About ICSA INDIA LTD.  
ICSA India LTD is a pioneer company in bringing computing and communication convergence to address the ongoing power sector reforms particularly for distribution segment. the company derives its domain strength by offering infrastructure and turnkey solution for the distribution segment of the power sector. Its product line up demonstrates the in house strength in the area of embedded systems by adopting the technological advancements relevant to its area of operation.ICSA is also listed on the Hyderabad stock exchange, National stock exchange and Bombay stock exchange.
 
Areas of specialization
Our area of specialization lies in providing the end to end solutions for the energy management, audit services by deploying our products on different layers and levels of the distribution network which can communicate with each other and exchange data and events. We are in forefront in adopting new technologies to ensure customer satisfaction with a suite of embedded solutions and comprehensive quality infrastructure customized for the specific requirements of the enterprises across a spectrum of industries especially the Energy Sector.
 
Products we offer:
The products we offer are Substation controller, Micro RTU, Distribution Transformer Monitoring system, Smart meter, Intelligent AMR, ICAP, value added software applications, turnkey transmission and distribution segment infrastructure products e.t.c.ICSA products cover the entire key elements in the electrical distribution network. Our area of specialization lies in providing end-to-end solutions for energy management and audit services by deploying our products different layers and levels of the distribution network which can communicate with each other and exchange data and events.
 
About Transmission and Distribution sector and scope for growth in India
Previously, the transmission and distribution sectors were bundled together and until the last two to three decades the higher preference is given to the transmission segment for the network augmentation, modernization and even automation. But the raising demand for overall reforms in the distribution sector due to allocation of free power to agriculture and the reduction of tariff rates fir certain categories has given a tremendous scope for the growth at a rate of 20% per annum apart from the huge gap to address the existing infrastructure.
 
Role played in identifying and minimizing the Transmission and Distribution losses
We play a vital role in bringing the data using our products to the doorstep of our customers from different nodes of the distribution sector. Our products and solutions identify the critical areas, gaps and even the means how to minimize these losses. At present, considering the demand and supply gap, every unit saved, saves the environment from the green house effect and leads us to the judicious use of precious non renewable resources like coal. oil and gases which are used in the production of power.
 
Perceiving Accelerated Power Development and Reforms program(APDRP) and other programs as a part of reforms and their effect on T&D sector
The APDRP aims to reduce AT & C losses. Bring commercial viability in the power sector, reduce outage & interruption, increase consumer satisfaction, bring energy audit at 11KV level and grant incentive for the reduction of actual cash losses.
Apart from the APDRP schemes ICSA participates in renovation and modernization of substations, transmission lines and distribution transformers, augmentation of feeders and transformers, feeder and consumer meters. High voltage distribution system(HVDS), consumer indexing , SCADA and computerized billing. These reforms reduce the losses and enhance stability and increase the efficiency. Also T&D is a state and central concurrent subject involving many procedures. The reforms have got far reaching consequences in shaping up the growth of the country. The scarce resources in terms of material and money can be diverted to the areas that need immediate attention. this would make the existing DISCOMs viable and profit making.
 
Challenges to see in near future how well prepared to face them
Our challenges are very similar to a knowledge based industry i.e. to keep in tune with the technological advancements. The main challenge would be to keep up the bottom line while there is exponential growth in terms of topline.Our efforts in oil, gas and other sectors should significantly contribute for bottom line, with a prudent product mix and services in place.
We have constant upgradation programs for our employee’s inn terms of skills and providing challenging work environment, which gives the necessary incentive for retaining the expertise. Our innovative R&D team is consistently working in developing innovative and cost effective solutions. We have also a team of experts to address project management, structure financial needs, and plan for higher growth of the company.
 
Future Plans
We want to position the company as a global player in the energy and utilities sectors. To realize this, we have opened international office in Singapore, which will house our Global Solution centre for overseas customers. Since we are also in infrastructure related areas we would like to strengthen our verticals and diversification to emerge as a key enabler to fulfill the ever-growing need of infrastructure.
 
Courtesy : Electrical Monitor, 16 January, 2007 edition.