Rajnikant Lad

Rajnikant Lad is a Thane-based elevator consultant. He graduated from Jabalpur College of Engineering Madhya Pradesh in 1982 and has been on a mission to see no elevator accidents in India for the past 35 years. He was part of a research study on elevator maintenance trends in the Indian elevator market in collaboration with ValueNote Database, Ltd. He is working for the creation of safety awareness for users with the motto, “Zero deaths from elevator accidents in India.” He is an active member of the National Safety Council and Society for Reliability and Safety. He has been associated with the elevator industry for more than four decades.

Auditing for Improvement

Your author shares what India’s elevator industry learned from COVID-19 lockdowns and how it can be better prepared for the next wave. Two waves of COVID-19 have already deeply impacted...

VT Market Expands With Growing Economy

Inclined, residential elevators gaining in popularity. With the Indian economy becoming more and more robust and increasing developments across the country, there are bound to be more activities in the...

Finding Best Practices

Nationwide regulation, improved designs and technology can make lifts safer, especially during a  pandemic, this Readers’ Platform explains. There are states in India where there are no defined lift rules...

Great Move Toward Safety

Consultant lauds The Lift Act 2017 for both its improvements toward public welfare and its boost for business. The Maharastra Government’s Lift, Escalator and Moving Walk Act 2017 includes two...

Protect Yourself From Lift Accident Harassment

Speaking to building owners, building managers and society office-bearers about contracts and accidents In case of any lift accident in which death is reported, the lift service provider and society...

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