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Balraj Joshi is the Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC since September 22, 2017 and has served as its Director of Technical from March 23, 2018 to July 5, 2018

KEC International , the flagship company of RPG Group, is a global infrastructure Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) major.

KEC International has bagged new orders of Rs 10.1 billion across its transmission and distribution, cables, civil and solar businesses. KEC’s transmission and distribution business has secured a turnkey order of Rs 4,910 million across India, the Middle East and the US.

KEC International, a global infrastructure EPC major has secured new orders of Rs 13.57 billion across its businesses. Its transmission and distribution business has secured turnkey orders of Rs 12.34 billion across SAARC nations, parts of America, Middle East and Africa.

Despite falling costs, the solar EPC industry in India has hit a roadblock with multiple duties and land acquisition problems, and the answer for EPC companies may be to focus on captive projects like rooftop installations and scale up from there, feels Rahul Kamat.

We have been in electrification since 1961. Till today, we have electrified more than 14 per cent of the entire network of Indian Railways. For the current financial year, we will be completing around 1,000 km of railway electrification by March-end.

Elecrama 2018 was not merely an exhibition. It reflected the industry sentiment. Looking at the numbers- Rs 65 billion of business queries generated, footfall of around 298,000 and 1,200 exhibitors-it seems all is well with the power sector.

Electricity forms an integral part of the utilities which currently contribute nearly 2.02 per cent to Asia's third largest economy. The nation's power sector has long been grappling with grim infrastructure and ageing transmission - woes that have debilitated the nation's economic health.