J G Kulkarni has been elected as President of the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) for the year 2012-13. IEEMA – the apex association of the Indian electrical equipment manufacturing industry – has over 775 members encompassing the complete value chain in power generation, transmission and distribution equipment, having a combined annual turnover of over Rs. 1.25 lakh crore.
Mr. Kulkarni has been associated with Crompton Greaves for last 32 years is currently Executive Vice President of Crompton Greaves Ltd & President CG Power (Asia) and has worked in various disciplines individually and jointly with international experts in design, technology, projects, quality systems, TQM-BPR-TOC. Speaking on recent development of ‘Financial reforms & policies for Discoms’, Mr. Kulkarni said, “The government has initiated the steps in the recent past to rejuvenate the power sector. The financial distress in the power distribution sector has been negatively impacting the Electrical Industry in India. We hope these steps will put the nation’s power sector back on a high growth trajectory, which will positively impact the domestic electrical equipment industry.”
