Bangalore to host world's largest T&D show

The Government of Karnataka and the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturing Association (IEEMA) will join hands to enhancing the state’s power transmission and distribution sector in order to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to the Information Technology industry, which is a backbone of India’s services sector, as the association gears up to host ELECRAMA, the world’s largest transmission and distribution confluence in Bangalore between January 8th to 12th, 2014.

The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd is planning to set up about 2,000 kms of 400 KV transmission lines in next few years in Karnataka and with ELECRAMA being organized in Bangalore, IEEMA and its members have extended full cooperation and support to help the state reduce its transmission and distribution losses with new state-of-the-art technology transmission and distribution equipment.

The 11th edition of the world’s largest power transmission and distribution (T&D) confluence, ELECRAMA-2014,to be held at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) between January 8-12, 2014, will showcase the global competitiveness of Indian products and the capability of local manufacturers to develop world class engineering products at competitive costs.ELECRAMA-2014 will be at the heart of India’s infotech nucleus and the technology superhub city – Bangalore, for the first time.ELECRAMA-2014 expo in Bangalore will be a generation ahead, in terms of core services, features and amenities - highest quality on par with international standards.

Mr. Raj Eswaran, President, IEEMA, said, “We are thankful to the support given by the Karnataka State Government for our biennial flagship event to be held at the software city of Bangalore in early 2014. ELECRAMA-2014 will scale new heights and surpass all previous editions. We have taken a unique theme of ‘Go Global’ which will focus on global competitiveness of products manufactured in India. We have got the necessary infrastructure and the capability to develop world class engineering products at competitive costs.”

By showcasing the ‘Go Global’ theme, India will be targeting a 5% share of global trade in electrical equipment in the next ten years in order to help exports reach a level of $25 billion. IEEMA will also encourage African countries to participate in the forthcoming ELECRAMA-2014 event at Bangalore aimed at boosting electrical equipment exports.

Mr. Sanjeev Sardhana, Chairman, ELECRAMA 2014, said, “Africa has about 54 countries with a combined population of around 6.5 billion people. However, electrification in these countries is barely 30% which means there is scope of the rest 70% to get electrified. We see a large untapped opportunity for our electrical equipment exports going ahead with the ELECRAMA 2014 theme of Go Global. I am extremely confident that the event will throw open a wide-ranging opportunity for African counterparts at ELECRAMA 2014 which will showcase the global competitiveness of Indian products”.

The five day event at ELECRAMA 2014 has been designed to allow participants to experience its multilateral approach to exhibitions and allied events.Among the concurrent events lined up, ELECRAMA 2014 will unveil the 9thTrafotech International Conference on Transformers scheduled to be held on January 9-10, 2014. The TRAFOTECH 2014, held once in four years, will provide transformer designers, manufacturers, users and consultants a common platform to review the latest advances and futuristic trends, share operational experiences and discuss the requirements of transformers for smart grid systems.

The ChangeXchange 2014 – 2nd Reverse Buyer-Seller Meet (RBSM), supported by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, will allow participants from the African nations to meet over 1,000 suppliers from India. The ChangeXchange 2014 will be the biggest meeting place of international buyers who plan to source electrical products and equipment from India.nThe CEO's summit involving giants of the global electrical equipment Industry will feature live panel discussion with eminent experts brainstorming on current challenges and opportunities in T & D Business.

At the international T&D conclave event, stakeholders from the global power, transmission and distribution sector will participate and present their views. The event will also feature Engineer Infinite 2014, through which ELECRAMA 2014 will continue its search for new talent in the field of electrical and allied engineering. Engineer Infinite 2014 will be a pan India competition for the third and final year students looking for innovative solutions in the electrical T&D domain.