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Electronics Bazaar
August 2019 Issue
Vol. 13 No. 6
Industry Report
India’s strategic electronics sector must grow faster
The large scale modernisation of the defence forces and the indigenisation of manufacturing are going to boost the strategic electronics sector of the country.
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Retail
When bricks take on clicks...
Multi-brand brick and mortar stores are where Indian customers compare and shop for electronics and home appliances. These stores now face a new challenge: e-commerce sites. Are they holding their own, or succumbing?
| Budget Report
The Union Budget 2019-20: How the industry has reacted
The Union Budget 2019-20, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has a host of proposals that outline the roadmap to turn India into a US$ 5 trillion economy by FY25. But what does this Budget propose for the Indian electronics industry, and how do experts in the industry view it? Let’s find out.
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Chip Design
India’s chips: How good are the desi options?
It is exciting to know that India finally has its own electronic chips, thanks to the efforts of our academic institutes and industry players. But how competitive are these when compared to what’s manufactured abroad—in terms of technology, quality and cost?
| Healthcare Electronics
The prospects of the Indian healthcare electronics industry
The Indian medical electronics segment faces tremendous demand but inadequate local supply, making it over reliant on imports. For medical electronics equipment to be uniformly available across the country, action is needed on many fronts – government policy, industry participation, and nurturing a startup ecosystem.
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Mobile Manufacturing
Can India lead the world in mobile phone manufacturing by 2020?
Over the past couple of years, the mobile ecosystem in India has been revolutionised. This industry has now helped the nation to become the world’s second largest mobile phone manufacturer after China, although exports of the devices are still in the nascent stage. Currently, the country not only boasts of the largest number of smartphone consumers, but also the fastest growing production and manufacturing facilities. The government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative has been driven by a reduction in duty. International EMS giants such as Wistron and Foxconn have established their manufacturing units in India. And during the first quarter of 2018, India became the leading market for mobile apps.
| LED News
Incandescent bulbs and traditional tubelights still outsell LED lights
After a recent survey, IIT Kharagpur’s Vinod Gupta School of Management revealed that the high cost of LED products is one of the main reasons that could weaken the growth of the Indian LED lighting market.
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Innovation
FarmMOJO: An AI-powered mobile app to improve efficiency in aquafarming
Technology and farming seem incongruous together, as one tends to associate farming with traditional methods and practices. Chennai based startup, Aquaconnect, has broken the stereotypes surrounding farming, with the launch of FarmMOJO, an artificial intelligence (AI) driven mobile app that provides advisory solutions to farmers. The app helps to predict diseases, monitor water quality, improve productivity, and ultimately, boost farmer income.
| SMT Focus
Are you aware of the market-ready software used for electronics manufacturing equipment?
The need for high volume output that is accurate and comes with zero defects has led to the development of software-driven manufacturing setups for electronic products. With the arrival of Industry 4.0, smart software platforms have entered modern factory floors, enabling electronics manufacturing equipment to deliver better throughputs. Such software have become more intuitive and deliver higher efficiency.
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ePower Focus
Transformers boost the safety quotient of UPS systems and inverters
Transformers are needed in UPS systems and inverters. They step up the voltage of the UPS system’s output to deliver the critical load in the same voltage rating as the input (mains).
| Industry News
DoT, MeitY eye EU ‘toolbox’ to address 5G-related concerns
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) are keen on a ‘toolbox’ being developed by the European Union (EU) that will look at a standard practice of testing 5G equipment makers and identifying possible risks, to mitigate any hardware and software threats...
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New Products
• Components
• Test & Measurement
• Miscellaneous
| Sourcing Mantra
Better LED components will impact the lighting industry in a positive way
Rapid advances in the electronic components domain are expected to boost the growth of the LED industry in India. These developments have helped to expand LED functionality. But the future of the component industry depends on further improvements, investments in infrastructure and continuous R&D to increase production capacities.
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Advisory Panel
Electronics Bazaar Advisory Panel
Electronics Bazaar Advisory Panel Thought leaders of India’s ESDM sector, who are advising us on how to facilitate faster growth of electronics industry in India
| My Story
“Having people in an organisation who always agree with you on everything is highly dangerous”
Simarpreet Singh, founder-director of Hartek Solar, joined the family business with the hope of doing something remarkable for society. The hard and valuable work did not go unnoticed, and he was listed among the prestigious ‘Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia’ achievers this year! His journey in the solar energy sector of India has been challenging as well as rewarding. In a candid conversation with Baishakhi Dutta of the Electronicsforu.com Network, he unveils his journey so far and the aspirations he has for his business. Excerpts follow...
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Home Automation
"A robust home automation product should be based on simplified design protocols"
With the growing demand for smart homes and appliances, many chipset manufacturers have started to design low cost SoC (System-on-Chip) modules suitable for different applications. In a discussion with Deepshikha Shukla of the EFY Group, Karan Kumar, co-founder and CTO of Hogar Controls, a smart home automation product company, explains how smart home technology will have a great impact on the electronics industry.
| Sales & Marketing
"Sooner or later, all businesses will have to offer online sales to survive in the market"
With every passing day, we are witnessing more and more players joining the bandwagon of online sales. So why is online sales gradually becoming the most preferred business model? Atul Dumbre, director of Macfos Private Limited, in an interaction with Baishakhi Dutta of the Electronicsforu.com Network, shares how online sales is becoming profitable for businesses. Excerpts follow...
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LED New Products
LED modules
Tridonic has launched a wide range of products for special lighting tasks. The new LED modules in the seventh-generation SLE G7 Excite (EXC) series meet the criteria for demanding applications in the food, fashion and art domains...
| Electronics Policy
"We enable the growth of the ICT and electronics industry in West Bengal"
There was a time when West Bengal was one of the leading commercial hubs in India and was extremely industrialised. But, industries started moving away. The electronics industry suffered major setbacks in the region. To counter this scenario, the state government formed the West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL) on February 4, 1974, to boost the electronics industry in the state. According to sources at WEBEL, over the past few years, there has been a gradual acknowledgment of the strategic advantages of Bengal, a maturing socio-political attitude, and an appreciation of the proactive efforts by the government and various other important stakeholders to nourish Bengal’s value proposition and consolidate its position as a destination of corporate choice.
Electronics Bazaar’s Nijhum Rudra spoke to Prodip Mukhopadhyay, MD, WEBEL, about the state’s major challenges in the concerned sector, the benefits of the recently approved NPE policy, and how WEBEL is taking major initiatives to strengthen of the electronics industry in West Bengal.
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Manufacturing Focus
The importance of cleaning chemicals in PCBs
Technological innovations and the higher production of electronic devices have led to an increased demand for cleaning chemicals in the electronics industry.
| Lighting Ahead
“EESL has distributed nearly 351 million LED bulbs till date, generating annual energy savings of 4.55 billion MWh”
Founded in 2009 by the government of India, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is responsible for market related activities of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), one of the eight national missions under the Prime Minister’s National Action Plan on climate change. With an unprecedented 140 times growth in two years, EESL’s flagship initiative, Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA), has revolutionised India’s LED market and reportedly reduced carbon emissions by up to
32 million tonnes every year. In an interaction with Potshangbam July, Venkatesh Dwivedi, director (projects), EESL, speaks about the success of the UJALA and SLNP schemes, the benefits of its business model, and its ambitious goals, going forward.
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