Praveen Rao
Territor CEO and Technical Director - C-PRAV Group, C-PRAV Labs and Certifications
With over 33 years of engineering experience in the TIC Industry, Praveen is a seasoned professional specializing in electrical and electronic product Standards, Regulations, Testing & Certifications for global markets.
He started his career in Satellite Control Earth Stations in 1988 with ISRO and later served as Lab Manager of an Australian EMC Test Lab from 1992–2000. Praveen then spent 21 years as Global Product Compliance Manager at Fujitsu, leading global compliance and certification activities across international markets.
Praveen is the Founder of C-PRAV Group (Labs & Certifications) and is actively involved in international standards and regulatory committees. He is a Member of international standards committees including IEC and CISPR, and currently serves as Chair of the Australian National EMC Committee.
His professional contributions also include serving as a member of the NATA Accreditation Advisory Council, Technical Assessor for laboratories under ISO/IEC 17025 for NATA and IANZ, Member of the FCC TCB Council and REDCA, Board Member of the IEEE EMC Society of Australia, and an Associate of Cherry Clough Consultants.
Standards Regulations Testing Certifications – A product’s journey
SRTC (Standards Regulations Testing and Certifications) A topic covering the Journey of a product through compliance. The Do's and Don'ts for a product developer to ensure a seamless process. It’s not about complying with standards and regulations, it is more so for enhancing safety, reliability of the product where cost savings/profits quantify. The focus is on electrical/electronics products that have proliferated into our homes. These gadgets have uncontrollably taken over our lives but controlling their safe use is in our hands.
The presentation is to dive into various aspects of Standards, Regulations, Testing and Certifications with respect to EMC, Electrical Safety, Radio, Cybersecurity and Environmental standards compliance for Australian market & Global Markets - export your products to Europe, UK, USA, Canada, India, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, etc
