MICROTEKNIK is an India-based manufacturer of various types of world-class quality Scientific equipment, Laboratory instruments, Educational/Teaching equipment, Agricultural equipment for schools, colleges, universities and vocational training institutes, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronics equipment, Blood bank equipment, Automotive-Automobile Lab equipment, Glassware, Plastic ware and Anatomy models. It is also into tailor-made equipment' as per client specifications and customized products.
Five decades of experience: In fact, Microteknik boasts an experience of five decades and is the third generation in the field. It’s carving out a niche in customized products, developments, handling of complete supply, installation, commissioning, training and handling over projects in time with value-added services of rich experience. In a freewheeling chat, Vikas Jain, CEO of Microteknik, has a glimpse into the growth, capabilities and way forward of his company and industry. Here are some excerpts:
Q: Can you recall the path treaded by Microteknik so far?
Vikas Jain: MICROTEKNIK was started by my father in 1967 and they started with the Pathology instruments as that was the need in India. Pathology instruments, during those times India was buying from Japan, Germany and the US. My father was working in a company where he developed those instruments and added more in 1973 relating to Pathology, Physiology, and Histopathology.
Q: When was it you joined the company?
Vikas Jain: I joined MICROTEKNIK in 1986 and we went with hospital equipment, laboratory equipment and hospital furniture. In 1999, we saw that there is a great requirement in waste management, which India was not aware of it. We manufactured those instruments which helped in addressing the waste management issues.
Q: How about the entry into the export market?
Vikas Jain: In 2002, I entered the export market triggering a huge surge and thanks to Modi’s Swatch Bharat mission campaign from 2015 has added many incinerators. This change of priority has added many instruments which can destroy huge sanitary napkins, bio-medical waste, and municipal waste and can even burn the dead body without polluting the air. The traditional method of burning dead bodies takes a lot of wood and approximately it takes 3-4 quintals of wood along with environmental pollution…
…Any kind of water in drinkable form: Even the carcasses of stray dogs and stray animals are causing pollution in their way. So, we have made incinerators for them also and in return, we get ash which is also organic and ready to be used for farm needs. And we have also developed instruments to clean the water. You give me any water and I will return it in a drinkable form. Then we entered into the Lithium battery manufacturing and of course, we have now also entered into the EV segment. Probably it is for the first time in India that we are making electric vehicles hundred per cent with Indian-made parts, chassis, bodies, motors, and controllers. Everything we are making in India only. This facility was inaugurated by Haryana Home Minister…
…Reach of every common man: The USP for this sort of manufacturing is to ensure that the EV mode of vehicles is within the reach of every common man. Two persons in the family can travel on the Scooter with 200 kg weight and at an average speed of 80-90-100 kilometres and up to 254 kilometres in one charge. Also, three hours are enough for a full charge. Many of the things that we have developed are for the first time in the world or India. I think I can give something to my nation in this innovative way.
Q: How big is the waste management market and what is the share of MICROTEKNIK in the same?
Vikas Jain: The waste management market is around 27 per cent of total management but the irony is that people are not aware and if we want to educate them something or the other comes up, which is holding them. We are not able to push things properly in the Indian market or the Indian government market, you can say.
Q: How far this surge has helped the Indian waste management market to grow further?
Vikas Jain: People now know about waste management as the entity-body has come up and Pollution Control Board has come up while everybody wants to see India as a clean nation. Even the top brass is very particular about ensuring that India emerges as a clean country. So, it is only then we can go and penetrate with the instruments. But, yes, still people need to get knowledge on several aspects governing the waste management scenario by and large.
Q: Why this question had to be asked is that there is one Sitaram Kedaliya, a veteran RSS volunteer from Mangaluru and Puttur in specific who travelled across North India for five years. He found out that the Swatch Bharat Mission had been accomplished in terms of building a lavatory in each house. However, the fact remains in people defecate in the open as the same old mindset continues to persist in most of them.
Vikas Jain: Exactly. I have travelled to many places in India and met many commissioners and top brass of the bureaucracy. Of course, the mindset has to change and hopefully, it will change over some time. Maybe, it will take some time.
Q: How do you foresee the growth of this industry?
Vikas Jain: It will be a boon and the coming times will be a big boon. But people need to become aware, that is my requirement. That is what I feel.
Q: What has been the growth of this industry ever since Swatch Bharat Mission came into being?
Vikas Jain: Growth is there but it is not that much as to what it should be. Growth is there but not all that at a pace it needs to be. Slowly, slowly, slowly it is picking up. See, what happens is only after I use something and get used to it, I will be in a position to explain it to others. Until and unless I use it and don’t know how to use it, I will be in no position to educate you or explain to others how to use it. This is the fundamental thing which people are not aware of. But when we started it and gave the instrument to say one person, veterinary hospital, medical hospital or municipal committee, people will come to know how it happens or rather how the instrument works. We have come across several instances where the instrument lies unused because of the old mindset and resistance to change. Yes, definitely mindset issues continue to remain and they need to be addressed. It will change but may need some time for the same.
-Manohar Yadavatti
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