Care4Cable Speakers
Erik Freyser
Chief Operating Officer - President, Polywater, USA
Erik Freyser’s unique background in mechanical engineering and marketing expertise laid a strong foundation for his career at Polywater. Starting as General Manager of Polywater Europe in 2005, Erik excelled in overseeing marketing, sales, operations, distribution, and logistics. His success in expanding the European division led to his promotion to CEO and President in 2014. A native of the Netherlands, Erik brings a global perspective and dedication to serving diverse markets. Under his leadership, Polywater has expanded its global operations, enhanced industry and technical knowledge sharing through digital platforms, and reduced environmental impact by improving operational and manufacturing practices. Erik’s focus on maintaining a customer-centric culture at Polywater has reinforced the company’s reputation of delivering quality products and technical solutions that solve field-specific customer challenges.
Er. Imteyaz Siddiqui
Vice President, Polywater APAC & GCC
Imteyaz is an experienced leader in the power engineering and energy sector with over 30 years of professional experience. A global leader in diagnostic solutions and services for the electric power industry, with a B.Sc. Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, He has developed a strong foundation in technical expertise and industry knowledge, which I leverage to drive organizational growth and success.
Sanjay Mishra
Chairman & Managing Director, SM Systems
Mr Sanjay Mishra is an electrical engineer working in Test and Measurement sector for over 25 years. He was instrumental in bringing latest technologies in test and measuring instruments to India for various principles.
Sanjay has worked in Rishabh Instruments, Secure Meters and Motwane on pan India basis, interacting with various end users from Utilities and Industries. Sanjay is a technical entrepreneur who likes to learn new technologies and reach out to the end users at the remotest of locations with his Cable Fault Location Van & other equipments. As a CMD of SM Systems he is running his enterprise with a team of 30 professionals promoting high end electrical test & measuring instruments. Mr Sanjay Mishra was felicitated by Insdia’s Small Giants Award and Business Leaders Award 2019 by economic times.
Er. Yogesh V Joshi
Convenor - Care4Cable Distinguished Member CIGRE Former Head of Engg GETCO Former President ERDA Director Technical - Knowledge Cluster
Around 40 years of experience in Transmission O&M, Protection, Automation, Testing, commissioning, Engineering, quality assurance, telecommunication, SCADA, EPC, e-Urja (ERP) divisions of GETCO (earlier GEB). Presented 20+ papers on national and international technical platforms & chaired multiple conferences.
He was instrumental in creating standardization manual on power transformer by IEEMA, CBIP & Central Electricity Authority of India. He developed algorithm for Health Indexing of EHV class transformers & equipments – Online implementation for more than 4000 nos of 66 and above class power transformers in GETCO.
He is leading the team of Technology Innovation Support Council (TISCO) for finding Technology gap for the task of Govt of India to increase R&D expenditure in India taken by IEEMA.
Currently, Er. Y V Joshi is advisor to various organizations from Power Sector.
Er. S. M. Takalkar
Mentor & Thought Leader
He graduated in Electrical Engineering from M. S. University, Vadodara in 1971. He joined Gujarat Electricity Board in 1972 as a Junior Engineering and retired as a Chief Engineering Transmission in 2006. During his tenure of 34 years he worked in Distribution, Generation and Transmission Department. Most of his tenure was in Transmission department. He is a member of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) for Transmission line and Sub–Station related committees.
He has received several Awards for R&D and contribution to the Transmission Segment.
At present he is a managing Director of M/s Takalkar Power Engineers and Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vadodara. The firm is offering services of Electrical, Civil & Structural Engineering Designs, Energy
Management, Project Monitoring and Energy Audit.
Mr. Aditya Korde
Managing Director, Diagnostic Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Aditya Korde is a global expert in electrical diagnostics with 30+ years of experience in motor, generator, and cable condition monitoring. He has led pioneering work in Electrical Signature Analysis and Acoustic Emission techniques across India and the Middle East. With over 35,000 motors and 8,000 cables tested worldwide, he has collaborated with industry leaders like Framatome, All-Test Pro, and Wirescan. A certified diagnostics specialist, he’s a regular speaker at global platforms such as FICCI and CBIP.
Dr Rajaram Shinde
Director, Prayog Electricals / Datson Electronics & Vikarsh Nano Tech
Dr Rajaram Shinde thorough Technocrat has over 30 years of Global experience in Transformers. He is also representing our country in IEC as national expert in TC10 & TC14. He is also director on board of ERDA.
Being member of various national & international forum/committees (IEC, IEEE, BIS, CIGRE, CIRED, CBIP, IEEMA, ITMA etc.) very resourceful in Energy sector. He has invented few products & secured patents.
He had been key resource to introduce dry type technology & high temperature fluid technology to India while with Voltas turned Kirloskar. He was head of Raychem RPG Ltd unit and Global technology advisor to Cargill. He played key role in spreading technologies like dry type & ester filled transformers globally.
Er. P. K. Pattanaik
Director (Operation), OPTCL, Odisha
Mr Pattanaik took initiative to create a Nationwide Technical group named as SPARK with around 6000 engineers all across the nation with 19 Main Groups and 8 Sub-Groups. Expertise in special maintenance to Transformers and EHV equipment on Condition monitoring assessments and fault diagnosis. Publication of around 105 technical papers in different national/international proceedings/ journals. He is the regular author for the journal publications by reputed organizations like CBIP, IEEMA, Electrical Mirror, Electrical India and many other. He is also the author of many Technical books on electrical technology and awarded in many of the national and international forum. He has been recognized with BEST ENGINEERS’ award and special appreciation award in OPTCL in the year 2013, 2018 and 2020. Best paper award during the International conference METERING INDIA in 2018 and 2020. Appreciation award from CBIP, IEEMA and many other international forums. With membership front, bearing with IEEE member, Institution of Engineers.
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Arora
Senior Manager (Technical). DTL
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Arora obtained the B. Tech. & Master of Engineering (ME) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi, India in 1999 and 2003 respectively. He completed his PhD in grounding system design from UPES, Dehradun. He is also certified Energy Manager and Auditor. He has worked in 400kV and 220kV Substation for more than 14 years in Delhi Transco Limited (DTL). He has also worked as Deputy Director (Transmission and Distribution) in Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) for 03 years and 06 months. He has also rendered his services in the SLDC of Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) also. Presently he is working in the Design and Engineering (D&E) department of DTL as Senior Manager (Technical).
His research interests include high voltage technology, grounding (Earthing) system design of power system, protection system, computer application in power system, power transmission & distribution designing, Regulatory business and affairs etc.
He has presented his papers in national and international seminars &written many articles for many leading magazines of India.
Mr. Bankim P. Soni
Former Addl. Chief Engineer (Engineering) Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO)
Mr. Bankim P. Soni is a 1989 batch Graduate in ‘Electronics Engineering’ from Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat).
He was working with Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited GETCO), joined erstwhile Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) in 1989.
Having total 35 plus years of experience in Power Generation & Transmission, he has worked in various fields e.g. Hydro and Thermal Power Plants, Operation & Maintenance of EHV Substations, Telecommunication, Protection and Automation, Substation Design and Equipment Engineering.
Recently in July’25, he is superannuated as Addl. Chief Engineer from Engineering Department, GETCO, Corporate office, Vadodara and was looking after technical aspects of all the engineering activities of HV/EHV substations and Transmission lines ranging from 66 kV to 765 kV class system.
He is a member of CIGRE-India and various Technical Committees of Electrotechnical Department of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as well as CEA. He was also member of expert committee of CBIP for ‘Substation Manual 2019’
He has presented numbers of Technical Papers in various National & International conferences like GRIDTECH, SWITCHCON, CBIP, Powerline event, CIGRE Paris 2020 & CIGRE Paris 2024.
Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad
General Manager Technical Apar Industries Ltd
Sound knowledge of Design, Testing & Inspection of power cables HV & EHV cables as per national and international standard.Technical discussion with custmer.Provide Customer support at site as a company technical representative and provide best cable solutions.
Active members of R&D department for new product development.
XLPE cables up to 66 KV and 1.1 KV grade XLPE/PVC power and control cable as per national and international standard.
Expert in customer inspection handling, Cable design & manufacturing process. High technical skill & ability to resolve the problem arises during stage manufacturing of product.
Ability to provide innovative idea for improvement productivity and quality of product to make cost effective and meet customer requirement.
Expert in compacted conductor design for HV cables and Sector roller design for LV cables to make good quality of product with cost effective.
Knowledge about Cable Laying / Installation, Pre Commissioning testing, Maintenance Testing and Condition Monitoring assessment of cables.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. APAR INDUSTRIES LIMITED (UNIT-UNIFLEX CABLES): Umbergaon- Gujarat
An ISO-9001, 14001, BS ISO 45001, ISO/IEC-17025 certified company, manufacturer of H.T. XLPE Power cable UP To 66 kV and Aerial bunched cable up to 33 kV , LT XLPE Power and Aerial bunched cable, PVC power and control FR, FRLS, LSZH Cable up to
1.1 K.V, Fire survival cables, Railway signaling cable, OFC cables and Elastomeric cables up to 45 KV, MVCC & HVCC covered conductor up to 110 kV
Presently working as General Manager [Technical] from June 2009 –till Date.
2. PARAMOUNT COMMUNICATIONS LTD., Dharuhera, Haryana
An ISO-9000, ISO14000 & BASEC BA -2250 certified company, manufacturer of, H.T. XLPE Power cable and Aerial bunched cable up to 33 KV and L.T. XLPE Power and Aerial bunched cable & PVC power and control FR, FRLS Cable up to 1.1 K.V As Deputy Manager [QA & Design] from Nov 2005 to June 2009
3. KRISHNA ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES LTD., GWALIOR, MP.
AN ISO – 9000 COMPANY) manufacturer of H.T. XLPE Power cable & Aerial bunched cable up to 33 KV, L.T. XLPE, L.T Aerial bunched cable and PVC power and control FR, FRLS cable up to 1.1 KV
As In-charge [QA & QC] from May 2003 to Nov. 2005
Handling all functions of QA & QC Section.
4. PLAZA CABLE INDUSTRIES LIMITED, Unit – II
AN ISO-9002 COMPANY)” manufacturer of L.T. and H.T. XLPE Power cable up to 33 KV and PVC Power and control FR, FRLS, LSZH Cable up to 1.1 KV
As In-charge [QA & QC] from September 1998 to May 2003
Handling all functions of QA & QC Section.
5. M/S WINDSOR CABLE
Manufacturer of L.T. XLPE and PVC Power and control Cable up to 1.1 KV
As Testing Engineer from June 1994 to September 1998
EDUCATION
1) (10 + 2) passed from U.P board, Allahabad with Physics, Chemistry and Math in the year 1989.
2) Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Board of Technical Education, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow in the year 1994.B-tech Electrical from KSOU, Karnataka
Dr. Aradhana Ray
Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering Apar Industries Ltd
Dr. Aradhana Ray is Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering with 24 years’ experience including 6 years with, Doble Engineering USA as consulting engineer and Omicron Energy Services, Austria as Services Manager and 10 years in Short Circuit Test Laboratory ERDA, Vadodara as Dy. Manager. She has done consulting, third party inspection and Asset management projects, specification & maintenance manual (third party) documentation related to EHV class power equipment in several countries such as India, Malaysia, Dubai, OMAN, North America, South Africa and Australia & conducted Workshops worldwide. She has written more than 50 national and international publications.
She was a recipient of “Dr Vikram Sharabhai Young Scientist Award” by Department of Science & Tech. India, for “Development of fault current limiter” in 2005. She has also served on technical committees of national and international conferences including IEC, IEEMA, CBIP, TIFAC, BIS, CIRED Malaysia Conferences. Currently she is working on implementation of Asset Management project based on PASS 55 Standards with various utilities like Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), TNB & TAMAS Malaysia. Presently working as one of the Principle member for Development of IEC- ETD 53 on Standardization of the management of assets in power networks.
Trafocare Mentor
Mr. Surinder Kumar Negi
COO, K P Green Energy
Mr. Negi has been chiefly involved in the transmission and distribution segments of the power sector in both public and private sector companies. He has contributed significantly in the execution of many extra high voltage AC and HVDC stations and transmission lines, in the design and engineering of EHV substations, and in the implementation of project management practices. He established the design and engineering process for ISO 9001-2000 and has been a member of many expert groups including transformer maintenance and cost-effective design and engineering solutions for renovation and modernization in T&D. He played a key role in introduction and implementation of smart grid technologies in T&D sector, namely Process Bus Digital Substation, new generation Conductor, OPGW Communication, polymer insulator, Hybrid Switchgear, Ester oil, Asset Management, PMU’s etc.
Before joining Skipper, he was Managing Director of Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) and also served in NTPC, POWERGRID and Alstom T&D.
Dr K Rajamani
Mentor & Thought Leader
PhD in Power Systems from IITB in 1975, rich Experience of M/s Tata Consulting engineers for 20 years, General Electric, Schenectady USA, M/s Adani Electric Mumbai Ltd (formerly known as Reliance Infrastructure Ltd) as a Chief Consultant since 2003.
Dr Rajamani has conducted more than 140 hard core technical courses. His passion is now teaching and mentoring. He has published articles in various international and national journals like IEEE, IEE, IFAC, IEEMA, etc. Dr Rajamani was awarded with Industry Excellence Award by 20th National Power System conference 2018.
Er. S. M. Takalkar
Mentor & Thought Leader
He graduated in Electrical Engineering from M. S. University, Vadodara in 1971. He joined Gujarat Electricity Board in 1972 as a Junior Engineering and retired as a Chief Engineering Transmission in 2006. During his tenure of 34 years he worked in Distribution, Generation and Transmission Department. Most of his tenure was in Transmission department. He is a member of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) for Transmission line and Sub–Station related committees.
He has received several Awards for R&D and contribution to the Transmission Segment.
At present he is a managing Director of M/s Takalkar Power Engineers and Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vadodara. The firm is offering services of Electrical, Civil & Structural Engineering Designs, Energy
Management, Project Monitoring and Energy Audit.
Mr. Ajay Joshi
Mentor & Director
Knowledge Cluster
Mr Ajay Joshi is serving on the boards of NGOs and Former CEO of Pitambari Industries. He is having 30+ years of management experience and new initiatives at corporate as well as for social cause.
Mr Ajay Joshi is Mentor and Director of Knowledge Cluster in Consultancy Business, PMC and Event Management at Trafocare.
Mr. Jagdish Sandhanshiv
(Director - Business Development)
Knowledge Cluster
Mr Ajay Joshi is serving on the boards of NGOs and Former CEO of Pitambari Industries. He is having 30+ years of management experience and new initiatives at corporate as well as for social cause.
Mr Ajay Joshi is Mentor and Director of Knowledge Cluster in Consultancy Business, PMC and Event Management at Trafocare.