Experience
Ashwin was the Head of Control & Automation division of Larsen & Toubro Limited till 2002 He succeeded in bringing up that organization to reach a No 3 position overall and a No 1 position in AC drives in India Ashwin built a coveted engineering team which supported a growing customer base in key segments against multi national competition
He doubled the business in a four year period along with sound business processes and human capital to emerge as a sought after partner and forged strategic alliances with global operators.
He then joined the UniDEL group and helped them to grow the value of the three group companies EurothermDEL, SoftDEL and SSD Drives through focused thrust towards strategic goals and market visibility. While SoftDEL grew with domain expertise and IP, the other two companies were readied with Class A performance metrics and processes for a profitable exit for the group owners
Ashwin helped setup and launch the new concept of fiber optic sensors for large power transformers in India for Lumasense of the US This company is now the No 1 preferred supplier for this product for almost all leading utilities in the country
Ashwin has recently helped Bharat Bijlee to set up and launch their AC drives business Bharat Bijlee now has a rapidly growing business with sound marketing, application development,engineering and assembly and service teams with a growing OE, project customer and consultant base
He received the National Excellence Award for contribution to the development of industrial automation in the country in 1994 He was Chairman of the Industrial Electronics Div and member of the Executive committee of IEEMA He is on the current Board of Governors of IA and Current Member IEC