T V Rao’s IIMA book ‘Managers Who Make A Difference’ (Random House India, 2010) profiles Kunwer Sachdev as a leader who turns every problem into a business opportunity — built on C K Prahalad’s 2007 identification of Su-Kam as a great example of Indian Innovations.
India Today’s landmark August 2010 Independence Day issue named Su-Kam’s plastic-body inverter among India’s Top 10 Innovations of the Decade — a defining recognition of Kunwer Sachdev’s leadership in reimagining home power backup for millions of Indian households.
From dealers in Lagos and Kabul to solar villages in Gabon and Rwanda, Su-Kam took Made-in-India power to 90+ countries. Kunwer Sachdev on the export journey and why an Indian brand standing on the world stage mattered.
Before Indian businesses used Facebook, Kunwer Sachdev turned it into Su-Kam’s nervous system — connecting factories, R&D and service teams across 70+ countries. The story of an early bet, what was lost, and keeping the heritage alive.
In November 2012 Su-Kam staff uploaded the Technovations deck on SlideShare — 47 slides on Chic plastic inverters, tractor charging, sine wave, Home UPS, telecom, Solar PCU, Brainy, and megawatt projects. Kunwer Sachdev walks each slide.
On 24 September 2011 Kunwer Sachdev presented at eRevolution, Hotel Marriott Chandigarh — 70 slides on Su-Kam R&D, six factories, 10,000 dealers and exports to 71 countries. Original conference slides and founder story.
How Su-Kam under Kunwer Sachdev created Indian inverter authority with 0% Chinese share — products, Re-Invest 2015, Electronics Maker record.
After one evening of AI fixes broke his website, Kunwer Sachdev stopped asking AI to build — and started asking it to think.
AI personality tools differ by design. Kunwer Sachdev on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot and Grok — strengths, weaknesses, and why every platform has a place.
The evening I handed everything to AI — and spent the next six hours quietly undoing the damage. A lesson about confidence, experience, and what machines still cannot replace.