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The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has given a go ahead to the setting up of an incubation centre to provide physical as well as technology infrastructure to electronics start-ups from across the country. After incentivising and nurturing the IT services industry during its initial years, the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is looking to do the same for product companies, specifically in the electronics sector, with the now approved ‘Electropreneur Park’ to be set up in the national capital. The same will boost domestic manufacturing of electronics and encourage entrepreneurship across India.
Under the project, the government plans to set up an incubation centre for electronics start-ups in Delhi. This centre aims to incentivise ten companies every year over the next five years. These companies will be short-listed by a board comprising stakeholders from the government as well as the industry and academia. The proposal has been sought by STPI in association with the Delhi University and India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA).
Once up and running, the incubation centre will give electronics start-ups unrestricted access to experts within their domain as well as mentors, shared consultants and services. Further, these start-ups will be able to seek investment from foreign investors and venture capitalists, among others, to boost their growth and potential.
In line with the BJP-led NDA government’s plan to come out with a comprehensive National Energy Policy to balance power generation in the country through conventional and non-conventional sources of energy, plans are now underway to build two state-owned joint ventures (JVs) to oversee the construction of renewable energy projects across the country. Currently, the oil and renewable energy ministries are drafting a proposal for the setting up of the two JVs.
The proposed JVs will be between state-owned oil sector firms such as Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC), Oil India Ltd and Solar Energy Corp. of India and the Indian Renewable Energy Devel-
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Piyush Goyal is new energy minister
Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the Central government’s new minister for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy. He is expected to pay special attention to solar energy. The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) currently oversees the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), which is responsible for directing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
Sanjay Kapoor joins Micromax as chairman
Micromax has hired ex-Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor as the new chairman. Prior to this appointment, Kapoor was the CEO for India and South Asia of Airtel (March 2010 through May 2013), though he was with the company in other positions since July 1998.
Vineet Taneja joins Micromax as CEO
Micromax has hired Vineet Taneja, the ex-Samsung India chief, as the new CEO. Taneja was the country head for IT and mobile businesses of Samsung India till recently.
Vimal Kapur has been named president of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). HPS is a Honeywell business that supplies automation control, instrumentation, etc.
Deshpande, ex-president ELCINA, passes away
Ram G. Deshpande’s untimely and sudden demise on 31st May has shocked the industry. Originally from Philips, he rose to become managing director of Vishay Components. After retiring a few years ago he set up his own company to work in education sector. He was president of ELCINA for two years (2003-2005).
Name, Date and Venue Topics to be covered Contact address for details Elasia 2014
July 25-28, 2014 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi An international exhibition on Manish, Triune Exhibitors Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru power, electrical and lighting Phone: +91-9310492923, +91-80-43307474/ +91-80-22352770, E-mail: info@triuneexhibitors.com
Defence and Aerospace SES 2014 Exhibition showcasing Indian ELCINA Electronic Industries 5th Strategic Electronics Summit defence electronics sector, Association of India, New Delhi July 30-31, 2014 buyer-seller meetings and Phone: (011) 26924597, 26928053; +91-9911445890 Bangalore International industry study on strategic E-mail: info@elcina.com; rajesh@elcina.com Exhibition Centre electronics sector opportunities Web: www.elcina.com
IPCA-EFY Expo 2014 Exhibition for all OEM Indian Printed Circuit Association, Bengaluru August 6-8, 2014 manufacturers, LED, solar, Phone: (080) 25210109, 25210309 Auto Cluster Exhibition Centre automobile, medical, defence E-mail: ipca@ipcaindia.org Pune and R&D material suppliers and end-users
NEPCON South China 2014 sourcing platforms for Tim Wang August 26-28, 2014 south China’s electronics Phone: +86-21-2231-7016 shenzhen Convention & manufacturing industry E-mail: tim.wang@reedexpo.com.cn Exhibition Center, China Web: http://www.nepconchina.com/ehome/
IFA 2014 A global trade show for Messe Berlin GmbH, Messedamm 22 september 5-10, 2014 consumer electronics and Phone: +49-30-3038-2217 IFA Exhibition Grounds, Berlin home appliances, presents E-mail: vonderropp@messe-berlin.de the latest products and Web: http://b2b.ifa-berlin.com/ innovations ELCINA-EFY Awards Awards for excellence in EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd september 12, 2014 electronics hardware Phone: 26810601/2/3, +91-8800094213 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi manufacturing and services E-mail: efyexpo@efyindia.com Electronica India 2014 and Covers the whole spectrum MMI India Pvt Ltd Productronica India 2014 of the electronics industry Phone: +91-9819418496; Fax: +91-22-42554719 september 23-25, 2014 from electronics production E-mail: kavita.chhatani@mmi-india.in BIEC, Bengaluru to electronic components Web: www.electronica-productronica-india.com
3rd Electronics Rocks 2014 A platform for design EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd October 10-11, 2014 engineers, R&D engineers, Phone: 26810601/2/3, +91-8800094213 Nimhans Convention & Exhibition entrepreneurs, academicians, E-mail: electronicsrocks@efyindia.com Centre, Bengaluru hackers and hobbyists Web: www.electronicsrocks.com/ including talks, workshops, discussions, product launches and design challenges
OSI Days 2014
Open source conference in EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd November 7-8, 2014 Asia that aims to nurture Phone: +91-088000 94211 NIMHANs Convention Center and promote the open source E-mail: atul.goel@efyindia.com Bengaluru ecosystem in the sub-continent
Electronica/Productronica 2014 Electronic components, MMI India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai November 11-14, 2014 production equipment, Phone: (022) 42554700, 42554723 Munich, Germany systems and applications E-mail: Andrea.dsouza@mmi-india.in
Intersolar India Exhibition and conference for MMI India Pvt Ltd November 18-20, 2014 the solar industry featuring Phone: (022) 42554700 Bombay Exhibition Centre, photovoltaics, PV production E-mail: brijesh.nair@mmi-india.in Mumbai technologies, energy storage and solar thermal technologies
2nd EFY Expo- Western India For manufacturers, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd Edition 2014 engineers and traders to Phone: 26810601/2/3, +91-8800094213 November 26-28, 2014 source electronics components, E-mail: efyexpo@efyindia.com Bombay Convention & Exhibition products and services and to Web: www.west.efyexpo.com Centre, Mumbai find latest offerings and dealers and distributors for products
LED Expo 2014
Exhibition and summit on MEX Exhibitions Pvt Ltd December 5-7, 2014 LED lighting products and Phone: +91-9312285142 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi technology E-mail: info@themediaexpo.com
2015 International CES A mega consumer electronics Consumer Electronics Association January 6-7, 2015 event where new innovations Phone: +1 703-907-7605 Las Vegas Convention Center and technologies are Web: www.cesweb.org Las Vegas, UsA showcased
Electronics For You Expo 2015 Covering complete electronics EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd February 26-28, 2015 ecosystem, including Phone: 26810601/2/3, E-mail: efyenq@efyindia.com Hall 7 (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) innovation, manufacturing, Web: www.efyexpo.com Pragati Maidan, New Delhi design and sales
EFY Awards
March 13, 2015 Bengaluru To give recognition to the EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd leading enterprises and Phone: 26810601/2/3, +91-8800094213 individuals in the Indian E-mail: efyawards@efyindia.com electronics field Web: www.efyawards.com
Look up under ‘Events’ section in www.electronicsforu.com for a comprehensive list
Since this information is subject to change, all those interested are advised to ascertain the details from the organisers before making any commitment.
opment Agency. One of the JVs will be intended to oversee large-scale, grid-integrated projects while the other will target off-grid projects. While one of the JVs will be led by ONGC, the other will be spearheaded by IOC. The JV partners will initially fund the new firms as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) contributions.
By judiciously mixing conventional and non-conventional sources, the government plans to substantially augment power generation capacity in the country. Meanwhile, the government is looking to use cleaner fuels to address the problem of growing pollution.
India’s domestic solar manufacturing in problem
The Directorate General of Anti-Dumping (DGAD) has recommended to the Finance Ministry that India should impose anti-dumping duty on international solar panels imported from the US, China, Malaysia and Taiwan, and awaits an approval for the same. Meanwhile, Tata Power Solar insists that the Finance Ministry should step up and approve the same as soon as possible since India’s domestic solar manufacturing sector could collapse by the end of the year without anti-dumping duties.
“The reality is that in the last three years there has been so much overcapacity and so much dumping that if we do not take dramatic action now, then within six months the Indian manufacturing industry will be dead. They are already in fairly bad shape. People have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in equipment and facilities and that are now just sitting idle. It’s a shame.” Ajay K. Goel, CEO of Tata Power Solar was quoted as saying.
Domestic manufacturers claim they are bearing the brunt, losing out on business to the tune of ` 10,000 million as more and more project developers prefer buying international panels at lower costs rather than going for inhouse products. “(Anti-)dumping is a short-term solution. The government has to provide a level playing field and allow the Indian manufacturers to grow. Anti-dumping (measures are) a
