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IEEE’s mission statement is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity and that of IEEMA is to foster electricity for all and global excellence, leading to human enrichment. In consonance, the synergetic relationship between IEEE, IEEMA and the Government of India machinery has harbingered into a path breaking dialogue for Intelligent Electricity Consumption & Technology for the benefit of key stake holders and the end customers. The exhibition was inaugurated in Mumbai by Mr Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industry & Commerce, Government of India, Mr Tanga Byaling Chairman, North Eastern Regional Power Committee, Minister for Home, Power & Non-Conventional Source of Energy, Arunachal Pradesh, Mr Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister for Energy, New & Renewable Energy, Maharashtra and Mr Howard Michel, President and CEO, IEEE.

Record-breaking attendance of more than 10,000 quality visitors As per a survey conductedExhibitors:

u 99.5% want to participate in INTELECT again u 88% said the quality of attendees met or

exceeded their expectations

Visitors: u 100% would like to visit this kind of exhibition

again u 98%said the quality of exhibition met or exceeded

their expectations u 90% favourably compared the quality of exhibitors

over other industry events

Creating a new chapter of Intelligent Electricity Consumption & Technology for India

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Ribbon cutting of INTELECT 2015: Mr Tanga Byaling Chairman, North Eastern Regional Power Committee, Minister for Home, Power & Non-Conventional Source of Energy, Arunachal Pradesh, Mr Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industry & Commerce, Government of India and Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President

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poverty reduction, commercial & manufacturing activity and national competitiveness. The roundtable felt that the basic issue is the unwillingness of governments to view electricity distribution as a commercial activity which has to be made viable if distribution utilities were to be expected to ensure adequate quality power supply to consumers. This mind-set has to change to turn the sector around. The initiatives that have been launched to separate feeders and for system upgradation will definitely help in reducing AT&C losses, although ultimately the key is good governance.

The roundtable welcomed the initiative of the central government to amend the Electricty Act 2003, especially the reported provisions which will ensure

Interactive Session on Distribution ReformsThe session was moderated by Mr P. Uma Shankar, Former Secretary, Power, Govt. of India. The distinguished panel constituted key decision and policymakers in the power sector and included: Mr Sukhveer Singh, IAS, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd.; Mr S K Negi, Managing Director, GETCO; Mr Raghvendra Mehta, CEO, Reliance Energy – Distribution; Mr P J Thakkar, Director Technical REC; Mr Avkash Saxena, Executive Director, PFC, and Mr Sanjaya Singhal, Group CEO, Secure Meters.

The roundtable on distribution reforms welcomed Central Government’s initiatives to launch feeder separation as a national programme with capital grants, to incentivise investment in upgradation and modernization of subtransmission and distribution networks, and to achieve power for all by 2019. At the same time, the roundtable emphasized that the need to address distribution reforms cannot be delayed any longer, as huge numbers of households without connections, huge unmet demand of already-connected consumers and lack of quality and reliable power supply are affecting country’s growth,

Mr Tommy Mayne, Vice President of Meetings, IEEE, PES addressing the exhibitors

Mr S K Negi, MD, GETCO, Mr Anil Kumar Bohra, Mr Avkash Saxena, Executive Director, PFC, Mr Raghvendra Mehta, CEO, Reliance Energy – Distribution and Mr Babu Babel, Vice President, IEEMA at the Distribution Reform interactive session

Mr Howard Michel, CEO, IEEE, Mr Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President IEEMA at the proceedings

First time in India: u Supported by three Ministries of Govt. of

India Ministry of Power, Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Communications & IT. Also supported by the Government of Maharashtra

u Distribution Reforms Interactive Session

u Conference: ‘Smart Electricity for Emerging Markets’ with world class Technical Speakers

u Pavilions:

• Make In India

• Micro & Small Scale Industries

• Smart Tech

• Smart Innovator Competition: Open to engineering students to showcase innovations in Smart Distribution, Energy Saving & Home Generation of electricity

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timely and cost-reflective tariff revisions, which is at the root of the problems of the distribution segment. With regard to separating carriage from content in distribution, the roundtable felt that although path-breaking, this needs to be approached with caution and a number of intermediary steps would have to be taken before this could become a reality. Welcoming central government’s initiative for power for all by 2019, the roundtable felt that this would increase the rural supply electric supply, which is not a commercially viable proposition.

Adequate provisions to off-set the financial hit the discoms will take will need to be made in order that discoms are enthused to take up rural distribution in a big way and make power for all by 2019 a reality.

Howard E Michel, president and CEO, IEEE said, “IEEE is dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. We must integrate appropriate technologies with relevant standards to improve infrastructure and create employment opportunities. Power and energy are crucial elements for a successful and comfortable living environment. Hence, with growing pressure on the world’s rapidly diminishing natural resources, it is important that we work toward a

twofold objective, first to effectively channelise existing resources smartly and second to leverage new forms of renewable resources.”

Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA said, “INTELECT is one of the pioneering platforms, bringing together under one roof, players in the home and office electrical sector. Our vision for INTELECT is to showcase the latest innovation and technology in lighting, modular wiring, measurement, conservation, drives, HVAC, storage of electricity, off-grid generation, house and building security, and automation control systems. Conserving energy with smart and intelligent usage is the need of the hour, and we at both IEEE and IEEMA are committed to ensuring this.”

Conference & Exposition INTELECT, co-hosted by IEEE and IEEMA held the conference themed Smart Electricity for Emerging Markets, and the exposition focused on the connected intelligence in the Electricity of Things. The concurrent Show UPTO 11 kV demonstrated the readiness of the Indian electrical industry to help the Government of India to accelerate Distribution Sector Reforms and focus on rural electrification. It was a unique opportunity for the Equipment manufacturers

(L to R) Key note Speakers: Mr Ananth Krishnan, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services. Also seen in pic: Dr Roberto Saracco, European EIT ECT Labs and Mr Laurent Schmitt, Vice President Strategy & Innovation, Grid Power electronics and automation, Alstom, France

Exhibitors interacting with business visitors

Engineering students demonstrating their projects to Mr Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industries

Mr Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries, Maharashtra with IEEE student volunteers

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who effectively showcased their latest equipment, technology and services and also interacted with utility officials from all across the country. The expo cum conference featured globally renowned keynote speakers and high-caliber panelists. The exhibitors demonstrated cutting-edge innovations and future technologies on Home-Hotel-Hospital-Office (H3O), Digital Smart Cities, and Smart Rural Electrification.

World Class Conference SessionsINTELECT 2015 featured 4 parallel conference tracksper day, 9 keynote speakers expressing their views on intelligent deployment and distribution of electricity including, smart cities, rural electrification, smart living technology, smarter grids and microgrids,smart living security & privacy, integration of renewables and microgrids, and IEEE’s Global Humanitarian Initiative.

World-renowned Expert SpeakersThe key speakers for this expo cum conference were eminent corporate icons and luminary academicians with varied expertise in their respective fields. Personalities like Laurent Schmitt – Smart Grid, Global VP, Alstom, France, Ananth Krishnan, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services, Dr Roberto Saracco, European EIT ECT Labs, Dr. RA Mashelkar, National Research Professor & President of Global Research Alliance, Dr Stefan Engelhardt, Vice President, Industry Business Unit utilities, SAP SE, Bruce McMillin, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, JP Faure, CEO Progilon, France spoke on key issues concerning the industry.

Key note speakersMr Laurent Schmitt, Vice President Strategy & Innovation, Grid Power electronics and automation, Alstom, France made a presentation

on New SmartCity development trends in Europe & US. His keynote focused on the debates on air quality in megacities which are pushing for further electrification of urban transportation systems introducing new intermodal systems and E-mobility services which will be an accelerator to the emerging development of EV/PHEV markets. These recent trends have significantly increased the complexity to manage and operate local urban energy system infrastructures introducing new ‘Prosumer’ models.

Mr Tanga Byaling Chairman, NE Regional Power Committee Minister for Home, Power & Non-Conventional Source of Energy, Arunachal Pradesh

Mr Chandrashekhar Bawankule Minister for Energy, New & Renewable Energy, Maharashtra

Mr. Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public En te rp r i ses sa id , “Through this exhibition the electrical industry is showcasing the future of smart technology in India. I thank IEEMA for such initiative. The new

government is making focused efforts for each and every sector and the expectations will be met soon.”Sharing details of the Make in India campaign the minister said, “Make in India is not just a slogan now the new government has taken up this as a challenge and the ministry of heavy industries is playing an important role in making this initiative successful. The Heavy Industries ministry is striving consistently for ensuring the success of the Make in India campaign. We have taken a number of initiatives to ensure that the CPSEs are in position of having production of global quality standards. We are trying to attract substantial capital and technological investment in India. Recently we sanctioned Rs. 930 crore for a pilot scheme that will enable industries in the capital goods sector to be globally competitive. The government of India’s contribution in this pilot scheme is Rs. 581.22 crore and the balance amount is coming from a consortium of industries.”

Talking about the threat of Chinese imports, Mr Geete said, “Some of our Public Sector Enterprises are facing tough competition from Chinese manufacturers. There is pressure on BHEL. There is pressure on steel companies. The Public Sector can compete with China only when we empower their managements to take the appropriate decision for growth of their organisations.”

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Dr. Raghunath A Mashelkar, President of Global Research Alliance, and Chairman of India’s National Innovation Foundation National Research Professor spoke about Gandhian Engineering which refers to ‘getting more from less for more people’ not just ‘for more profits’. It has the power of creating access equality despite income inequality. It should be driven by ‘affordable excellence’, so that the aspirations for high quality goods and services by the people at the base of the economic pyramid can be fulfilled. Gandhian Engineering meets the twin advantages of competitiveness as well as equity.

Dr. Michael Lightner, Associate VP Academic Affairs, CU System, Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder spoke about Humanitarian activities in the IEEE: History and Future and how four years ago efforts to evolve and formalize these efforts began. For this four year period a yearly ad hoc committee was appointed by the IEEE President to focus on Humanitarian activities. This committee was given good fiscal support and also led the way to partnering in the formation of Engineering for Change (E4C) and establishing the Special Interest Groups for Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT).

Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India talked about the concept of Smart cities India and how in India, the development of smart cities is inevitable due to the rapid urbanization and migration to cities, choking the existing infrastructure. The need for creating smart satellite towns around bigger cities is evolving faster. However the needs and priorities of each of these smart cities are different.

Key Utility OfficialsMr OP Gupta, MD, MSDECL took special interest in the event. Also, senior officials from GETCO, Reliance, MGVCL Gujarat, DGVCL, Tamil Nadu generation and distribution corporation, UP Electronics Corporation Ltd, Govt of Maharashtra, directorate of Industries, MSDECL also marked their presence at the Exhibition.

Mr OP Gupta, Managing Director, Maharashtra State Energy Distribution Company Limited stated “Most of the distribution companies are using the old techniques as the capital investment has been limited and technological adoption has been limited. So when these utilities come and showcase such technology here at INTELECT I am sure there is lot of scope for improvement in this sector.”A MSEDCL

survey has revealed that most power cuts happened due to outdated transformers and fraying cables. The “mega infra project” will install 152 new transformers and replace 116 existing machines that are now past their sell-by date. We will invest Rs 119 crore in the project, which has a July 2016 deadline.

Talking about the State Government approval of the infrastructure plan II in November and December for augmenting the power infrastructure in seven cities in the state with a total expenditure of Rs 1,804.32 crore. He said, “Tenders have been approved and work has already begun. As many as 27 new sub stations will be constructed in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad while a capacity of two 33/11 KV sub stations will be enhanced by putting up additional transformers. As many as 841 new transformers will be installed and a capacity of 485 transformers will be augmented. About 2,592 feeder pillars will be changed. As per the renovation and modernization scheme another 383 km high tension and 670 km low tension overhead lines will also be laid.”

Mr Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy, Government of Maharashtra said “I appreciate this initiative by IEEMA and I am sure that the State will be benefitted through this event. The electrical industry here has showcased the smart way of using electricity and the need for it. We are also coming up with Solar Energy Policy and transformer policy. Furthermore the Maharashtra government has decided to come up with an Integrated Policy for the Renewable Sector. The state has never had a definite policy for the renewable energy sector. Though we, to some extent, derive power from solar and wind energy, the sector remains unstable in the absence of a policy. Thus for compiling a policy draft, we have brought in experts from various sectors and sought their participation in the making of the new policy. Nuclear scientist Anil

Winners of the SMART INNOVATOR category being felicitated by the Chief Guest Mr Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries, Maharashtra

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Kakodkar, Prakash Godbole from the financial sector and Arvind Karandikar, who has in-depth knowledge of the global solar industry, are some of the people who will be included in the committee.”

Asked about the steps taken to lower power tariffs he replies, “The state is initiating several measures to lower the power tariffs as compared to some other state. Saving cost of coal transportation by rearranging linkages, drastically reducing distribution losses and ensuring quality of coal for the state-run power plants by introducing a third-party sampling mechanism are some of the measures which can help reduce the general power tariff.”

Talking about the steps taken by the State government to control energy theft, the minister explained that, “The State Government is in a process to appoint 1,800 feeder managers to control energy theft and increase revenue of Maharashtra State Energy Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). The department will appoint retired engineers, or unemployed engineers for this job. Presently, the department is losing ` one lakh on every feeder in the State. Engineers would be in control of feeders and keep a vigil on electricity theft and ensure speedy recovery of bills. Presently loss from these feeders is 26% and even if this is brought down to 10%, then the State would save huge funds.”

He adds, “The State will waive surcharge on open access of electricity. This would help stop migration of industries from Maharashtra to Chhattisgarh. This would also promote mining industries in the backward region of Vidarbha and Marathwada.”

“Also the Government is also planning to install 5 lakh solar agricultural pumps in backward region. The Government will provide subsidy on solar pumps and farmers will get pump at very low cost. The present cost of the solar pump is Rs six lakh. We are also planning fly ash policy and bottom ash policy, which would benefit makers of fly ash products and generate more funds for the power company besides reducing pollution.”

The last day of the exhibition witnessed the presence of Chief Guest Mr Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries, Government of Maharashtra where he interacted with the exhibitors and top executives of the industry.

Mr Subhash Desai said, “I am watching the future technology today and we have very good concept of setting up new smart cities in Maharashtra thus these technology will be very useful. Walking parallel by our PM’s vision of Make in India, the Maharashtra

government is eyeing Rs 5 lakh crore industrial investment across the state in the next five years as part of its ‘Make in Maharashtra’ initiative that is likely to generate around 20 lakh jobs.

Sharing details of the Make in Maharashtra, he said, “Around 16 industries from Germany, Belgium and other countries have already agreed to make fresh investment in the state, while 10 other foreign companies are willing to set up industries. We will soon conduct a mega event to attract more large industries to the state. We are also working on simplifying the process to set up the industries in the state. At present, around 76 permissions and licenses are required to set up industries, which we are reducing to 25 in a month or two in the first phase and further below in the second phase.”

He adds, “The State government is planning to develop new industrial estates in Dindori, Malegaon and Yeola in the district to provide land to the new industries.The small industries get developed when any large or mother industry is set up. Considering the non-availability of land for the new industries, we are planning to develop the new industrial areas at Dindori, Malegaon and Yeola. We are in the process of acquiring land and will make efforts that at least one mother unit comes up there.”

Awards: SMART INNOVATOR and BEST STALL

INTELECT witnessed participation of students on a large scale. Student were invited to showcase their projects under the SMART INNOVATOR category for Smart consumption of Electricity resulting into energy saving, Smart distribution of Electricity to optimize losses and improve efficiency and Home generation of Electricity and its integration to the Grid.

The BEST STALL award: the awardees under the 9 sqm category were Kloeckner Desma Machinery Pvt. Ltd. (first prize), Narayan Powetech(second prize) and Iconic Techno Solutions (third prize). Under the 12 to 42 sqm category the winners were Compaq International(first prize) and Terminal Technologies (second prize). Lastly, under the above 42 sqm category the winners were Siemens India (first prize) and Prolite Autoglo (second prize).

INTELECT proved to be a platform to translate many of the global concepts in smart energy management into workable business opportunities. As we prepare to embark on the next phase of double-digit growth and development, the corporate world, utilities, industrialists, consumers cannot afford to miss the next edition of INTELECT in 2017!! Truly the beginning of a sustained intelligent electricity forum.