I went to IIM Ahmedabad in March 2017 to deliver the ‘Power-Up with Kunwer Sachdev’ keynote at TiECON. The bigger discovery came in a quiet conversation with the professors before the talk — my Su-Kam story was already being taught to their MBA students. Here’s what that reframed for me.
Nine published books — IIMA, HarperCollins, Springer, Rashmi Bansal, Harsh Pamnani, Disha, ProjectX Digest — have profiled Kunwer Sachdev and Su-Kam Power Systems. Here are the covers, the references, and what each one captured.
From Dataquest 1999 to HarperCollins, Springer and IIMA — nine published books and multiple India Today Group editions have documented Kunwer Sachdev and Su-Kam Power Systems as part of India’s innovation record.
A consolidated reference page of published books — academic, business, and educational — in which Kunwer Sachdev, founder of Su-Kam Power Systems, is profiled or cited as a notable Indian entrepreneur and innovator.
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.