Mr. Kesava Iyer Venkatesan

Biography

 ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel India Private Limited (TKES India) is one of the Cold Rolled Electrical Steel Manufacturer in India. A leader and a name synonymous with Quality and Customization. The company ethos mirrors most characteristics similar to its core product; like electrical steel TKES India is innovative and flexible in its thought process; consistent and technology driven in products; environment friendly and energy conserving in its manufacturing process.  Steel making is considered to be one of the oldest and most elemental businesses. Post liberalization era in India propelled strong growth of infrastructure sector and increase in per capita income increased the demand for the electrical equipments. In 1995, Raymond Limited started a unit, Raymond Steel, at Nashik, India, to manufacture electrical steel as well as mild steel.  In September 2000, EBG India Private Limited was formed with ThyssenKrupp having 76% and Raymond the balance 24%. In the year 2004, TKES India turned around and became a profitable company. ThyssenKrupp purchased the remaining shares of Raymond and the company became 100% subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel, Germany and renamed as ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel India Private Limited in the same year. TKES India has since continuously achieved improvement to become one of India’s best manufacturers of international quality electrical steel.  Today with strength of over 600 employees, production capacity of 207,000 MT per year, annual turnover of 108 Mio Euro, TKES-India with its production plant at Nashik, has 6 Sales offices in major cities of India near to customers.  TKES India places its business philosophy on the principles of sustainability and innovation, quality and customer focus. TKES India believes that any high performance sustainable organization rests on the three pillars of economic, social and environmental performance.

Research Interest

 Electrical