Overview

Due to rapid industrialization and growth of population, India requires huge amount of power. By 2012, India requires an additional power generation capacity of 100,000 MW. In India power generation through hydel power is still not tapped completely. The all India average energy shortfall is of 7% and peak demand shortfall of 12%. Government initiatives regarding more tax benefits to the investors are likely to foster growth in all segments. Government has also decided to unbundled the vertically integrated SEBs.

In India , Power is generated through various technologies. Power generated through coal is 57%, followed by 25% from hydel power, 10% gas based, 3% from nuclear energy and 5% from renewable sources. State Electricity Boards and Public sector companies hold the major share in power generation and distribution in India .
 
Power sector presents immense business and investment opportunities. India is among the top five power generation countries. The power generation capacity of India is presently 122 GW; 590 billion units. India has third largest transfer and distribution network in the world which is around 5.7 million circuit km. In the recent years the share of private sector in Generation and Distribution has been increasing. Many major power generation projects have been planned in the private sector.

Against this backdrop, MSME Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Northern Region is organising a Conference – cum – Exhibition on “Power Sector: Business Opportunities for SMEs” – Procurement for Expansion Plan on Friday, 12 – Saturday, 13 December 2008 at the CII Northern Region Headquarters, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh.
 

Exhibition Scope

The Exhibition will display products required by the power sector in their physical form as well as in the form of illustrative photographs and invite the industry from the Region comprising the states of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Union Territory of Chandigarh to take advantage of the large business opportunities that would be available to them.
 

Conference Scope

The Conference aims to bring to the discussion table Policy Makers, Senior Officers of Power Utilities / Corporations / SEBs, State Governments, IPPs, Private Manufacturers, Construction Companies, Financial Institutions, Training Institutes and PSUs to discuss their readiness with respect to equipment manufacturing and project implementation in generation, transmission and distribution as well as decide on a future road map.

Mr Anil Razdan, Secretary – Power, Government of India has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest at the Conference and Exhibition. We have also invited Mr Rakesh Nath, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority to address the participants. Chairmen of State Electricity Boards from the States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Delhi , Jammu & Kashmir would also be interacting with the participants on the business prospects available in their respective states for the SMEs.
 
In this context, we invite you to participate in the Conference and also visit the Exhibition. Kindly send in your nominations through the attached Reply Form.
 
For space bookings at Exhibition, delegate(s) registration at Conference and Sponsoring the event, please contact:

Surinder Pal Singh
Confederation of Indian Industry, Northern Region
Sector 31-A, Chandigarh 160 030
Phone: 0172-5080124(D), 2607228, 2605868
Fax: 0172-2606259, 2614974
Email: sme.ciinr@ciionline.org; surinder.pal.singh@ciionline.org
Website: www.cii.in/northern