Genus Power Infrastructures Limited announced the appointments of Keith Mario Torpy and Subhash Chandra Garg to its Board of Directors, effective September 16, 2021.
Subhash Chandra Garg joined IAS as part of 1983 batch in Rajasthan cadre. He served as Economic Affairs Secretary (July 2017-July 2019) and Finance Secretary of India in the Ministry of Finance and as Secretary, Ministry of Power (July 2019-October 2019). He has also served as an Executive Director in the World Bank based in Washington DC. Garg has graduate degrees in Law (LLB) and Commerce (B Com) from Rajasthan University having studied in Government College, Ajmer. Garg is a professionally qualified Cost & Management Accountant with a gold medal in the intermediate examination in 1980. In addition, Garg is a qualified Company Secretary and received Gold Medal in final examination in 1990.
In his entire civil services carrier Garg always carried out his responsibilities professionally and independently keeping the larger public interest as the sole criterion for making decisions. Garg is a policy analyst, a policy craftsman and strategist and an advocate for developing right kind of economic, financial and fiscal policy framework for India in order to build a $10 trillion dollar Indian economy, the statement said.
Dr. Keith Mario Torpy aged 61 years, is a senior Professional with over 25 years International experience in Business / Technology Strategy conceptualization & Implementation working for Multinational companies and being based out of India, Hong Kong, Switzerland and now Australia.
Dr. Torpy holds a doctorate degree (PhD) in Nanotechnology from the University of Technology, Sydney. He also holds a degree of Master of Business Administration (significant focus on ‘Strategic Management’ and ‘Asia Pacific International Business development”) from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and a degree of Master in Electronics (significant focus on latest device development technologies leading to very large scale integration based on Thin Film technology) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Dr. Torpy has been awarded 18 International Patents for Nanotech coatings, Electricity and Gas meter Devices, Energy Management solutions integrating Smart Bots using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning plug ins. Earlier, Dr. Torpy was associated with Landis+Gyr, which has been a global leader of energy management solutions. Landis+Gyr has helped utility companies all over the globe improve their operations, protect their assets, lower their operating costs and provide better customer service. Landis+Gyr, a world leader in building smart metering systems, provides smart grid applications, demand-management technologies, data analytics, and renewables integration.
Dr. Torpy has served as Global VP Innovation at Landis+Gyr, Sydney, where he was involved in development of Technology Strategy & Road Map and working with stakeholders within the company and customers to identify Innovative solution/product needs that could help to differentiate the company and help in developing significant revenue streams. He has also served as Global Head of R&D (Devices) at Landis+Gyr, Zug, Switzerland, where he was involved in development of Technology and Product Strategy working with senior stakeholders in the company across three major regions: Americas, Europe Middle East & Africa and Asia Pacific. He has managed a Research and Development Organization spread across 18 sites around the world, the company added.
Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd., an ISO 9001: 2015 Public Limited Company that primarily deals in manufacturing and distribution of Electronic Energy Meters, Power Distribution Management Projects, Hybrid microcircuits, Inverters, Batteries, Home UPS and Online UPS across India as well as globally.
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