Pradeep Kheruka
Executtive Chairman Borosil Renewables Limited
Bio
Mr. Pradeep Kheruka is a veteran industrialist and visionary entrepreneur who has been associated with the glass industry for six decades. As the Executive Chairman of Borosil Renewables Ltd., India’s first solar glass manufacturer, he heads the other companies of the Borosil Group, comprising Borosil Ltd., as well as Borosil Scientific Limited. He has emerged as the face behind Indian leadership in specialty glass manufacturing across scientific, consumer, industrial, construction and solar sectors.
When India’s solar sector was still in its nascent stage, Mr. Kheruka identified the strategic need for self-reliance in high-quality solar glass. His foresight led to the establishment of solar manufacturing facility in Borosil Renewables Ltd. (then Gujarat Borosil Limited), which first began with a capacity of just 180 tons per day in 2010. Under his leadership, this scaled up rapidly to 1,000 TPD (6.5 GW) by 2023, making it the largest producer of solar glass in the world outside China. Amongst various expansion projects currently undertaken by Borosil, the new 600 TPD (4 GW) capacity of solar glass will soon be ready for production.
A strong proponent of ‘Make in India’, Mr. Pradeep Kheruka, has been vocal in various forums about developing local manufacturing in this strategically important sector right from 2012 as a part of India Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA). These efforts bore fruit with the Government implementing measures to establish manufacturing of solar modules and its components on a firm footing in India. As President of Solar Ancillary Manufacturers Association (SAMA), he has been representing with Government to iron out policy measures to strengthen the foundation of manufacturing of all solar module components, and develop a strong and reliable local eco system of all the components to reduce dependence on imports. He has led industry efforts against unfair trade practices by championing anti-dumping measures on Chinese solar glass, which had hampered the Indian Solar market badly.