Hello and welcome once again to Lighting India. I am writing this note from the picturesque city of Zadar on the west coast of Croatia, part of former Yugoslavia, rebuilt piece by piece after the country along with its neighbours was ravaged by war for nearly a decade in the early nineties.

This season our issue focuses on ‘Street & Safety Lighting’. We have a couple of articles written on this topic and have tried curating the best of projects for our readers.

This festive season our issue focuses on ‘Decorative Lighting’. Every year during the pre-Christmas period until New Year, globally many places are decorated festively and adorned with lavish Christmas lighting. We have tried curating the best of projects and articles for our readers on this topic.

A country with nearly a quarter and billion people had only seven companies participating, who put-together had taken not more than 60 sq mt of space in the gigantic exhibition, which confirmed its status as an ideal platform for global lighting players – both buyers and exhibitors – to exchange, meet and do business.

This issue focuses on lights creating atmosphere, drama and intrigue in the entertainment industry...

The target of the government is to replace each and every old fluorescent lamp to LED lamp in the next three years...

The lighting industry consumes almost 18-20% of the power generated in the country...

The Colosseum in Rome, is visited by 6 million people a year against about 8.5 million people visiting India. And, we have the world famous Taj Mahal...