77 Patents Dispersed: After IBC, China Filled the Markets Su-Kam Built
Su-Kam 77 patents sat in a going manufacturer. CIRP scattered the R&D. By 2024 Chinese inverter brands held majority share in markets Su-Kam had built.
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15 Years to Build, 180 Days to Destroy: How the IBC Killed India’s Real Manufacturers While Hype Chased “Startup India”
Kunwer Sachdev shares a first-hand account of how Startup India promoted inexperience while the IBC destroyed manufacturing icons like Su-Kam and Educomp.
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Why People Like Me Leave India — The Su-Kam Story in Its Own Facebook Posts
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.
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The Idea That Connected a Company Spread Across 70 Countries — On Facebook, in 2007
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.
The Su-Kam Solar Projects That Put Power Within Reach: 10 Stories from the Facebook Archive
From 40,000 rural homes in Uttar Pradesh to schools in Rwanda and street lights across Gabon — Kunwer Sachdev revisits ten real Su-Kam solar projects, preserved from the official Su-Kam Solar Facebook archive.
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IBC India Critique: A Solar Man’s Truth vs Academic Myths
IBC India critique by Kunwer Sachdev, Solar Man of India: 4 insolvency myths debunked with real, ground-level Su-Kam experience.
We Built Solar DC With Grid Connectivity in 2009. Now the World Calls It “Hybrid Inverter Technology.”
Hybrid Inverter Technology: Su-Kam integrated solar MPPT, grid connectivity, and battery management in 2009 — before the world renamed it hybrid. The 77 patents behind it.
Fair Value vs. Liquidation Value Under the IBC
The IBC promised fair valuation and liquidation value as the pillars of a transparent process. I watched both fail at Su-Kam. A ₹300 crore fair-value company sold for a pittance — banks got ₹8 crore. This is what really happens.
IBC: A Debt Trap for Entrepreneurs — My Personal Ordeal and Why I’m Calling for Reform
After 30 years of building Su-Kam, I walked through liquidation myself. Here is what the IBC actually does to an entrepreneur — and why the Delhi High Court’s judgment in my case is a turning point.
Article 10 — IBBI Penalised Both the RP and the Liquidator — But Nobody Compensated the Entrepreneur
An IBBI penalty hit both the RP and the liquidator—yet nobody compensated the entrepreneur. Article 10 of The IBC Files by Kunwer Sachdev.