Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA) - the apex body for the Indian power equipment manufacturing industry has appointed Mr. P.V. Krishna as its Director General. He will be taking over from the current incumbent, Mr. S.P. More on 1St July 2010.
P.V. Krishna, a graduate in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay of 1975 batch, also holds Masters in Management from IIM Calcutta. He started his professional career with NELCO, in their Industrial Electronic Systems division. Thereafter he worked with Jyoti Ltd., Baroda in their Switchgear division for 19 years mainly in Transmission & Distribution product range followed by a 12 year stint at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company best known in India for its role as a leader in Captive Power Plants for industries, and liquid fuel & natural gas based IPPs.
Since 1998, P.V. Krishna has been a member of IEEMA’s Executive Council, having been elected for 12 consecutive terms. As an Executive Council member, he is known for his balanced insights, comprehensive analysis, goal orientation and, above all, a passionate dedication to all that IEEMA stands for. He has also been a member of the last three ELECRAMA organizing committees.
Krishna has presented papers at several conferences and seminars in the area of Power and energy, and is known for his advocacy for decentralized electricity generation as the most effective method of rapid generating capacity addition, efficiency improvement, overall loss reduction, and mitigating the problem of global warming. And also its deployment as a key method of solving the chronic power shortages and power cuts in India. He was one of the expert speakers at the International Conclave organized by the CEA in August 2009 on Key Inputs required for the implementation of 11th and 12th Plans for the Power Sector.