Mumbai, February 22, 2007: Emerson Network Power (India) today announced the appointment of Vasudevan Rajagopalan as Vice President - Solutions. Prior to this, Vasudevan was heading the South Zone of Emerson Network Power India. Vasudevan takes on the mantle from Shrikant Bapat who moves to another role within Emerson.

As part of his responsibilities, Vasudevan will focus on sales & marketing and positioning Emerson as the pioneer and leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity. He will also overlook Emerson’s channel business and leverage its strong relationship with its partners for achieving the company’s business goals.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Sandeep Nair, Managing Director, Emerson Network Power India Pvt Ltd, said, “Vasudevan has been an integral part of Emerson Network Power India since its inception in India. Vasudevan understands the intricacies of the business and has vast experience in handling several challenging assignments and a strong hold on all the businesses that Emerson addresses. Vasudevan is someone who fully emulates the company’s brand values, leadership and principles and we expect his leadership will help company achieve its business growth and new markets like Datacenter, Enclosure solution etc.”

Vasudevan said, “I am proud to be associated with an innovative company like Emerson. The market is growing exponentially and we have established our leadership in the enterprise and SME segment. I will focus on maintaining the leadership of Emerson in these segments and would aim to consolidate our position by garnering a substantial market share in the Channel products also.”

At Emerson Network Power India, Vasudevan has headed South & North Zones and also led the businesses like IT & Telecom Vertical. He also worked with channel and handled Micro product Business. Prior to Emerson, he was with Systroncis for two years. Vasudevan is a graduate engineer in electrical & electronics engineering.

About Emerson Network Power (India) Pvt. Ltd:

Emerson Network Power, a business of US$ 20.1 billion Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™. The company is the trusted source for custom, adaptive and ultra-reliable solutions that enable and protect its customers’ business-critical technology infrastructures. Backed by the largest global services organization in the industry, Emerson Network Power offers a full range of Innovative Power, Precision Cooling, connectivity, Automatic Transfer Switches, Enclosure Systems, Site Monitoring & Services, Surge Protection Solution and embedded products and services for computer, communications, healthcare and industrial systems. For more information on Emerson Network Power, its services and products visit www.emersonnetworkpower.co.in and for information on the full spectrum of enterprise-wide solutions from Emerson Network Power, visit www.emersonnetworkpower.com.

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