About — Kunwer Sachdev, The Inverter Man of India

200+ Innovations

The Products That Changed India

Every product below was a first — in India, or in the world. Most were copied. All moved the industry forward.

1988 — Cable TV Era

MATV / CATV Systems

Shared antenna systems for hotels and apartments — Su-Kam's very first product category.

CATV Amplifiers

Manufactured in-house amplifiers and modulators for cable TV signal distribution across buildings.

EchoStar Satellite Receivers

India distributor for EchoStar USA — installed dish systems at the PM's house and every military chief's residence.

Cable TV at Air Force Station

Ran Su-Kam's own cable TV service at Subroto Park — building lasting contacts across Army, Navy, and Air Force.

1998–2003 — The Inverter Breakthrough

India's First MOSFET Inverter

Single-battery design, black chassis, modular board — completely different from anything in the market in 1998.

First Inverter Catalogue

The very first product brochure for a Su-Kam inverter — also the first newspaper coverage the product received.

Electronic Generator

An inverter-based electronic alternative to diesel generators for small commercial loads.

Chic — India's First Plastic Inverter

GE Plastics partnership, 120°C-rated PC ABS body, India Today innovation award. Stayed in homes for 20 years.

2003–2007 — Industry Firsts

FairyQueen Inverter

Designed like a locomotive engine for bedrooms — built for beauty, undone by packaging. The most instructive failure of the inverter era.

India's First Sinewave Inverter

Two R&D teams competing, DSP vs microcontroller — the result eliminated the appliance hum from Indian homes.

Desktop Computer UPS

First pure sinewave UPS for home computers in India — compact, long backup, zero switchover gap.

Home UPS (2005)

Seamless switchover — kept computers and TVs running without a flicker. Every competitor adopted the name within a year.

2007–2012 — Scale & Specialisation

Power Guard

Replaced traditional voltage stabilisers — protected home appliances from surges, dips and spikes.

High-Capacity IGBT Inverters

5KVA and above — disrupted the small generator market. Su-Kam took the proof on a demo truck that toured across India.

Touch Screen PCU

Power Conditioning Unit with a full touch-screen interface — years ahead of what competitors were offering.

Matrix Inbuilt Inverter

Inverter built directly into the electrical distribution board — invisible installation, zero extra space needed.

2008–2012 — New Markets

Tractor Inverter

IP67-rated inverter built for Escorts Tractors — reliable power for farmers in remote areas, designed to survive dust, mud and monsoon.

Automotive Batteries

Su-Kam's own range of automotive batteries for trucks, tractors and commercial vehicles.

Telecom Tower Inverter

Hardened backup power for telecom towers — critical infrastructure where failure means network blackout.

Online UPS — Gamatronic JV

Partnership with Israel's Gamatronic — first domestic manufacture of double-conversion online UPS in India, for data centres and critical loads.

2008–2015 — Solar Products

Solar Home Lighting System

Multi-light kit with radio and phone charging — engineered to outperform Chinese competitors on features and reliability.

Solar PCU (Off-Grid)

Power Conditioning Unit for off-grid solar — Su-Kam's entry into India's rural electrification mission.

Solar Water Pumping System

Solar-powered pumps replacing diesel across Indian agriculture — built and deployed at scale.

DC Solar System for Villages

100W per home, fan + 2 lights + mobile charging — deployed in remote UP villages with zero grid access.

2009–2015 — Major Solar Projects

SECI Phase 1 — 2MW

Among the first companies in India selected by SECI for a 2MW solar allocation — before solar was mainstream.

Punjab Engineering College & Chennai Metro

Two landmark commercial solar installations — overcoming shadowing challenges and scope changes to deliver.

IFFCO Headquarters, New Delhi

Solarised the IFFCO national headquarters — despite on-site theft of materials, completed and commissioned.

SBI Academy, Gurgaon

Full building solarisation with car park solar shed — reduced electricity bill by 70% and won SBI's confidence.

UP Lohia Vikas — Remote Village DC

Off-grid DC systems for hundreds of homes in remote UP villages — 100W per house, lights, fan, mobile charging.

Arunachal Pradesh — 600KW Grid Feed

Su-Kam's first northeast solar project — 600KW grid-connected installation, launching expansion across all 7 NE states.

Assam Rifles — 7 NE Locations

Joint venture with REIL — 100–150KW off-grid systems at 7 Assam Rifles locations, eliminating diesel dependency.

Mini-Grid 250KW — UP Villages

Three 250KW mini-grid installations connecting 5–6 villages each — Su-Kam's largest rural electrification project.

Army Mobile Solar Trolley

Foldable solar system for the Indian Army — deploy anywhere, generate power in the field, pack and move. Over a year in engineering.

2012–2015 — Cutting Edge

IoT-Based Inverters & UPS

Remote monitoring, app control, and smart load management — when nobody else in India was building connected inverters.

Battery Water Topping Kit

Automatic battery maintenance system — extended lead-acid battery life and eliminated manual topping.

Lead-Acid BMS

Equalisation technology for battery banks — pioneered in 2005 when premature battery failures were costing customers thousands.

SMD-Based PCBs

Moved Su-Kam's manufacturing from through-hole to Surface Mount Device PCBs — smaller, faster, more reliable. Became the industry standard.

Made in India

World Class Factories — Built from Scratch

Kunwer believed that world-class products needed world-class factories. Su-Kam built its own manufacturing from the ground up — SMD lines, R&D labs, and solar panel plants — entirely in India.

Manufacturing & R&D

Dedicated R&D Centre

In-house engineering lab with 100+ engineers — where India's first sinewave inverter and first solar PCU were designed.

Solar Panel Manufacturing

Su-Kam's own solar panel plant — manufacturing crystalline PV modules domestically when imports dominated the market.

Export to 70+ Countries

Started with one inverter in a suitcase to Lagos. Grew to 70 countries. Nobody in India's inverter industry had tried it before.

Awards & Recognition

India Today Innovation Award

Awarded for the Chic plastic inverter — the first consumer electronics design award ever given to an inverter company.

Outlook Business — Power Sector

Featured as a defining force in India's power sector — recognising Kunwer's role in creating the home inverter market.

Discovery Channel — Sun Fuel

Discovery Channel India produced a full documentary on Su-Kam's solar mission — the first such feature on an Indian inverter brand.

100+ Patents Filed

Patents covering sinewave technology, battery management, solar PCUs, IoT inverters, and original industrial designs.

Kunwer Sachdev — Founder of Su-Kam

The Inventor Who Built India's Inverter Industry — and Never Stopped