Frequent restructuring of policies onus for a smart electricity

Keeping the vision for the future, I believe we are on the right track on having smart electricity structure in India.
Shyam Ravindran, Managing Director, Sonel Instruments India Pvt. Ltd.

Discussing the factors that can contribute in a way, to become a smart electricity oriented nation, Shyam Ravindran, Managing Director, Sonel Instruments India Pvt. Ltd. tells Megha Iyer of EPR that adopting and implementing necessary changes in policies, is a challenge for the government to decide what is a right and suitable for our country.

What are your views about ELECRAMA?
It’s a great platform, between the industries and suppliers for exchange of ideas and to collaborate. We have been exhibiting in the past few seasons of Elecrama and we are very excited about the upcoming edition as well. We have various new products lined up to be showcased for the expo and we are very excited about it.

How do you view the IoT in industry transforming the sector?
IoT certainly is going to be the trend and it has already become an agenda for various industries. Being a measuring instrument manufacturing company ourselves, we are equally learning on how our existing data measurement methods in IoT platform can help our customers. The right data in the right time could always help customers make right decisions. I believe IoT is helping the customers to make the right decisions and the field keeps evolving lately.

How far do you think it is possible for us to have a smart electricity structure in India?
We are in the way of reaching smart electricity structure in India every day. We are getting various effective policies and structures from the government lately. Since smart electricity is a combination of various industries and experts working towards a common goal, there is a need for continuous improvement and track from the policy makers on regular intervals. There is a need to implement and adopt for the exact demand from the customers. This becomes a challenge for the government to decide what is a right and suitable for our country. Keeping the vision for the future, I believe we are on the right track on having smart electricity structure in India. There is a strong need for us evolve not only to target Tier-1 cities and big industries, we should also look into the small-scale industries with such implementation, which is the real success.

What are your plans and projections for upcoming years?
We are very positive with the market right now and we see a growth for us. In terms of financials, we see the growth and we are expanding our selves not only within India, we are already moving in Indian subcontinent regions. We have various projects implemented in High voltage testing devices including cable fault location, which is the demand from the customers recently. We consider ourselves as one of the emerging companies and our vision to this year shall be become the most trustable testing company in India. Keeping the right vision and strategy, we see a very positive growth and we dream on becoming the No.1 testing company in India by 2022.