Prime Group - Electrical Engineering

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Performing in highly specialized, high technology areas, requires a very well conceived choreography. Add to that the workings mandated on an international plane coupled with the varied and unique technological needs of the Indian industry and you can well
	recognise how perfectly must all aspects of corporate function - infrastructure, capability and qualification blend to make any action a success. Prime Group of Companies, under the able leadership of an entrepreneur of ample vision of founder Chairman Mr. Surinder Mehta, moves year after year accumulating laurels and accolades. It is industrialist Surinder Mehta's unerring vision that not just steers the company ahead but has also built it into an empire to reckon with. As chairman of the Prime Group of companies, he heads a human resource pool of over 400 people with over 200 engineers and
Surinder Mehta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, PCI Limited
technicians. Today Prime Group with 22 offices and production facilities spanning across India and representative offices in neighboring countries expertly addresses the needs of its customers in India and abroad. Mr. Mehta, as Chairman of the Prime Group of Companies heads companies that in themselves engage in front-end technologies that make forceful impact on the economy. These companies include: PCI Ltd., Prime Power Corpn Ltd., Prime Hi-Tech Pvt. Ltd., Planet PCI Infotech Ltd., PCI Leasing and Finance Private Ltd. and Endolite India Ltd. He is also the founder President of International Society for Human Welfare and Rehabilitation (ISHWAR), an NGO that does pioneering work in serving the physically challenged and economically weaker sections of society by way of providing them with the latest prosthetic and orthotic products. It is to the credit of Mr. Mehta that the company can boast of having won over a dozen leading national and international industry awards in just as many years. He can also be credited with bringing to India the most advanced technologies such as computerized cable fault location systems that obviate the need for digging; Partial discharge detection system which have significant benefits for the manufactures and users of transformers, motors, generators and other heavy electrical equipment; Electronic testing and measuring systems that have resulted in revenue enhancement of millions to electricity boards. Mr. Mehta is extremely focused and clear on the need and importance of R&D in pursuit of corporate excellence. Electrical Engineering Update has always admired this personality for his business acumen. This was a reason for us to seek his views on a range of topics for the benefit of our readers. Excerpts from the interaction:

P	CI is now a more or less established name or established name. Do you see the going smooth in the years ahead?
In today's dynamic world, no established name or established company, however old or big, can be complacent in their approach towards future. We certainly cannot sit and relax on our achievements and past laurels. More so in our case

since we are focused on very hi-tech and specialized areas where the technological advancements are much faster and rapid than our imagination and we are always on our toes to bring the latest in the world to our country as immediately as possible. Nevertheless, we are fully geared up with well-oiled machinery for meeting these challenges, as this has been an ongoing process for us since our inception. Our infrastructure and more

particularly our qualified, well trained, experienced and highly motivated manpower resource is well in place to make our achievements and our performance in the years ahead, more satisfying than our past.
You are in a field where there are a number of players. Does competition stifle you?
A healthy competition is always welcome and it is always a tonic for a

Electrical Engineering Update 43 January-February 2005