ADDITIONAL GENERAL MANAGER (PROCESS)
GUJARAT NARMADAVALLEY FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED
Total years of experience :31 years, 3 Months
6 yrs as shift engr in 1800 TPD Snamprojetti Total Ammonia- recycle Urea plant including its Cooling Tower System, CO2 Compressor & Turbine, centriful and recip high pressure Pumps, vacuum systems, utilities, Prilling Tower & Waste Mgmt.
3 yrs as senior shift engr in 1350 TPD Ammonia, Linde ASU Plant, Texaco oil gasification, BASF sulfur tolerant Shift, Linde Rectisol wash & Methan wash & Topsoe Ammonia
Process Lead Engr2 yrs NG based Steam Reforming proj- frontend of 120 MTD Methanol plant. M/s Jacobs.
1 yr Lead Engr - Pre/commissioning of Steam Methane Reformer & its integration with existing plant, conversion of instrumentation from pneumatic to DCS (FOXBORO) & training of optrs/engrs, preparing manuals.
Plant Mgr 3 yrs Co-ordination of various inter-plant activities -optimisation of products, HAZOP, modifications, monitoring in Urea / Methanol / Ammonia, Formic Acid, Acetic Acid
Lead Commissioning 6 months in Pre/commissioning & startup of Revamp Methanol-1 Adiabatic reactor toIsothermal Reactor Linde. Hydrogen PSA Unit of Linde.
Process lead engr for 2 yrs Project engring, erection, pre/commissioning 400 MTD Ammonium Nitrate Melt (85%) handling & Filling Station @ 2 KM. Oct 2005. M/s YARA & M/s FEDO .
brownfield Formic Acid Plant from CO, capacity enhancement & addition of stream in Methyl Formate unit. M/s Kemira.
Senior Process Manager :3 yrs co-ordination engr, erection, pre/commissioning acti Methanol 90 TPD. July2006 done Inhouse
Commissioning of Yellow Water Concentration Unit in April 2008, effluent recovery licensed by M/s Plinke AG TDI plant.
Acetic Acid Plant Reactor Replacement & Peripheral revamp executed in April 2010. M/s BP Chemicals UK
Aug08 till Feb 13 Lead Process Manager for a green-field 50000 TPA TDI project. (Hydrogen+CO generation) & basic utilities (Boiler, Water treatment, Air & Nitrogen, Hydrogen & Carbonmonoxide Separation Plant, etc) incl procurement, engg and erection. HyCO by M/s Technip BV, & detailed engg M/s Technip KTI. Overall Engg by IBI Chematur, India. The project is handed over to Commissioning team in 2013. Was head of Aniline-TDI production uni including all utilities.
Am Operations head of Methanol, Formic Acid, Acetic Acid, Ethyl Acetate and products dispatch areas presently.
BEGAN JOURNEY AS GET IN FEB 1986 IN PRODUCTION - UREA PLANT AND CLIMBED LADDER THROUGH OPERATION, PROJECT INCEPTION, IMPLEMENTATION, PRECOMMISSIONING AND COMMISSIONING, STARTUP AND HANDING OVER
GPA 73% AND WAS FIRST IN MERIT IN THE YEAR OF PASSING OUT