Consultancy Projects (Industrial research)

Involved in Corona, RIV and voltage distribution tests on transmission line insulators and associated hardware for 110 kV – 800 kV class. This is carried out in the laboratory on a rotational basis. A summary of the completed projects is presented in table below with a year-wise breakup. Dr. Subba Reddy was the co-investigator in all these works.

Sl No. Year/period No. of Test Projects completed
Data is not readily available for the period prior to 2007
1 2007 (Jan-Dec) 4
2 2008 (Jan-Dec) 4
3 2009 (Jan-Dec) 3
4 2010 (Jan-Dec) 4
5 2011 (Jan-Dec) 9

Some of the major clients for whom the tests were regularly performed are: M/s BHEL Bangalore & Jagdishpur, M/s WS Industries Chennai, M/s Tag Corporation Chennai, M/s Aditya-Birla Insulators Baroda & Kolkata, M/s EMI Transmission Ltd, Nasik, M/s Goldstone Infra-tech Hyderabad, M/s Areva T&D Bangalore, Hosur & Noida, M/s Asbesco (India) Ltd Kolkata, M/s Klemmenn Engg Chennai, M/s ITPPL Mumbai, M/s Modern Insulators Abu-Road, M/s Bajaj Electricals Mumbai and some foreign vendors.