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Harnessing hydropower

A lull in shipping two decades ago prompted Capt Percy Master to venture into renewable energy
Text: Parinaz M. Gandhi  Photos: Jasmine D. Driver

"Are you mad?” was the family’s response when 20 years ago Capt Percy Master announced that he wanted to venture into hydropower. "What do you know about this subject?” they asked the chairman and managing director of the Master Group of Companies that includes Master Marine Services Private Limited, Prudential Global Logistics Private Limited, Prulogic, Meher Container Terminals Private Limited, Master Industries Private Limited.          Capt Percy Master   "I didn’t then know anything about electricity,” candidly admitted Master when briefing the busload of delegates from the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) who had accompanied him to the Master Power plant......



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