Dilip Kumar started his career as an automation engineer, due to his keen interest in developing new products, he joined Rockwell Automation, global leader in Industrial Automation as Application Engineer.

At Rockwell Automation, he was assigned growing responsibilities in Product Marketing, Business Unit and Key Account Management roles. During his tenure, he received multiple awards for his technical & sales leadership.

Between 2012 - 2016, he spearheaded SMA India’s South Region. Consistently achieved exceptional and measurable results in identifying new markets, setting up new business territories, building & leading teams in a dynamic environment.

In the year 2015, he along with Mr. Vikram Shetty founded Inspire Clean Energy (ICE) - a pure play, technical asset, operations & maintenance management company for the solar PV plants. In the last 4 years, ICE has grown and regarded as technical experts in managing solar PV assets. Many of its process are now de-facto standard operating procedures.

Late 2018, co-founded Reparar Works, India’s first Solar PV repairs, refurbishment and recycling company focussing on sustainable ways to handle post warranty life of PV components.

Currently, he oversees operations and development of Eira - Solar PV Asset Management Platform. Eira powered by ‘Bia’ artificial intelligence engine and machine learning capabilities will enable renewable asset owners, their managers & field team to leverage the power of connected devices and function as an integrated unit.