Vipul Ray is the new IEEMA President

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  • Sep 30,21
Rohit Pathak, CEO, Birla Copper, takes over as Senior Vice President, while Hamza Arsiwala, Chairman & Managing Director, Stelmec Limited, will be the new Vice President for the year 2021-2022
Vipul Ray is the new IEEMA President

New Delhi

The Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA) - the apex association of the Indian electrical equipment industry, has announced Vipul Ray, Managing Director, Elmex Controls Ltd, as the new President of IEEMA for the year 2021-2022. Ray took over at the Annual General Meeting of the Association held today. 
 
Rohit Pathak, CEO, Birla Copper, takes over as Senior Vice President, while Hamza Arsiwala, Chairman & Managing Director, Stelmec Limited, will be the new Vice President for the year 2021-2022
 
Talking about his vision and priority for IEEMA, Vipul Ray said, “India is going through an energy transition as a result of which the Indian Electrical and allied electronics industry will have lots of opportunities. To my mind, innovation, investment in digital transformation, Research & development and quality will be key drivers to staying ahead of the curve. Exports, accessing international markets, will help keep us set our sights higher. Aligning to national priorities of AatmaNirbhar Bharat, vocal for local and local for global would be important. IEEMA will therefore focus on all of these and at firm level, work with its members to build competitiveness to be able to access international markets.  Of course, we will continue to build on our interactions with the Government to facilitate ‘Ease of Doing’ business for our members. My team and I will continue to work in building a robust, healthy and dynamic Indian electrical equipment industry, encompassing the complete value chain in power generation, transmission and distribution equipment.
 
Remarking on the change, Charu Mathur, Director General, IEEMA, said, “We are delighted and looking forward to the leadership of Mr Vipul Ray. He has extensive international experience, a passion for start-ups, innovation and technology. All this makes him exceptionally well placed to lead IEEMA at this very important juncture.”  
 
Vipul Ray - an active mentor in the start-up ecosystem - is fuelled with an undying passion for engineering and product development. His able leadership has aided Elmex grow multifold and has presence in more than 45 countries across the globe and in various sectors ranging from renewables, oil & gas, railways, industrial automation, telecom, power etc. Ray is a B.E. (Mechanical), M.S. (Manufacturing) from University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) and M.B.A from University of California, Irvine (UCI).

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