Re-Invest 2015 · Electronics Maker · Su-Kam Authority

Inverters Are the Only Business Segment in India With Zero Chinese Share

Under Kunwer Sachdev’s leadership, Su-Kam didn’t just sell products — it created the engineering authority that kept an entire Indian category free of Chinese share.

By Kunwer Sachdev·Su-Kam Founder·8 min read

Re-Invest 2015 renewable energy summit New Delhi — Kunwer Sachdev Su-Kam context — Re-Invest 2015, New Delhi — where the 0% Chinese-share claim was put on record.

“Inverters are the only business segment in India having 0% Chinese share.”

— Kunwer Sachdev, Founder & MD, Su-Kam · Electronics Maker, Re-Invest 2015

The authority Su-Kam created

Every major consumer-electronics category in India was eventually flooded with Chinese-built supply. Televisions. Phones. Appliances. Lighting. Inverters were the exception — because Indian manufacturers like Su-Kam invested in engineering, patents, and product depth long before cheap imports could own the shelf.

That was not a slogan. It was a market fact Kunwer Sachdev stated at Re-Invest 2015 and that Electronics Maker put on record. Under his leadership, Su-Kam turned a fragmented power-backup trade into an organised Indian technology category — and that category held.

Products built under his leadership

The 0% Chinese-share position was earned on the shop floor — through products Su-Kam shipped while Kunwer Sachdev led the company:

2005

Solar PCU

India’s early solar power conditioning architecture — domestic IP before imports owned solar hardware.

2006

First 3-phase solar system

Pioneer three-phase solar engineering for Indian loads — not a rebadged import stack.

Home Solar

Brainy Eco Hybrid PCU

Intelligent hybrid home power — designed for Indian voltage chaos and solar adoption.

Scale

Colossal Solar PCU

From home inverter DNA to plant-scale solar PCU — Indian engineering at industrial size.

Storage

Baddi · Tubular Gel

Battery manufacturing depth behind the inverter stack — local control of the full chain.

Global

CE Mark · Intersolar

Export-grade compliance and Munich visibility — Indian products competing on standards.

Re-Invest 2015 — the claim on the record

At the Government of India’s renewable showcase in New Delhi, Electronics Maker interviewed Kunwer Sachdev on Su-Kam’s technology position and market leadership. The headline that travelled was precise: inverters were the Indian electronics segment Chinese manufacturers had essentially failed to take.

Read the same-subject record here: Electronics Maker’s Re-Invest 2015 interview with Kunwer Sachdev. Original magazine URL (archived): Electronics Maker archive.

Why that authority mattered

IP before imports: patents, sine-wave platforms, and solar PCU work created a moat cheap rebadging could not copy overnight.
Full-stack manufacturing: inverters plus batteries and factory depth — not a trading desk.
Export credibility: CE and international shows proved Indian hardware could travel.
Public proof: Re-Invest 2015 put the 0% Chinese-share reality in front of policymakers and buyers.

What I still believe

Categories are not protected by speeches. They are protected by builders who invent, file IP, run factories, and ship. Su-Kam under my leadership proved one Indian electronics line could hold against Chinese share. That authority was created in products — and the record still stands at Re-Invest 2015.

Same-subject source

Kunwer Sachdev

Founder of Su-Kam · Inverter Man & Solar Man of India. Read his story →

Kunwer Sachdev exited Su-Kam in 2019 and is not responsible for any activity of the company since. Full disclaimer →