Recovered Su-Kam archive Kunwer Sachdev September 2009

About this page — a recovered blog post from the Su-Kam era, originally published on blog.su-kam.com during Kunwer Sachdev's tenure as Founder & MD. The original blog was lost after Su-Kam's insolvency; this page is reconstructed from the Internet Archive and preserved as a historical record.

The Man Behind Su-Kam: Kunwer Sachdev

The Man Behind Su-Kam: Kunwer Sachdev
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Published in 2009, this was one of the earliest posts to profile the founder behind Su-Kam. By then the company was already India's leading power-backup brand — but the story had begun far from inverters.

Born in Delhi in 1962, Kunwer Sachdev studied statistics at Hindu College and law at Delhi University, and started out selling pens by cycle before building a profitable cable-TV business in Delhi. It was that cable network — and its constant need for uninterrupted power — that pulled him toward the power-backup problem.

He had founded Su-Kam as a startup in 1988; in 1998 he shifted it from cable TV into power backup, taking on a largely unorganised inverter market. What followed was a company built from scratch to a ₹1,200-crore turnover by 2012, exporting to 90+ countries — and Kunwer became the first Indian entrepreneur to file patents in the power-backup industry.

The post captured the entrepreneurial journey that would later earn him the titles 'Inverter Man of India' and 'Solar Man of India' — the journey this archive documents in full.

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Primary source: original post on blog.su-kam.com, recovered via the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine), snapshot 30 September 2009. View original snapshot →

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Important Legal Disclaimer

Kunwer Sachdev has no association, affiliation, or relationship with Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. in its current form. He ceased to be the Managing Director and Promoter of Su-Kam following insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. The company was acquired by new owners through the NCLT resolution process (2019–2022). Kunwer Sachdev shall not be held responsible, liable, or accountable for any products sold, services rendered, warranties offered, or obligations undertaken by Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. — past, present, or future. This website is a personal digital archive documenting Kunwer Sachdev's historical contributions to India's solar industry during his tenure as Founder & MD (1988–2019). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. or any of its current directors, shareholders, or management.