusing on the exports.

Through the Looking Glass – A History of UL UL was founded in 1894 by William Henry Merrill, a 25 year old American electric engineer, who was commissioned by insurers to examine the safety of the electrical wiring in the ‘Palace of Electricity’, an exhibit at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago that was held to mark 400 years of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the Americas.

Sensing the need for electrical safety and the market potential that electricity driven technology posed, Merrill’s landmark experience at the World Columbian Exposition prompted him to form the Underwriters Electrical Bureau as an ode to his service as an insurance underwriter. The Underwriters Electrical Bureau was then renamed as Underwriters Laboratories in 1903. Merrill soon began the process of evaluating

hazards and launched tests to set safety standards. UL published its first standard, “Tin Clad Fire Doors,” in 1903. The following year, the UL Mark made its debut with the labeling of a fire extinguisher. In 1905, the organization established a Label Service for certain product categories that require more frequent inspections.

UL inspectors conducted the first factory inspections on labeled products at manufacturers’ facilities, a pioneering practice that defined the crux of UL’s services.

Since Merrill’s time, UL has expanded into an organization with 64 Laboratories, 160 testing and certification facilities serving customers in 104 countries. It has over 13,000 safety professionals spanning over 50 countries around the world.

And it has expanded into various service verticals – serving the traditional fire & electrical equipment manufacturers to lighting & HVAC products, medical devices, high performance materials (e.g. plastics & composites), consumer technology products, consumer products (such as textiles, jewelry, toys, chemicals) to financial, transaction & cyber security – all with a singular mission: ensuring safe, secure and sustainable living and working environments.

How UL is Helping India in its Clean Energy Mission As solar and wind energy technologies become more prominent in the energy mix globally, UL has developed an advanced suite of end-to-end services

to address the safety, quality and performance issues of these technologies. It works with manufacturers, developers and utilities in minimizing risks and facilitating growth in their renewable energy investments. UL’s services cover many areas in project development for planning and engineering, construction and commissioning, and operations and maintenance.

UL India can hence help the Indian renewable energy sector adapt to the highest standards. The company’s laboratory at Bangalore was first private laboratory in India accredited to test MNRE requirements for PV components and systems. To support the wind industry, it provides on-site technical support that deliver quick, reliable results and reduced time-tomarket, apart from offering safety, performance and function testing services for the assessment of wind turbines and wind turbine components.

This has been possible through a couple of acquisitions (DEWI and AWS Truepower) – that UL did globally – and integrated locally. UL ensures that all these services provided comply with regional, national and international regulations and standards, and also meet the needs of insurers, developers and investors.

Apart from bringing its global experience in the the renewable energy space to support the solar and wind energy sectors in India, UL has also taken a lead in identifying and offering solutions to demands that arise as green energy gains further ground in

the country. Some of these areas include: • Standards development Through its participation in technical committees, UL engages with the MNRE and allied bodies like the SECI, NISE and NIWE experience to devise a robust country-specific standards and conformity assessment framework.

In the energy industry, one of the biggest challenges until recently for UL was working in a sector that did not define minimum requirements to evaluate and assess the quality, performance and operational efficiency of equipment and installations as a whole. A worrying factor that UL observed was that there was a gap in understanding the long term implications of renewable investment – ultimately, for the clean energy program to succeed, it is not the amount of installations that matter but the quality of power output. Through various engagements with stakeholders, the company has consistently articulated these challenges and provided solutions to overcome them. UL believes that the recently announced move toward greater quality control in the solar sector is a welcome one.

• Supporting agriculture through adoption of solar pumps By circumventing the need for either electricity or fossil fuels like diesel to run irrigation pumps

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for the fields, solar based water pumps are a boon to farmers in the remote areas the country and are emerging as an important tool to invigorate the agricultural sector. UL has played a critical role in the large scale adoption of solar water pumping systems in India by helping to ensure that only the systems that meet the quality and performance criteria as defined in MNRE specifications are qualified to be installed in the country. UL’s state of the art Solar Pump testing facility in Bangalore is capable of testing PV Modules, Pump Controllers and the pump assembly as a complete system.

• Creating energy infrastructure for smart cities Smart meters With over 200 million smart meters installed either in operational or pilot processes in India, consumer concerns about potential safety & performance hazards associated with smart meters are increasing.

Various utilities seeking to install energy meters, request the suppliers to submit type test reports from a BIS-accredited laboratory to ascertain compliance with the national standards of safety, accuracy and

Concentrating our efforts and resources on public safety and helping India with a wide range of quality and safety issues

communications protocol.

Identifying this need, UL in India has made an investment in a comprehensive testing facility dedicated to smart meters.

Through the testing facility, UL will cater to the growing needs of certification in the advanced metering industry. UL in India intends to provide safety research and advisory services to key stakeholders, including utilities, regulators and non-utility users of smart meters.

Smart Grids - As an everincreasing number of products and systems become interconnected, the need to verify interoperability between them prior to installation and use is a critical cost and time saver. UL provides testing and certification services for smart grid product and system interoperability, performance and security.

Exploring the Indian Energy Market with Innovation In the renewables sector in India, UL is currently focused on driving multistakeholder effort to develop Indian standards for energy storage systems and support the burgeoning market for composite materials through its extensive suite of testing, certification and advisory services. To attain international repute and be sustainable in the long run, advanced manufacturing capabilities in expensive sectors like clean energy must be aided by certification

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programs, and this is what UL is striving to provide in India.

The UL 2900, launched in 2016 is an all-encompassing standard series to assess cyber security of network connected devices. Considering the ambitious Smart Cities Mission and the movement toward creating a digital economy, cyber security is becoming a priority area and UL is eager to lend its experience to devise standards and deliver solutions that are relevant to India.

Living the Public Safety Mission As a company built on the core philosophy of promoting safety for all, UL’s operations transcend business undertakings to encapsulate varied Not-For-Profit efforts. In India, the body of work under its NFP programme to advance public safety touches critical areas of road safety, fire safety and access to clean water.

Through collaborations with premier educational institutions, government agencies, industry bodies and other non profits, UL has, over the past few years, contributed profoundly to the understanding of fire hazards in India and ways to combat them. A prime example of this is the first of its kind fire façade test at IIT Gandhinagar to study the impact of fire on glass façade buildings. The National Fire Safety Council, which UL has been hosting over the past decade, brings several government and private stakeholders together to deliberate on improving fire safety mechanisms in the country.

In the road safety space, UL is dedicated to grooming youth to become safety ambassadors of tomorrow. A pioneering effort in this area is the enlightening, multipart safety quiz competition called ‘The National Safety Science Quiz’ that is conducted in partnership with NDTV. UL’s safety education efforts are expected to reach more than 55,000 students from over 750 schools across 10 cities in India.

Through, its on-going partnership with the Safe Water Network that began in 2012, UL provides grants and audits services that enable affordable and reliable access to clean water, thereby empowering communities to own and manage safe water systems. To-date, this crucial collaboration has brought clean to more than 600,000 people in rural Indian villages.

UL’s vision for the Future As India gallops into the digital arena with increased adoption of mobile telephony and internet access, UL will strive hard to create a safe digital ecosystem to ensure the safety and security of interconnected systems that span electricity grids to digital transactions.

Over the next few years, UL is also dedicated to work actively in changing the safety culture in the country by making ordinary consumers more safety conscious. While UL works primarily in the B2B space, it also wants to deepen its involvement in promoting safety awareness. After all,

the products that they validate touch consumers lives directly and an increase in safety consciousness will lead to a ‘demand push’ scenario where consumers influence the acceleration of safety and quality legislations.

Steering the Success of UL in India Suresh Sugavanam, Vice President and Managing Director of UL South Asia is steering the company’s growth in India since 2013.

Having worked in high profile roles in global conglomerates like Suzlon, E&Y, Boston Consulting Group where he has dealt with the energy sector, Suresh’s arrival to UL India has been timely. Suresh’s strategies to propel the company’s growth include expanding laboratory infrastructure, investing in technical and managerial upskilling, assimilating and bringing UL’s global expertise to India, and to develop and offer locally relevant solutions.

Thereby contribute to accelerating India’s GDP growth – to address domestic and export needs. Suresh has also broadened the reach and impact of UL’s not-for-profit mission leveraging Research, Outreach, Standards & Education on topics such as fire safety, road safety, quality and standards framework for the country.

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TATA POWER: Sustaining the Pioneering spirit in the pursuit of Innovation

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ata Power has been a pioneer in the Indian power sector value chain and has been at the forefront in assimilating advancements in technology and providing competitive, reliable and quality power to its consumers. The company has been constantly investing in technology and innovative practices, thus remaining effective and efficient in its deliverables.

In an exclusive chat with Mr. Anil Sardana, the CEO & MD of Tata Power, we discuss about the current initiatives and the future endeavors at Tata Power. This Interview is sure to give you a whole new perspective and insight into one of the most decorated Energy Providers in the world.

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Kindly brief us about Tata Power. Kindly sketch a brief history of Tata Power. What is the current Industry scenario from your point of view?

Buoyed by the vision of its founder, Late Shri Jamshetji N Tata, that clean, cheap and abundant power is one of the basic ingredients for the economic progress of a city, a state or a country, Tata Power began its operations in 1915 by commissioning India’s first large hydroelectric project in Khopoli, Maharashtra. Being a century old company, we are committed to providing our customers with reliable and uninterrupted power supply and other solutions, teamed with superior customer service. The company today touches the lives of every stakeholder by adding value to their lives through various initiatives. These initiatives seep down to the last beneficiary, be it employees, customers, communities surrounding our areas of operations, shareholders, investors, and the nation at large.

Tata Power currently has an installed gross generation operating capacity of 10,613 MW, of which, clean energy portfolio is 3141 MW, making us one of the largest non-fossil based energy players in India. Tata Power has reiterated its commitment to clean energy, and announced that its nonfossil fuel energy capacity will be 3540 per cent by 2025. Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, and is the Company’s primary investment vehicle for clean and renewable energy based power generation capacity. Tata Power is present in the entire life-cycle of the power business viz. Fuel and Logistics, Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. It has successful publicprivate partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution in India.

Besides India, it has operations in Africa, MENA region, and South-East Asia.

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Mr. Anil Sardana CEO & MD

The industry scenario in India is bullish on renewable capacity buildup, whereas conventional thermal power may not see new builds in the recent times but may witness revamping of facilities for them to become environmentally benign. The sector may also see large scale distribution reforms.

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On which innovation is Tata Power currently working on?

Tata Power is continuing its pioneering spirit by pursuing various innovative solutions in Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG). DDG enables small-scale technologies to produce electricity close to the end users of power. The technologies used often consist of modular (often renewableenergy based) generators, offering potential benefits like providing electricity with higher power reliability and security, along with fewer environmental consequences than

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reducing our carbon footprint and investing in cleaner technologies and global resources. traditional power generators. The pioneering spirit is at the root of every Tata Power team member & the pursuit for innovative products, solutions, and business models will continue.

Tata Power has always set a standard in adopting sustainable practices in its business by using innovative technology, providing customers access to energy-efficient processes, increasing green generation capacity and partnering with institutions of scientific learning.

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Kindly tell us about the green initiatives undertaken by Tata Power.

In the quest to deliver clean energy, we as a Company are focusing on building a robust renewable energy portfolio, scouting for clean sources of power,

Powered by Greenolution, Tata Power in 2015 launched ‘Be Green’ campaign following the mantra that green is the only way to evolve and has set new benchmarks by caring for the planet and its future. The campaign follows a holistic approach towards energy and resource conservation and encourages consumers to take the pledge by signing up to any five of their enlisted pledges.

In last few years, Tata Power has launched diverse DSM programs which include appliance exchange, load shift and energy audits. Some innovative programs like “Demand Response”, a smart grid solution and “Thermal storage”, a load shift solution were acknowledged at a national level.

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utilities in India to have embraced DSM programs in a wide spread manner.

How is Tata Power helping its customers to amass the benefits of its superior features?

For decades, Tata Power has been successfully supplying power to the country. We have built robust Private Public Partnerships with various entities and are proud to be the largest integrated power company in India. Notwithstanding competition and regulation, we believe that dealing ethically with stakeholders is the best policy and affirm to the adage, ‘honesty is the best policy’, and our stakeholders — be they consumers or government regulators — have applauded us for it.

6) Finally, can you brief us about your most successfully incorporated strategy, in terms of energy production and distribution, currently in the market?

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Business ethics, corporate governance, sustainability, community relations, and being an employer of choice, along with providing clean, competitive, abundant, and uninterrupted power supply are Tata Power’s key tenets in building corporate character and trust in the marketplace.

This commitment is steadfast and deep down in every employee and associate, and that’s what helps the team stay focused in pursuing its objectives.

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What are the upcoming future prospects of Tata Power.

In terms of energy production, a quick ramp up of nonfossil fuel capacity to 30% of portfolio has been a successful strategy. In distribution, turnaround of ailing state-owned enterprise in Delhi has been a well-executed strategy. Tata Power has recently signed a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of NCT of Delhi with the majority stake being held by Tata Power Company (51%). The company started operations on July 1, 2002 post the unbundling of the erstwhile Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) and has been the frontrunner in implementing power distribution reforms in the capital city and is acknowledged for its consumer-friendly practices. Since privatization, the Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses in Tata Power-DDL areas have shown a record decline. Today, AT&C losses stand at 8.59%, which is an unprecedented reduction of around 84% from an opening loss level of 53% in July 2002.

Tata Power has recently signed a Distribution Franchisee Agreement (DFA) with Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (AVVNL) to cater to the power requirements of customers in Ajmer by replicating this success story of Delhi.

In line with the government’s objective towards promoting renewable energy, Tata Power has a well-defined growth plan and is pursuing actions towards achieving the same.

The Company aims to build a total capacity of 20,000 MW by 2025. We are working towards achieving this target and, in FY17, we have added about 1400 MW of capacity with various projects in pipeline. For the next 3 years, the company has sketched out a well-defined plan to shape up its balance sheet, and is pursuing actions towards achieving the same. We wish to increase our solar & wind businesses significantly over a period of time; as the government is expected to bid out large scale projects to meet its target.

We are exploring multiple options, both Greenfield and acquisitions, to be able to capture the market for Solar, Wind, and hydro based generation. The Company is also in the process of acquiring suitable land parcels in various states to support development of solar and wind projects.

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COMPANY OF THE MONTH

EsyaSoft Technologies: Pioneer in Smart Grid Solutionfor the Smart & Connected World

Bipin Chandra Founder & CEO

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We provide smarter solutions for the complex and connected world

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entral Electricity Authority (CEA), India’s apex power sector planning body has reported that India’s per unit consumption of electricity has increased to 1010 kilowatt-hour (kWh) as per recent records, while past records have witnessed 957 kWh and 914.41 kWh. As a result of smart development, the utilities these days are struggling to address the issue of exploding data and looking for solutions to develop competencies to forecast demand and plan generation.

EsyaSoft Technologies Pvt Ltd, a Bangalore based company is furnishing an integrated platform for the utilization of business intelligence and insightful analytical solutions that enables power & water distribution companies to efficiently manage the demand and supply of the consumers.

The company was established with a unique vision to nurture smart solutions for the connected world. It is a pioneer in Technology & Analytics solutions that enables the transformation of power distribution networks and help energy companies to minimize their costs, develop network efficiency and upturn revenues.

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Moreover, the company collaborates with the leading energy utilities, government agencies, OEMs and system integrators to provide technology & analytics solutions, products and services to its clients.

Karnataka IT and Biotechnology department has granted INR 3.18 crore. Among them, EsyaSoft has also been awarded INR 20 Lakhs as a part of this campaign from the Government of Karnataka.

Perhaps, EsyaSoft is the only company in India to provide Integrated Smart Grid Suite which takes care of the complete need of solutions for transforming the prevailing utilities into a smart utility. This commitment and focus has helped a lot to successfully enable & transform India’s first smart grid, Smart utility project at Mysore and subsequently five more utilities in India. It has also set up Smart Grid Control Center integrated with R-APDRP applications for Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company, Mysore (A Government of Karnataka Undertaking), and thereby enabling India’s first smart grid.

Services Rendered by EsyaSoft EsyaSoft leverages its extensive experience in technology & analytics across industries to transform legacy utilities into smart utilities. They have faith in smart grid or smart city thinking which is getting progressively prevalent within the political and commercial visions for imminent urban life.

EsyaSoft is a part of IBM Smart Camp Top 10 winners and Elevate 100. To fund 12 start-ups in the areas of agriculture, biotechnology, security, communications and robotics, the

The team at EsyaSoft has a smart city technology solution that helps them in responding to pressures and challenges offered by growing city populations, sustainability challenges and supports advancement in digital technology. It also helps in achieving a sundry of solutions for smart utilities for example: Big Data Analytics in load forecasting, Theft analysis, Consumer Behavior Analysis, transformer Condition Monitoring, Meter Data Management, Energy Audit, Peak Load

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Management with Demand Response, Metering, Mobility Solutions, GIS and Billing & Collection.

through this company; he is able to see an impact in the Indian Electricity sector.

Mastermind behind the Integrated Smart Grid Suite Bipin Chandra is the Founder and CEO at EsyaSoft Technologies Pvt Ltd. “As part of my responsibilities, I just do everything right from Vision, Strategy, and Business Development to Overall Growth of the company,” asserts Bipin. He believes that an entrepreneur is a person who is able to take decisions in uncertainty and have a high risk appetite to innovative.

Moreover, he believes in encouraging leadership quality so that others get inspired by his vision.

Pushing Beyond the Boundaries Challenges and hurdles are present in every business, but for EsyaSoft, the main challenge was to convince the customers about the Product, because the energy sector plays a vital role in the operation of large companies like Oracle, Landis plus Gyr, Itron, GE, Siemens and it is filled with people having domain and industry expertise who are also very comfortable with the legacy systems. Thus, it was difficult for EsyaSoft to ensure customers about their products as they were new in this domain and the team size was too small, and on the other hand, the competitors they had were big players of the domain.

Bipin had always dreamt of building a profitable and sustainable business and create an organization with values

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Furthermore, in the energy sector, new innovations come with their own set of challenges. With so many regulations and policies, an innovation changes to be a well thought out process, so that adapting to it is easier and faster.

Future Endeavor Future plans of EsyaSoft is to provide a cloud based platform and it also aims to furnish ready to use, cost effective digitized solutions, so that data center set ups and other hardware costs can be avoided. Further, the company plans on leveraging deep their deep understanding of the gaps in the energy & utility segment and looking forward to change the current scenario with its robust solutions.

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GO GREEN

JAPAN’S

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TRANSMISSION uman-made satellites like the International Space Station, have long been able to utilize the solar energy that affects from the sun, getting that power back to Earth where people can use it.

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170 feet away. There are no wires, no cables, no pipelines, no trains, no trucks, no nothing. Just Energy. Through the air. Granted, it is not a lot of energy –1.8 kW is about sufficient to run an electric kettle, according to the reports.

The Japanese breakthrough gives the hope that humans will one day be able to use an inexhaustible source of energy in space.

‘Breakthrough in wireless energy transmission’, What does this mean exactly? It’s that humanity which has now officially begun to realize one of the most aspiring thought experiments of the 20th century – The Dyson Sphere.

“This was the first time someone has managed to send a high output of nearly 2 kilowatts of electric power through microwaves to a small target, with the use of a delicate directivity control device,” as per JAXA researches. Today, they can get into what this wireless energy transmitted is for- JAXA has been investing on a system that would use solar-powered satellites to transmit energy directly to the Earth.

Japan is struggling to expand its scientific opportunities.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has contributed to this major scientific achievement. With the use of microwaves, JAXA’s researchers were able to transmit 1.8 kilowatts of energy through the air to a receiver

This Space Solar Power System would define that solar power would be available anywhere on the earth, at any time of day, regardless of whether or there is no sunlight on the planet. JAXA’s ideal goal is to set up solar panels and antennae nearby 22,300 miles from the Earth, which could

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take various decades to practically realize. JAXA has evaluated that the system would probably not be ready until 2040 and they even haven’t find out how to achieve the large structure they need into space, or how to develop it, or how to maintain it.

helped organization’s Human Resource function a data driven HR strategic business function. Be it recruitment, performance or workforce planning, with their best-in class solutions and expertise, they help their client’s people function in their shift towards data driven approach.

Hats off to all those Scientists! Just imagine the power of this innovation. When a great theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson look through the science fiction novel Star Maker, he was truly inspired to propose what has become called as the Dyson Sphere, which is a wide range of solar panels that enclose the sun and beam energy back to the Earth. Considering JAXA continues to improve this technology, and assuming it looks a major investment from the right parties, at the end of this modern era we could have access to a renewable, sustainable source of energy.

Challenges HCM Faced Most organizations are happy with their decision to move to the HR cloud. Top barriers to implementation include the organization’s willingness to adapt to deliver cloud processes, products that often under-deliver, and maintenance schedules that can disrupt operations.

HCM Info Systems believes that people are the core to everything a business needs, to propel its bottom-line. Its people who do the business, run the business and it’s the people to which a business serves its very own purpose.

They help these people to connect, engage and collaborate to the fulfillment of business goals. It’s not just the systems and processes but the human at the core of the business which plays the vital role of engine that drives everything in and around. Their rich experience, expertise and people centric approach along with up-to-date and beyond HR technologies lead organizations to attract, retain and develop talent within the organization.

Services Offered by HCM At HCM Info Systems, the main focus is to ensure that they have the right strategy, structure, processes, and technologies that move from anticipating to responding at the speed of opportunity and help their client in navigating their challenges.

Future Ahead HCM Info Systems’ services ranging from expert Consultancy, Implementation, Business Transformation, Expert Support to Data Migration & Integration are seeing continuous growth year-on-year. Their services in Success Factors HCM Suite, which includes Core HR (Employee Central), Talent and Human Capital Analytics solutions, SAP JAM for social collaboration have done quite well.

By next year, all Success Factors customers can expect to run their applications on SAP HANA for added performance and interactive analytics boosting speed and decision support along the way. They are now focusing on strengthening their capability in People Analytics as well as building new capability for SAP Fieldglass solution to cater growing client’s requirement for hiring of part-time and contract employee.

As per the recent survey, last year 23% of organizations used SaaS (Cloud Software-as-a-Service) for core HR and another 26% planned to move within three years. Fast forward just one year and the number using SaaS for core HR has climbed to 44% with an additional 30%.

With Cloud based offerings using SAP Success Factors, Ramco HCM and SAP Human Capital Management suite, they have responded with the speed, quality, flexibility, and predictability that allow them to take advantage of opportunities with the right solutions. HCM Info Systems

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THE

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SOLUTION PROVIDERS

Company Name

Management

Brief

Best Power Equipments India Pvt Ltd bpe.co.in

Amitansu Satpathy Director

Best Power Equipments India provides the complete range of product and client base services to fulfill the power back-up need in India. The company has the complete range of Line Interactive and Online UPSs from 650VA to 4800 KVA.

Elmeasure elmeasure.com

Bindu Babu Director

Combined with ElMeasure’s network hardware, it enables the user to take the next step in energy management, monitoring and control.

EsyaSoft Technologies esyasoft.com

Bipin Chandra Founder & CEO

EsyaSoft is the only company in India serving software solutions and Analytics needs of Smart Grid for utilities, initially, supported by robust Integrated Smart Grid suite made for transforming the legacy utilities into a smart utility.

Greenovative Energy Solutions greenovative.co.in

Vinit Kulkarni Co-founder

Greenovative offers Energy Management Solutions, Consultancy services for energy optimization, Energy Data logging System Energy Audits.

Jakson Group jakson.com

Sameer Gupta MD

Jakson Group is a leading energy and engineering solutions company offering a range of products and services that help customers effectively meet their energy needs in a safe and sustainable manner.

Mytrah Energy mytrah.com

Vikram Kailas Co-founder, MD & CEO

Mytrah Group is focused on delivering sustainable energy in a world without subsidies.

Praj Industries Ltd praj.net

Pramod Chaudhari Executive Chairman

Praj has been a trusted partner to customers around the world since the last 3 decades for innovative, sustainable solutions in ethanol, brewery and Water & Wastewater Treatment Systems, process equipment and bio-products like distillery bio-consumables.

TPD Projects tpdprojects.com

Tarun Prakash Dhoundiyal MD

TPD Projects is dealing in domain of EPIC Projects – Civil, Gas, Piping & Fabrication, Integrated Solid Waste Management, AMC/Shutdown Maintenance Jobs and Fire & Safety – Products & Projects.

UL India ul.com

Suresh Sugavanam Vice President & MD of UL South Asia

Services offered by UL include: inspection, advisory services, education and training, testing, auditing and analytics, certification software solutions, and marketing claim verification.

WindSim Limited windsim.com

Dirk Muller MD

WindSim’s singular focus on wind energy has enabled us to help the industry’s worldwide leaders meet the challenges of wind farm design and wind resource & energy assessment.

EXPERT’S ADVICE

To be on Real Home Journey, Invest in Real Estate C

hairman of Finstem group of companies “Mr. Manish Kumar Shoundik” firmly believes in the saying “A goal without a plan is just a wish”. Through different verticals of Finstem Group, the company is striving to provide direction to the dreams of individuals as well as corporate and excels towards providing solutions in the fields of Financial Services, Real Estate, Outsourcing Services and Digital marketing. The infrastructural development boasts of impressive projects like Finstem City-Florizel Villas on Bangalore –Mysore highway, Fin Castle Residency in Ludhiana –Ferozepur highway and Eastern Homes, Patna. Finstem intends to continue to grow in India & abroad over the next few years so that our foreign and domestic clients can continue to work seamlessly across the globe. With established centers across 8 Indian cities, the company boasts of its presence in Delhi NCR, Ludhiana, Jagraon, Bangalore, Mysore, Patna, Lucknow & Dhanbad.

“Real estate has been considered as the most sought of investment as per the Indian investor’s psyche.” Like any other market, Real Estate sector

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also has its highs and lows. Although investors have minted money during the boom period of 2002-2013, they also have seen the declining phase of the market between 1994-2002 when the properties were sold at half their peak price. Expecting similar returns in nascent markets might be possible, but it won't be fair to expect the same kind of return in developed markets.

Lack of Buyer’s Interest The bear phase of the market has directly touched the sentiments of investors and people are not very keen on buying the property looking at the unclear future picture of few of the projects. The sector carries a baggage due to ignorance and opaque regulation which needs to be settled to improve market sentiments. Decline in a number of buyers for residential projects can be witnessed clearly due to the lack of appropriate pricing, which is found as high as compared to the average income of investors and rental aspects of the property. This is one major factor that has impacted the level of demand for end users as well as the investors.

Buying Opportunity A boom in the Real Estate market is

expected with GDP is moving to 7.58% per annum. Moreover, the current government has also tried to bring clarity to both buyer and developer in the form of a real estate regulator bill which makes real estate investment more lucrative and regulated investment option.

Due to the correction phase in real estate sector and rupee depreciation, investors can find properties being sold at half the price of their peak value.

Although the cost of construction has risen over the past few years and the compliance cost is also expected to go up in view of introduction to Real Estate regulators, buyer’s can still find properties which are sold at a cheaper price due to rupee depreciation and large unsold inventories.

The approach in the current market scenario should be to invest under construction residential properties rather than the constructed ones, in view of the discounted price of the former as compared to the latter one.

This is the time when investors should search for best possible options in terms of the legality of project, location, pricing and rental/future aspects in order to enjoy the best out of the market.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Think Before You Buy Although, we can find properties with a lot of freebees and payment options similar to SIP, we also need to look at the details of the property with respect to location, track record of the developer, papers, and approvals in line with new regulations. A suggestion would be to buy sensibly rather than being lured by the lucrative buying options. After all, it is not only about the packaging but the quality of the item being bought.

Over-leveraging in the current market scenario is a clear no-no, which means people should only invest the money which is surplus and ready for investment rather than being lured by the market. Investors in the past have invested out of the pocket while being caught by lucrative marketing activities and in turn have burnt their hands when it came to paying the cost of the project during the market slowdown.

Investors should take calculative advantage of the current turmoil in the residential market, instead of avoiding it.

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Mr. Manish Kumar Shoundik, CEO & Founder of The, Hailing from Jharkhand started his career in May 2013.

Having a career spanning over 17 years of contribution at several senior positions in the elds of the banking sector, nancial management, strategic planning and business leadership, to make him fully equipped with the essence of strategic planning, management skills, understanding and successfully running a startup. His work stint with banks like Standard Chartered, HDFC, ABN AMRO and Deutsche Bank at various leadership roles, contributed in crafting pillars of his dream company Finstem India Pvt. Ltd. He took the challenges of building the nascent retail business with a strong focus on the expansion of distribution and scale at every step of his career.

Mr. Manish Kumar Shoundik CEO & Founder

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SOLUTION PROVIDERS

BEST POWER EQUIPMENTS INDIA: PROVIDING ENERGY SOLUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD

up solutions open up new opportunities to the millions.

Unexpected power failures always results into huge loss of time, energy and money for the companies. Using high quality uninterruptible power supply (UPS) equipment can help to protect the hardware against damage from unexpected power failures or unclean power.

UPS devices Amitansu Satpathy provide power Director backup to the system, ensuring that there is no n the wealthy world, improving interruption between the computer the energy system generally system and the main power supply. means increasing the central supply of reliable, inexpensive Best Power Equipments India was reasonable and environment-friendly established in the year 2000 to fulfill power and distributing it through the power back-up need for their valuable power grid. Across the planet, simple customers and distributors. Since then, innovations in providing power back they have grown multi-fold in terms of

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product range and client base. The company has the complete range of Line Interactive and Online UPSs from 650VA to 4800 KVA. They provide all the latest features in their various UPSs like in-built isolation, both side IGBTs, paralleling features etc. Serving clients in almost all segments of the industry like SOHO, Medical Electronics, Hospitals, Banking, Retail, Industries, Education and Data Centers etc., their all services have made them the leaders in the industry.

The Unique Leadership behind the High-Reaching Company From a startup to the largest OEM supplier of UPS, Amitansu Satpathy, the Director of Best Power Equipments India, is driving the company at its top level of success. His innovative ideas and leadership attributes has inspired his team to deliver the best and face their everyday challenges. His vast experiences in Sales, starting from Executive to the Manager of the Department, has made him achieve the unique combination of best in class service and state of the art Uninterruptible Power Solution (UPS), in today’s competitive world.

Amitansu believes, “R & D and manufacturing capabilities along with

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the support of our partners makes our UPS the most sought after in India and ideal for Indian conditions.”

for the entire UPS range of products.

The products of BPE are featured with essential after-sale services. They are:

Advanced Technology Driving Company towards the Progression Path The “Green Technology” products that feature both side IGBTs is the largest innovation introduced by BPE. The pollution free products specialize in minimum energy loss and high efficiency performance. Maximum of their products are designed to replace the need of diesel generator sets, in view of the NGT ruling in Delhi area.

• Largest Supplier - BPE is one of the largest suppliers of UPS to various OEM. BPE products are widely distributed through various OEM, Corporate partners & System Integrators.

• High Quality - BPE products are developed & tested for Indian conditions. They are preferred to maintain the consistency of the product quality. No wonder, every month more than 60000 UPS are sold in India and other countries.

• Great Support - Prompt after sales support, with local spares availability backed by a strong technical team. Personal high commitment for service from the top management of the company is promised.

• Feature Rich Products - Specially designed UPS with isolation transformer at Output, Input Power factor correction, fully digital & Software for monitoring & control plus all International Certifications.

On the other hand, BPE is successfully demonstrating their business strategies with leading Indian banks like, PNB, CBI, IDBI Bank etc. They also have a large network of more than 1000 channel partners all over India.

The factories associated with BPE are well-found with high-speed SMT production lines and the best available online automatic testing equipment and tools. This results in the production of the most reliable products in sufficient volume to meet their ever-growing demand of the products in the Indian market. The company aims to provide their consumers with innovative energy saving applications at very affordable costs.

BPE Clients are forever!

In UPS and Power solution industry, BPE has the best of the product specifications coupled with the latest technology, developed by in-house strong R&D and Technical team. This enables them to offer competitive prices, backed by all international certifications to prove product quality,

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation

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In the mere future, they are planning to introduce more efficient product ranges in UPS Systems, some more products like IDU and Solar UPSs in future. In a country like India, where 24 x 7 power supplies is still a distant dream, BPE has been an active participant in fulfilling this goal for over a decade with the mission to provide cost effective and reliable power solutions to its customers driven by their belief “that work should never stop”.

Innovations forthcoming According to BPE, “Current industry scenario seems to be quite promising with optimal growth in all segments. So many upcoming projects are going to be executed in coming year.” BPE has strategically expanded themselves step by step, year after year, by providing power solutions for IT, Industrial & Critical equipment, Telecom, Data centers & Electro-medical gadgets. The company manufactures its products from the best manufacturing units available in China, Taiwan, Italy and Turkey.

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CENTER OF INTEREST

Hydraulics Structure Life's Mater & Matrix, Mother & Medium

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ngineering is the greatest award bestowed on humans. An engineer is a person who designs which works with as few creative, innovative, and imaginative ideas as possible. They have vision which require guts as no construction and not even a story is created without it. Be a bridge, dam, building, all of them which should suffice to make known the splendor and brilliance of a nation and they should be robust enough to be conserved for maximum years possible, and even if it’s susceptible to change the basic structure would remain as it is.

Engineering always involves the advancement of technology and it is an art where designs and construction being done with proper organization. Like that, Engineers created Hydraulic Structure which is partially or fully submerged structure which multi-tasks, that can be used to divert, stop, restrict or manage the natural flow of water. The materials required to construct can range from large rock and concrete to obscure items. Hydraulic structures amplify conservation practices where vegetation and constructed channels are not competent to do the job.

The selection of the most suitable and economical kind of structure to use in a specific situation will depend on the hydraulic parameters of the site which is Discharge and Controlled head.

Hydraulics Structures getting Better In engineering, things got advanced, machines and their component parts have become stronger, lighter, cheaper and

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productive. Component operating pressures have raised, design like seal and hose has improved the way additive and filtration technology boosted. Better the materials and manufacturing techniques, efficient the hydraulic components with high power densities.

General Electric has planned to launch a four turbine project, which is going to store energy from the blades of the turbine to gather water which could generate hydroelectric power which will be first instance of combining two energies to provide reliable sustainable energy.

Higher operating pressures and closer tolerances are the factors that leads to hydraulic machine more vulnerable to wear and damage ensuing from oil contamination and inadequate lubrication. This leads to the importance of proactive maintenance. The things to focus on may vary: Oil Life is the issue that must be talked of as at 110°C and above for extended periods will turn into black as ink and smell unmentionable, it emerges the need of hotter oil as it will rapid the speed of reactions exponentially.

Oil viscosity is the important element for both adequate lubrication and proficient power transmission.

Seal and hose life, the standard of elastomers used to create hydraulic seals and hoses are also getting raised.

Types of Hydraulic Structures A dam is a Hydraulic Structure which holds the water in a reservoir as potential energy, like a weir is a type of hydraulic structure which can be utilized to pool water for irrigation, establish grade control or as a new way to divert the flow away from eroding banks, they are again sub-divided into Gravity Dam, Earth Dam, Rockfill Dam, Weir Dam, Barrage, Arch, Buttress Dam. In that, some are used for storage and some for diversion purpose.

Factors Affecting Site Selection Topography could be one of the most important factors as a narrow site will reduce the amount of material required in the dam which will reduce the cost to invest in. Faults and shears should be not present in the foundation of the dam. This makes a requirement for the better and expensive foundation which is leads to another factor Geology. Another element to be inculcated is Appurtenant as the cost of these structures is not high than the cost of the dam, economy in design could be achieved by considering their consequence at the time of site selection. Site should be chosen where proper water supply, disposal, electric power should be available while construction is under process, so Local Condition is too crucial. Easy excess to all these factors will be a great relief for the contractors and engineers.

Pursuit and Purpose of Dams Various aims could be there to construct a dam, be it the production of electricity; water storage for irrigation or human consumption; flood management; and also navigation and recreation. With the dam, majorly production of Hydroelectricity is done which offers a great advantage in electric networks to adapt the power supply to quickest changes in power demand.

A huge crowd surrounds the area which is exposed to the flood, the usage of dams for flood control should be raised.

Experts advise dams shall be built for the sake of unpredictable weather conditions from drought condition to heavy rainfalls and that will also ensure the stability of power grids as large dams are good at storing energy.

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EXPERT’S ADVICE

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES&WHERE DO WE

Stand

AS A

START-UP

NATION IN GLOBAL MARKET T

he entire human history and anthropology is full of evidences as to how intelligent human beings have given rise to new technology and how they utilized that new technology to further our chances of survival. The technological development has reached such a phase now where human survival is something which is taken for granted.

The enormous size of human population is a testimony to that fact. If it wasn’t for the newer drugs and equipments and procedures we would have still been dying of minor diseases like diarrhea. This is just one example

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as to how deep an impact the new inventions and technological developments have had on human life at large.

Technology, of its own accord, cannot reach the millions and millions of human beings. It needs some assistance from another aspect of human interaction i.e. Economy. In today’s parlance Economy and Market go hand in hand. The Market forces have been instrumental in the spread of newer technologies to the grass roots. The combination of these two factors has had a humongous impact on our

individual, social, political and personal lives.

But this wasn’t the case if you travel only a few hundred years back. The current phase of technological and economical development could be traced back to the period which is famously known as’ Industrial Revolution’. It started in the late 18th century Britain and spread to the various parts of the world. The parts of the world which could garner these forces in their favor are currently known as ‘Developed Countries’. The so called “West” with capital ‘W’ is the

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ABOUT AUTHOR Mr. Suneet Sabale is a Founder & CEO of Brainiac IP Solutions. He is a registered Indian Patent Practitioner, Mechanical Engineer, working in Patent Industry for more than 12 years. Visiting faulty at Savitri Bai Phule Pune University, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIP). In the Advisory Panel of AISSMS IOIT NewGen IEDC. He has received a Global Achievers Award in the year 2016 and "Young Entrepreneurs Award” for his excellence in Patent eld. He started his career in patents by working with one of the oldest patent law rm in the region back in 2005. Thereafter, he has worked with US Law rm, Patent Analytical company serving European Clients. He has started Brainiac IP Solutions in the year 2010 with an intention to safe guard the invention of the companies and assist them in making more prots by saving turnaround time on R&D and by protecting the invention with maximum coverage, thereby preventing other from getting away with minor modications. He is assisting multinational companies, SME’s, Individual entrepreneurs, Universities and Colleges for protecting their inventions in India and Abroad.

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single word to describe them. Honestly speaking the rest of the world is still catching up with them.

So where does India stand in all of this? We are a developing country and currently among the emerging economies of the world. The tag of “Developing country” means we are among those who are still catching up with the developed world. But the tag of ‘Emerging Economy’ gives that much of a positive outlook about our future prospects.

Now keeping this larger picture in mind we can now discuss as to how Indian entrepreneurs can make it big in the Global arena. Last year was hailed as a year of Start-ups for India. With the change of political guard and a new found optimism of “Achchhe Din” young Indians have indeed come forward with their skills and courage in the business arena. It would be a bit too early to reach a judgement about the viability and success that these start-ups will have in the long run. We need to give them some time before they can establish themselves in the market, domestic as well as global!

However there is this undeniable trend among these start-ups that not many among them are based on Inventions or something Substantially New. What I mean by ‘Substantially New’ is something which can have a Global impact. Something which might fundamentally change the way we do things. The period of Industrial Revolution is abound with such examples. For example Telephone completely changed the way we communicate with people. And if

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telephone seems to be an example from the distant past then we can consider Internet and Mobile technology which has further fundamentally changed the way we do things. None of the Startups that have come up in the last year in India show such a promise.

Unfortunately most of our Start-ups are kind of Imitation ventures. For example online shopping websites like Flipkart, Snapdeal. They are the ideal representatives of the Indian start-ups although they are more than a few years old now. There are limitations to such ventures because as soon as domestic market is opened up to similar players in the global arena (e.g.

Amazon) there is always a chance that our smaller fishes will be swallowed up by the bigger ones.

To be fare to our young generation of entrepreneurs they do have all the skill sets and leadership qualities to make a huge impact in the global arena. Our young minds are fed with the same knowledge about how to run a business as do those in the West. Our business schools are imparting quality knowledge to its students which can help them become great business persons of the future. So problem of Indian Start-ups does not lie in the qualities that the individual entrepreneurs possess but in lack of an organized effort at a national level to do well in the extremely competitive global economy.

the Market forces. Research and Development should give our young creative minds enough incentives to explore and come up with new inventions rather than make do with 'The Jugad’ method which is a buzzword of today’s young generation.

These new technological inventions will then require the assistance of market forces in order to penetrate the grass roots of our domestic as well as global market. The abundance of political will in last couple of years has been a major advantage that the young entrepreneurs can make the most of.

In absence of this organized effort our Indian start ups are facing competition from an organized research and development industry of the Western world which is well supplied with finances from the transnational private players which are hungry for more and more profits. The already established industrial giants have the capacity to eat our young start ups in absence of new inventions. No matter how good the managerial skills and leadership qualities the individual might have, there are limits to what they can do alone.

This opinion may smell of an IP professionals bias towards Research and Development but if we turn some pages of history then this bias might well be justified.

An organized effort at national level means a synchronized, complementary and harmonious movement of the major players in the country’s economy i.e. the Political will, Research and Development efforts and

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THE

10ENERGY and UTILITY MOST ADMIRED

SOLUTION PROVIDERS

TPD PROJECTS: SWIFTLY EXECUTING VARIETY OF DOMAINS WITH SAFETY AS MAIN MOTO for supplies of LPG/propane & butane.

TPD Projects is strongly committed to conducting its business activities in accordance with high ethical standards that are derived from such fundamental values as honesty, integrity, reliability, fairness, mutual respect and trust.

They believe this is the right way to operate their businesses. The Board of Directors of TPD Projects has Tarun Prakash Dhoundiyal MD adopted a Code of Ethics and Corporate PD Projects Private Limited – Governance Guidelines that ensure an ISO 9001:2015 Certified compliance with applicable laws and company dealing in domain of regulations and encourage the highest EPC Projects – Civil, Gas, Piping & standards of integrity in the conduct of Fabrication, Integrated Solid Waste our business.

Management, AMC/Shutdown Maintenance Jobs and Fire & Safety – TPD Projects focus its corporate Products & Projects. TPD Projects is responsibility efforts in three main exclusive bulk business associate of areas: Bharat Petroleum Corporation limited

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• Conducting their global business to the highest ethical standards.

• Being a good neighbour around the world where their employees live and work through responsible environmental practices and community involvement providing a safe, healthy and enabling work environment that embraces diversity and offers career development opportunities.

• Ethical Business Practices.

Innovations on which TPD Project is Working Integrated Solid Waste Management Projects – The unique concept where the Mix and Non Segregated Solid waste can be decompose below 20% and also generate resoures like Power, Biogas, Compost, LDO/FO, RDF, Sync Gas Rapid Composter Plant – Representing the Only company in India Having NABL approved Rapid Organic Composter Machines with wide range from 25 Kgs per Day to 5 Tons per Day Capacity Fall Protection System – Patented Technology for Fall Protection system along with certification as Installer for same.

All About Tarun TPD Projects Private Limited is working under guidance of Mr. Tarun Prakash Dhoundiyal – Managing

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Director. Tarun has done his BE in Mechanical Engineering. He got expertise in Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development in TPD Projects Private Limited and Group companies which are dealing into EPC Turnkey Projects, LNG/CNG/LPG, Industrial Gases, Cryogenic Engineering Solutions, Management Consultancy, Hospitality Services and Fabrication Projects.

Tarun is great in customer relationship management, a thorough sales manager who keeps his team motivated. He is lively, youthful and full of energy. He is Exceptionally well in Project Planning, budgeting, customer acquisition & Financial Modelling.

Tarun is a Charted Engineer with 17 Years of rich experience and had served many reputed companies like ITW Signode Ltd, SHV Energy & Praxair Inc. He is having clear focus on.

• Investing in People – Upgrading competencies and skills of Manpower.

• Safety– Safety is condition of Employment and Business.

• Focus on Technological approach and Organised Business Model in Potential Unorganised Segments.

Most Successfully Incorporated Strategies With highly qualified, dedicated and dynamic team of professionals, assisting in the execution of all TPD Project’s business operations, their execution preambles are example in matching to the requirements of their customers in all aspects. TPD Projects has accomplished completion of its projects by fusing tremendous engineering knowledge with

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groundbreaking skills, harnessing men and materials across diverse projects.

The company’s talented team knows that projects are critical to the continued growth and success of their partner in progress.

The dedicated experts hired by TPD is highly engaged in quality checking all their products & services and providing best-in-class services ensuring the flawless nature of the same. Their firm also has a quality control facility which is helpful in thoroughly checking all their products before the final dispatch. With the help of qualified professionals they have become capable in establishing reputation within the hearts and minds of their respectable clients. The services TPD offer are provided as per the specific needs and requirements of their valuable clients. They provide their services in order to provide comfort and convenience to their clients without any kind of damages or hassles like: • Tie-up with best in class technical solution providers • SOP implementation and recheck process – In House • Focus on Energy from waste – at most economical scale Quality Services that Distinguish them From Others Since the inception of TPD Projects, they are firmly committed towards the quality. They are highly known in the national market for EPC Projects, Integrated Solid waste Management Project, Fire & Safety Projects and many more.

At TPD Projects, they offer unmatched services in –

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We understand

customer’s need thoroughly, we

implement customer’s need at our place, consult & Support throughout the our long lasting relationship

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and Knowledge sharing with client to make right decisions.

• Sales – Adherence to Project Timelines / Despatch and offers customized financial Modeling to client.

• Post Sales – Undertaking AMC Contracts along with license renewals etc. to give client ease of doing business and remain focus on their own core activity.

Current Industry Scenario Industry is doing good and there is a good potential for the safety & system Oriented vendors. However, the inflow of Skilled Manpower in their domain is a deep concern since long. Focus on Energy from waste – at most economical scale. TPD Projects Offers the Unmatched solution – Technically & Financially – In solid waste Management.

Future Prospects of TPD Projects TPD is having focus on developing the Buiness vertical of Solid waste Management with most economical & efficient Solutions.

• Pre-sales – Technical Discussion

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FUTURE INSIGHTS

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SMART GRID IOT: A Combination to Outset Next Energy Revolution

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nformation Technology is redesigning & revamping the Energy & Utility (E&U) sector in every aspect. The world is transforming power sources to green, renewable energy radicals and is implementing complex demanding management methods. IT is working as a catalyst & a critical engine in the transitions, whether implementing Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) solutions, addressing the customer management environment, or managing other key areas in power generation, distribution and customer services stratum.

The catalyst is contributing in the energy sector through the dedicated

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combination of both software & hardware designed in conjunction with the energy industry. The energy sector has implemented Internet of Things (IoT) to change the way we consume, generate, transmit and distribute energy in the connected era. The Present connected energy market, which includes applications related to the generation and transportation of electrical energy, micro-generation, smart grid and distribution monitoring and smart metering, is estimated to be worth around USD$11.7 billion. This huge investment and potential market conditions have driven the development of the “Smart Grid,” and further technological developments have made it more practical. The smart

grid is an electricity generation, transmission and distribution network enhanced by automated (digital) controls, auditing and telecommunications capabilities. It has enabled automated, bidirectional flow of information while providing real-time, two-way flow of electrical energy. Consequently, the stakeholders involved in the electricity chain–from generation plant to dwelling, industrial and commercial users–gain insight of both electrical power flow and the infrastructure transporting it.

Existing infrastructure is becoming smarter with the deployment of new digital equipment and smart devices.

This new intelligence is connecting all

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predictions about grid status & associated conditions. Possibilities associated with predictive analytics and its transition operation from reactive to proactive are the defining and most important features of a smart grid. It enables electrical companies and grid system operators to utilize smart grid technology in: Trimming Capital Expenses With the advent of IoT in smart grid, a precise match between demand and supply across the grid becomes possible. The companies associated with electricity generation become able to meet peak demand without redundant generation of electricity and at the same time can also trace efficient distribution paths, minimizing transmission costs and ensuring optimum asset operation. electrical assets and forming a smart world of complex equipment which can be described as an ‘Internet of Watts’ – but which is, in fact, an example of the Internet of Things (IoT) in action. The IoT has helped in establishing internet connectivity with energy producing plants, equipment and devices. IoT is also connecting these devices to intelligent networks and using data analytics to extract meaningful and actionable insights from devices. In the context of the smart grid technology, this means allocating computing intelligence throughout the infrastructure. Smart grid provides a wide range of operations which start with embedded sensors used in wind turbine vanes that control its pitch, rotation & function in

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real-time response to changing wind conditions, to sub-station control systems that respond promptly to events and minimizes production downtime primarily occurs due to network disturbances.in both cases.

However, the real vision/beauty of Internet of Things (IoT) is that it develops spaces or opportunities to realize the potential of data gathered through the cloud that resides in existing un-interfaced infrastructures, using data analysis to extract insight and intelligence from smart devices.

After data compilation from every aspect of the electricity supply chain, system engineers can implement simulation models, powerful analytics and what-if scenarios to create precise

Call-for Management Deeper insight into consumption arrangement in combination with smart grids predictive ability allows implementation of the large number of energy conservation initiatives, including demand-response, time-ofday usage fees and dynamic pricing.

Smart grids are maintaining a proper balance between demand & supply and minimize the wastage caused by overprovisioning by base or peak load.

Higher Renewable Capability Renewable energy, whether generated from onshore or offshore, can be incorporated into the energy mix.

Services can interact effectively to

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intermittency through the industrialscale renewable plant as well as with small-scale distributed generation while ensuring the security of continuous supply.

Decrease in Maintenance Costs Having a deeper look into the activity of various processes involved in electricity generation, transmission and asset distribution enables implementation of rapid processes used while diagnosing remote faults, minimizes the need of frequent site visits and enable high predictive maintenance for more efficient technical support provided by engineering teams on areas of greatest need.

Comply with Regulations By having greater the inclination

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towards the use of renewable energy, supporting more efficient methods of energy generation, transmission, distribution and aiding more efficient ways for lesser consumption; digitalization of electricity and utility companies can meet regulatory obligations along with reducing carbon emissions. Implementation of smart grids in the electrical industry can help in the emission reduction to 20 percent below the 1990 levels by the year 2020, to 54-68 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and to nearly 100 percent below 2020 levels by 2050.

in developing an accurate picture of customers’ usage patterns to develop more sophisticated & tailored products and service offerings.

The smart grid technology is helping electrical companies in developing capabilities to proffer tomorrow’s technology solutions in the E&U domain. However, there is still a huge runway for growth. Smart grid technology can enormously encourage operators to act now to capitalize this clear market opportunity with the development in the IoT.

Augment User Engagement Competition inside the deregulated markets and energy savings targets of certain regulated markets can be overcome through the implementation of smart grids. Electrical companies are using the smart grids as a solution

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About Author Atul Gunjal, is COfounder and CEO of IWORKTECH. The company is Alpharetta, GA based company. It has development centre in Pune, India. Atul has over 30 years of experience in software industry. He direct IWORKTECH’s overall vision and business strategy, including expansion into new markets, high-level technology direction and operations. His previous experience helps him to convert ideas into tangible products. He has experience in building successful software and service organizations.

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EXPERT’S ADVICE

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or energy saving, a Weatherization program is quite common to implemented by the Utility companies in the western part of the world. The program is mainly run for the low-earning families. This article emphasize on IWORKTECH’s experience on building a platform for the US-based company.

What is weatherization?

As per Wiki, Weatherization (American English) or weatherproofing (British English) is the practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements, particularly from sunlight, precipitation, and wind, and of modifying a building to reduce energy consumption and optimize energy efficiency.

Why the weatherization needed?

One thinks that if my house is well insulated than I am good as far as the heat protection of the home is a concern. It is true that various types of insulation can block drafts of the cold winds and protect the home. It gives protection from the “Conductive” heat flow.

We still need weatherization to protect.

It primarily reduces “Convective” heat flow.

Insights into Weatherization procedure Typically following steps are taken: Step1: In the Weatherization process home’s audit is done. The auditor keeps focus on to check:

The normal flow mentioned above might need to adjust to handle cases where low-earning families are not meeting income, age, earnings, etc criteria.

• Areas like windows, pipes, wiring that penetrate ceiling and floor, doors, sealing cracks, etc., for highpotential heat loss.

• Light fixtures near attic space • heat loss due to air-duct • dampers of the exhaust fans • pipe condition • wall, floor, and ceilings condition • door and window sealings • and more

Implementation of the Weatherization Program While implementing the solution, we considered a list of actors. These are: • Administrator • Customer • Auditor • Inspector • Contractor

An auditor then proposes the changes which can make home more energy efficient.

Step2: Utility companies call for a bid to implement changes from its qualified contractor network.

Step3: A selected contractor implements changes in the home.

Step4: Utility company asks its inspector to validate the changes incorporated in the home.

Step5: Once the inspector approves the

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changes then the Utility company pays to the contractor.

These actors are using the web-based portal and mobile application. The web-based application is developed on the Windows platform. The mobile application is developed using Xamarin.

The web-based portal works under the contemporary browsers. The mobile application works on iOS and Android.

Summary The solution is designed and developed mainly for the US residential market.

However, the author believes the similar need does exist in all markets including India.

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