The Indian electrical equipment industry is Rs 1.3 lakh crore. Of this, the switchgear and control gears, is about Rs 15,000 crore. Here, the MV/HV switchgear standalone is Rs 3,500 crore.

In LV products, it is increased digitalisation and connectivity - wherein the customer wants access at all times, from anywhere. They also want value-for-money, which is another front where development is on.

The demand for capacitors has definitely gone up in the last few years, partly because of a push from utility companies to charge on KVA consumed. We have also seen a lot of smaller businesses

The wires and cables industry has moved on from being the small industry it was 20 years back, to a very large industry over the last decade. Predominantly providing challenging opportunities in the field of manufacturing, supply chain and procurement, India as a market, is gaining importance in this industry.

International experts on technologies and smart cities along with urban development officials from across India - constituting 600 cities covering the100 smart cities and 500 AMRUT cities - came together at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre to participate in the National Conclave on Smart Technologies.

One of the most versatile electrical products with a wide application spectrum ranging across computers, televisions, appliances, automobiles, aircraft, domestic and industrial equipments, power electronics, drivers and UPS, capacitors are not just energy storage devices, but are also used for signal filtering, processing and power conditioning, power factor correction and transient suppression (harmonic filtering).

For IT consulting companies like us, there are a lot of opportunities on the analytics front. When Smart Grids are implemented through various applications, there will be a huge amount of data generated from applications like MDMS etc.

Smart Grid is an evolving set of various information and communication technologies working together to improve the present grid. Its application depends on the location and requirements.

Legrand entered India by acquiring Morarjee Dortmund Smith in 1996, which was followed by acquiring Indo-Asian, Numeric UPS, and Adlec Systems. That said, Sameer Saxena, VP-Marketing, Legrand India, told POWER TODAY that the company is looking for right opportunities in ôsmartö space, M&A, and providing customised solutions to rural India.