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ELECRAMA-2016RETROSPECTIVE

ELECRAMA-2016 A POWER PACKED EVENT

The 12th edition of ELECRAMA, the World’s largest Transmission and Distribution Exhibition was a power packed event, which was held at BIEC, Bengaluru from 13th -17th February, 2016. The event witnessed the presence of who’s who in the power industry both domestic and international. The five days international flagship event of IEEMA was inaugurated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC) for Power Coal, New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, in the presence of the Shri D K Shivakumar, Minister for Energy of State of Karnataka, Shri Anil Swarup, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, State Power Secretaries, Shri P K Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, CMDs of Power Utilities, Senior officials of Ministry of Power, Mr Babu Babel, President, IEEMA, ELECRAMA 2016, Organising Committee Chairman, Mr. Aaditya R Dhoot, senior bureaucrats and industry leaders.

The show provided the stakeholders in the power industry a worldview on technology, best practices, new systems and forecasting the trends ivn the future of electricity, both from the technology and a socio-economic point of view. Spread over a gross area of 84,000 m2, the exhibition hosted visitors from over 120 countries and overall more than 120,000 footfall. There were over 1000 exhibitors showcasing diverse products, technologies and solutions.

1000+ EXHIBITORS1,20,000 FOOTFALLS

3 SPECIAL PAVILIONS84,000 M2 GROSS AREA

10+ COUNTRY PAVILIONS120+ COUNTRIES VISITORS

ELECRAMA-2016OVERVIEW

WORLD UTILITY SUMMIT 14-16 February, 2016 REVERSE BUYER SELLER MEET 13-17 February, 2016

World Utility Summit “for utilities, by utilities and of utilities” was a pioneering thought leadership forum, attempted to set the agenda for the future, actively playing the role of a key enabler for the eco-system, to develop optimal solutions, technology and products. It was a first step in the long journey in order to create integrated and sustainable utilities of the future. The World Utility Summit was attended by CXOs of utilities, energy efficiency bodies, standards organizations, regulators, finance professionals and policy makers from around the world.Shri Suresh Prabhu Hon’ble Minister for Railways,

inaugurated the World Utility Summit (WUS) during ELECRAMA 2016 – World Electricity Forum. The three-day World Utility Summit hosted senior leaders of utilities, energy efficiency bodies, standards organizations, regulators, finance professionals and policy makers from around the world. Guests of Honour included Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, UK, Shri Anil Swarup, Secretary Of Coal, Shri S Gurumurthy, Author, Columnist an Visionary Economist, India.

IEEMA’s International Reverse Buyer Seller Meet experienced a grand finale on 15th February 2016. With 6000+ meetings done by International buyers spread over two days, ELECRAMA-2016 exhibitors expressed a great deal of satisfaction over business conducted at the RBSM resulting in an estimated business generation of over USD 150 Million. The business buzz was evident all across the two day event and each International buyer did an average of 10 meetings per business session. Open to 600+ International Buyers and ELECRAMA-2016 exhibitors, the flow of meetings was smooth and all major buyer cabins saw sellers patiently waiting for their turns. IEEMA had promoted the event internationally and buyers were present from Africa, ASEAN, CIS, SAARC region and Iran. Power utility companies were the top draws and key attendees include Bhutan Electricity Authority, Ceylon Electricity Board, Dhaka

Electric Supply Company Ltd., Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi, Hanoi Power Company, Iran Water And Power Resources Development Company, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Lanka Electricity Company Ltd., Lesotho Electricity Company, National Power Transmission Corporation of Vietnam, National Water and Electricity Company Ltd. of Gambia, Nepal Electricity Authority, Petro Vietnam Corporation, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, Zesco Limited, Beninese Agency For Rural Electrification And Energy Control, Kenya Power & Lighting Company etc. Most overseas buyers were highly impressed with the supply capabilities of Indian companies and felt the event was very well organized while the Indian companies could meet buyers of choice at the event and found the meetings valuable.

INTERNATIONAL T&D CONCLAVE 16 February, 2016 CIGRE TUTORIALS 15-16 February, 2016

Along with ELECRAMA-2016, the International T&D Conclave was organized by IEEMA, which offered a platform for the power industry to discuss challenges and solutions with regard to the transmission and distribution sector.Hon’ble Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises of India, Mr Anant Geete inaugurated the International T&D Conclave during ELECRAMA 2016. The theme of the conclave is Technology & Demand. The focus areas of discussion are challenges faced in integrating renewable energy with the main grid and how to reduce distribution losses. Post the Conclave;

IEEMA will submit a white paper to the Government of India, outlining a viable plan of action for the Government and the Industry.

The panel consisted of eminent International and Indian experts from the respective domains. The Conclave offers an opportunity for the Industry to understand how they need to structure themselves to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It was an opportunity for the Utilities and the professionals from power sector to know where the latest technologies are going worldwide.

One of the interesting concurrent events at ELECRAMA has to be the CIGRE Tutorials. This edition concentrated on five topics—Overhead Lines, Smart Grids, HVDC, Substations, HV Equipment. The tutorials was held at the Renewable Energy Pavilion at Hall 5 of BIEC, Bengaluru. The welcome address was given by Director, CIGRE (India) and Director Central Board of Irrigation and Power, P.P. Wahi, and Secretary, CIGRE (India) and Director Central Board of Irrigation and Power, VK Kanjlia. They welcomed the speakers and the audience to the tutorials and advised them to take full advantage of the information shared. Following this, President, Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association Mr Babu

Babel gave the inaugural address. He welcomed all the delegates who traveled from across the globe to participate in the tutorials and also stated how important it is to knowledge share.The topics were discussed in detail and had CIGRE representatives deliver lectures on the same. Following each presentation was a Q&A round that helped further understand and discuss the topics covered. The session held on February 15, 2016, witnessed Secretary (Austria), CIGRE SC B2, Herbert Lugschitz explain, in detail, technology used in Overhead Lines, and Chairman (Spain), CIGRE SC D2, Carlos Samitier spoke about Smart Grid on the topic of Information & Telecommunication.

NETWORK2NETWORTH 16-17 February, 2016 INNOVATION DAY-ENGINEER INFINITE 17 February, 2016

Being one of the first of its kind interactive platform— ‘NETWORK2NETWORTH’— was organized concurrently with ELECRAMA-2016 by IEEMA. The two-day event began on February 16, 2016. The objective of this platform was to bridge gap between the finance and power sector. It was a platform for key decision makers from finance sector to interact with industry experts and policy makers from the power sector in order to understand the

opportunities and key challenges in the industry for developing new business associations.

The discussion focused on the opportunities in the sector and capabilities of the industry, growth despite challenges, key concerns of the industry and financial institutions, and how to facilitate access to capital for the sector.

As a part of innovation day, EI16 (Short form of Engineer Infinite 2016) was the Student Project Competition running concurrently with ELECRAMA-2016 exhibition this competition was an opportunity to the students of engineering (Diploma, UG, PG and Research Scholars) to leverage their theoretical knowledge and creativity to address diverse real life issues that need attention, in the electrical energy sector.

EI16 invited project ideas from all branches of Engineering & Technology. Project ideas were welcomed from Students of Diploma, Undergraduate, Post Graduate and PhD Scholars of these branches. The critical requirement of the project idea was that these project ideas must pertain to electrical energy sector and be application focused rather than product focused.

The winner’s were as below:1ST PRIZEArpan Hota - National Institute of Technology (Warangal)

2ND PRIZE - 2 Nos1. Kamesh Kumar D, VK Mohammed Jabir,

Mohammed Ashik M - KCG College of Technology (Chennai)

2. Priyanka Shinde - University of Chemical Technology (Mumbai)

3RD PRIZE - 3 Nos1. Kanumuri Mounika, K. Ramya Sree, Manne Bhavani, Padilam Srimannarayana - Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering (Tadepalligudem)2. Amul Sharma, Saurabh Tyagi, Prateek Sharma

- Bharat Trust of Technology (Meerut)3. Madhavan B, Sanjeev N - Kings College of

Engineering (Thanjavur)

RENEWABLE PAVILION IN ELECRAMA-2016

Renewables are going to be an essential part of the energies of the future. Realizing the importance of this factor, for the first time, a dedicated pavilion was planned at ELECRAMA-2016 for companies offering renewable energy related technologies.

The pavilion gave platform for equipment manufacturers, public sector representatives from renewable sector to display and interact with visitors.

125 YEARS OF ELECTRICITY: ENERGIES FOR TOMORROW

ELECRAMA-2016 took us back to the origins of Electricity. Though the idea of electricity was sparked in the early 1800s, the visually delightful journey of the ‘125 years of electricity’ pavilion started from 1879, when Thomas Alva Edison invented commercially viable electricity. What started then as an invention has now become one of the basic needs of life. And hence, it is also important to peep into the future through ‘Energies of Tomorrow’—a pavilion that displayed technologies of the future. Here we bring the glimpses of these two pavilions. CPRI has shown its interest to preserve the structures of 125 years of electricity displayed at ELECRAMA-2016

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION

ELECRAMA-2016 witnessed participation from Countries like that of Germany, Taiwan, Korea, South Africa, Nepal, Malaysia, Kingdom of Lesotho to name a few.

WINNERS OF ELECRAMA-2016During ELECRAMA-2016, awards were bestowed upon various categories including the Best Stall and Best Product.

GLIMPSES OF ELECRAMA-2016

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