Vipul Ray, Managing Director, Elmex Controls takes over as the new President of the Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA) for 2021-22. Rohit Pathak, CEO, Birla Copper, Hindalco Industries took over as the Senior Vice President and Hamza Arsiwala, Chairman & Managing Director, Stelmec took over as the Vice President.

Speaking about his vision and priority for IEEMA, 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.”  

Welcoming Ray as the President of IEEMA, Charu Mathur, Director General, IEEMA said, “We are delighted and looking forward to the leadership of Vipul Ray. He has an 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.”