Care4Cable Speakers
Sheri Dhalke
Technical Director, Polywater USA
Sheri Dahlke, Technical Director, American Polywater has 30+ years of experience in product development of the company. Starting in the mid to late 90’s, Sheri was instrumental in the development of more key products and applications. From environmentally friendly electrical and communications cleaners to even more state-of-the-art cable installation lubricants, these products had great commercial success for the company.
Sheri’s achievements have changed how electrical and communications infrastructure is deployed, maintained and protected. They will contribute long-lasting benefits for secure and efficient communications and power networks. Sheri is the embodiment of Polywater’s slogan ‘’Solutions at Work”.
Dr Aradhana Ray
Technical Director,
Laxmi Associates
Ph. D. in Electrical, 28 years’ experience with Doble Engineering USA, Omicron, Austria, Short Circuit Test Laboratory ERDA. Consulting third party inspection and Asset management projects, specification & maintenance manual EHV class power equipment in India, Malaysia, Dubai, OMAN, North America, South Africa and Australia. Recipient of “Dr Vikram Sharabhai Young Scientist Award” Served on technical committees of IEC, IEEMA, CBIP, CIGRE, TIFAC, BIS, CIRED Malaysia Conferences. Worked on implementation of Asset Management project based on ISO 55000 Standards with Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), TNB & TAMAS Malaysia. Presently working as one of the Principle member for Development of IEC- ETD 53 on Standardization of the management of assets in power networks.
Erik Freyser
Chief Operating Officer - President, Polywater, USA
Erik Freyser’s unique background in mechanical engineering and marketing expertise laid a strong foundation for his career at Polywater. Starting as General Manager of Polywater Europe in 2005, Erik excelled in overseeing marketing, sales, operations, distribution, and logistics. His success in expanding the European division led to his promotion to CEO and President in 2014. A native of the Netherlands, Erik brings a global perspective and dedication to serving diverse markets. Under his leadership, Polywater has expanded its global operations, enhanced industry and technical knowledge sharing through digital platforms, and reduced environmental impact by improving operational and manufacturing practices. Erik’s focus on maintaining a customer-centric culture at Polywater has reinforced the company’s reputation of delivering quality products and technical solutions that solve field-specific customer challenges.
Er. Imteyaz Siddiqui
Managing Director(India) / Regional Sales Director-GCC Doble Engineering
Imteyaz is an experienced leader in the power engineering and energy sector with over 30 years of professional experience. A global leader in diagnostic solutions and services for the electric power industry, with a B.Sc. Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, He has developed a strong foundation in technical expertise and industry knowledge, which I leverage to drive organizational growth and success.
Er. S. M. Takalkar
Mentor & Thought Leader
He graduated in Electrical Engineering from M. S. University, Vadodara in 1971. He joined Gujarat Electricity Board in 1972 as a Junior Engineering and retired as a Chief Engineering Transmission in 2006. During his tenure of 34 years he worked in Distribution, Generation and Transmission Department. Most of his tenure was in Transmission department. He is a member of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) for Transmission line and Sub–Station related committees.
He has received several Awards for R&D and contribution to the Transmission Segment.
At present he is a managing Director of M/s Takalkar Power Engineers and Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vadodara. The firm is offering services of Electrical, Civil & Structural Engineering Designs, Energy
Management, Project Monitoring and Energy Audit.
Sanjay Mishra
Chairman & Managing Director, SM Systems
Mr Sanjay Mishra is an electrical engineer working in Test and Measurement sector for over 25 years. He was instrumental in bringing latest technologies in test and measuring instruments to India for various principles.
Sanjay has worked in Rishabh Instruments, Secure Meters and Motwane on pan India basis, interacting with various end users from Utilities and Industries. Sanjay is a technical entrepreneur who likes to learn new technologies and reach out to the end users at the remotest of locations with his Cable Fault Location Van & other equipments. As a CMD of SM Systems he is running his enterprise with a team of 30 professionals promoting high end electrical test & measuring instruments. Mr Sanjay Mishra was felicitated by Insdia’s Small Giants Award and Business Leaders Award 2019 by economic times.
Er. Yogesh V Joshi
Convenor - Care4Cable Distinguished Member CIGRE Former Head of Engg GETCO Former President ERDA Director Technical - Knowledge Cluster
Around 40 years of experience in Transmission O&M, Protection, Automation, Testing, commissioning, Engineering, quality assurance, telecommunication, SCADA, EPC, e-Urja (ERP) divisions of GETCO (earlier GEB). Presented 20+ papers on national and international technical platforms & chaired multiple conferences.
He was instrumental in creating standardization manual on power transformer by IEEMA, CBIP & Central Electricity Authority of India. He developed algorithm for Health Indexing of EHV class transformers & equipments – Online implementation for more than 4000 nos of 66 and above class power transformers in GETCO.
He is leading the team of Technology Innovation Support Council (TISCO) for finding Technology gap for the task of Govt of India to increase R&D expenditure in India taken by IEEMA.
Currently, Er. Y V Joshi is advisor to various organizations from Power Sector.
Mr. Charles Cole
Vice President-Global Division
Polywater USA
Mr Charles has over 34 years of experience providing innovative and effective repair and maintenance solutions to the electrical and communications industries. Mr Cole has written case studies on application of sealants to prevent aging and life enhancement of Transformers and GIS equipments.
He travels extensively across the globe having exposure to moisture ingress related issues in transformer and GIS from different utilities and industries. Charles has participated in 100+ webinars and resolved queries of customers related to use of sealants to prevent moisture ingress in electrical equipments.
Mr. Mustafa Baj
Director, Samgor India
Mr Mustafa Baj is an electrical engineer with 25 years of experience in electrical field and specializes
in High Voltage Engineering. He is Founder of Samgor India and under his leadership Samgor India
has become a trusted name for innovative high voltage solutions and reliable services. His vision is to
push boundaries of what is possible in high voltage technology, ensuring safer and more efficient
electrical grids.
Dr Rajaram Shinde
Director, Prayog Electricals / Datson Electronics & Vikarsh Nano Tech
Dr Rajaram Shinde thorough Technocrat has over 30 years of Global experience in Transformers. He is also representing our country in IEC as national expert in TC10 & TC14. He is also director on board of ERDA.
Being member of various national & international forum/committees (IEC, IEEE, BIS, CIGRE, CIRED, CBIP, IEEMA, ITMA etc.) very resourceful in Energy sector. He has invented few products & secured patents.
He had been key resource to introduce dry type technology & high temperature fluid technology to India while with Voltas turned Kirloskar. He was head of Raychem RPG Ltd unit and Global technology advisor to Cargill. He played key role in spreading technologies like dry type & ester filled transformers globally.
Er. P. K. Pattanaik
Senior General Manager (Elect) OPTCL Odisha
Mr Pattanaik took initiative to create a Nationwide Technical group named as SPARK with around 6000 engineers all across the nation with 19 Main Groups and 8 Sub-Groups. Expertise in special maintenance to Transformers and EHV equipment on Condition monitoring assessments and fault diagnosis. Publication of around 105 technical papers in different national/international proceedings/ journals. He is the regular author for the journal publications by reputed organizations like CBIP, IEEMA, Electrical Mirror, Electrical India and many other. He is also the author of many Technical books on electrical technology and awarded in many of the national and international forum. He has been recognized with BEST ENGINEERS’ award and special appreciation award in OPTCL in the year 2013, 2018 and 2020. Best paper award during the International conference METERING INDIA in 2018 and 2020. Appreciation award from CBIP, IEEMA and many other international forums. With membership front, bearing with IEEE member, Institution of Engineers.
Trafocare Mentor
Mr. Surinder Kumar Negi
President & CEO- SkipperSeil Ltd
Former Managing Director of GETCO
Mr. Negi has been chiefly involved in the transmission and distribution segments of the power sector in both public and private sector companies. He has contributed significantly in the execution of many extra high voltage AC and HVDC stations and transmission lines, in the design and engineering of EHV substations, and in the implementation of project management practices. He established the design and engineering process for ISO 9001-2000 and has been a member of many expert groups including transformer maintenance and cost-effective design and engineering solutions for renovation and modernization in T&D. He played a key role in introduction and implementation of smart grid technologies in T&D sector, namely Process Bus Digital Substation, new generation Conductor, OPGW Communication, polymer insulator, Hybrid Switchgear, Ester oil, Asset Management, PMU’s etc.
Before joining Skipper, he was Managing Director of Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) and also served in NTPC, POWERGRID and Alstom T&D.
Dr K Rajamani
Mentor & Thought Leader
PhD in Power Systems from IITB in 1975, rich Experience of M/s Tata Consulting engineers for 20 years, General Electric, Schenectady USA, M/s Adani Electric Mumbai Ltd (formerly known as Reliance Infrastructure Ltd) as a Chief Consultant since 2003.
Dr Rajamani has conducted more than 140 hard core technical courses. His passion is now teaching and mentoring. He has published articles in various international and national journals like IEEE, IEE, IFAC, IEEMA, etc. Dr Rajamani was awarded with Industry Excellence Award by 20th National Power System conference 2018.
Er. S. M. Takalkar
Mentor & Thought Leader
He graduated in Electrical Engineering from M. S. University, Vadodara in 1971. He joined Gujarat Electricity Board in 1972 as a Junior Engineering and retired as a Chief Engineering Transmission in 2006. During his tenure of 34 years he worked in Distribution, Generation and Transmission Department. Most of his tenure was in Transmission department. He is a member of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) for Transmission line and Sub–Station related committees.
He has received several Awards for R&D and contribution to the Transmission Segment.
At present he is a managing Director of M/s Takalkar Power Engineers and Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vadodara. The firm is offering services of Electrical, Civil & Structural Engineering Designs, Energy
Management, Project Monitoring and Energy Audit.
Mr. Ajay Joshi
Mentor & Director
Knowledge Cluster
Mr Ajay Joshi is serving on the boards of NGOs and Former CEO of Pitambari Industries. He is having 30+ years of management experience and new initiatives at corporate as well as for social cause.
Mr Ajay Joshi is Mentor and Director of Knowledge Cluster in Consultancy Business, PMC and Event Management at Trafocare.