Milestones

Milestones

Milestones are checkpoints for the company to evaluate, analyze and tune up further steps. Let’s take you through the major milestones of Genus, which are for us like footprints-invaluable for the past and guidelines for the future:

    • 1994 : Company founded for manufacturing Thick Film Hybrid Microcircuits & SMT PCB Assemblies
    • 1996 : Pioneered unique tamper proof Single & Three Phase Electronic Energy Meters in India
    • 1996 : Commercial Production of Electronic Energy Meters started
    • 1997 : ISO 9001 : 1994 & IECQ Certifications
    • 1999 : Multi-functional & Multi-tariff Meters launched
    • 2000 : Rated as 7th turnaround company of India by Business World, India
    • 2002 : Genus R&D recognized by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India
    • 2004 : Rated among top 100 Electronic companies in India by EFY
    • 2004: Lean Manufacturing implemented with TBM consultants, USA
    • 2005 : AMR / Pre-payment Meter launched
    • 2005: Ventured into Power Distribution Management (ECC) Projects
    • 2006 : State of the art manufacturing facility at Haridwar commissioned
    • 2007 : ERP software package SAP implemented successfully
    • 2007 : First company in India to obtain DLMS certification for Electronic Energy Meters
    • 2009 : First company in India with STS certification for its prepayment meters
    • 2011 : First company in India with SABS certification for its prepayment meters
    • 2011 : Successfully appraised as a CMMI Level 3 company
    • 2011 : Outstanding performance award by NDPL towards AT&C loss reduction
    • 2013 : Genus brand, awarded the prestigious EFY Reader’s choice top 5 brands
    • 2015 : Accorded Excellence in Quality by Golden Peacock National Quality Awards, 2015
    • 2015 : Silver Certificate of Merit” by Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards, 2015
    • 2016 : Successful Deployment of Smart Metering Solution at Shapur (Junagarh) PGVCL – India’s First Smart Village Project
    • 2016 : Implemented India’s first End to End Smart Metering Solution at Kala Amb (Himachal Pradesh) HPSEB’s Smart Grid Pilot Project
    • 2017 : Set-up and commenced production at Guwahati (Assam) Plant
    • 2018 Smart Meters with 3G communication capability launched
    • 2018 Setting up of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Lab at Smart Grid Knowledge Centre of Powergrid Corporation at Manesar, Gurgaon
    • 2019 India’s First Narrowband – IOT setup for AMI (Advance Metering Infrastructure) in strategic partnership with Vodafone Idea
    • 2020 : Becomes First Company in ASIA PACIFIC to supply 1.5 Million Smart Meters to EESL
    • 2021 Signs MoU with Tata Power DDL to provide education and training related to AMI Deployment
    • 2021 : Gas Meters with communication capability launched and becomes only company in India to have BS Certification for Gas Meters
    • 2022 : Gas Meter Production facility established and commercial production launched
    • 2022 : Genus starts participating as an AMISP (end to end responsibility) under TOTEX Model
    • 2023 : Launch of Ultrasonic based Water Meter
    • 2023 : Genus secures $49.5M funding from DFC, USA to scale up deployment of Smart meters across India
    • 2023 : Initial pipeline of USD 2 Billion (Rs 17000 Cr appx) partnership with GIC, Singapore to set up platform for Smart Metering Projects

Genus becomes first and only Indian Company to get BIS certification for Gas Meters