Sumanta Roy Chowdhury, Deputy General Manager Projects

Sumanta Roy Chowdhury

Deputy General Manager Projects

kalpataru power transmission limited

Location
India - Kolkata
Education
Diploma, Business Finance
Experience
30 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 9 Months

Deputy General Manager Projects at kalpataru power transmission limited
  • Tunisia - Sousse
  • My current job since December 2020

Project incharge for nine nos. New 225/11kv, 150/11kv and 90/11kv AIS and extension and augmentation of another seven substations under STEG.

Chief Project Manager at KEC International Ltd.
  • Kenya - Nairobi
  • My current job since November 2012

Presently working as Chief Project Manager of KEC International at Kenya controlling & monitoring three projects and project managers including construction of 10 nos. new 66/11KV Sub-stations, 4 nos. new 33/11 KV sub-stations and almost 120Kms of HT lines (66KV, 33KV & 11KV) in and around Nairobi under Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited (KPLC) as a part of Kenya Energy Sector Recovery Project.

Deputy General Manager Projects at kalpataru power transmission limited
  • Botswana - Maun
  • March 2018 to December 2020

I was incharge of three nos. New 132/11kv AIS

Chief Manager Projects at KEC INTERNATIONAL LTD
  • Saudi Arabia - Alahsa
  • February 2016 to February 2018

Project incharge for one number 132/33 kV GIS at Support Industries near Abqaiq area.

Project Manager at energy & power contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • October 2010 to October 2012

Presently working as the Saudi Aramco approved Project Manager for Energy & Power Contracting Co. Limited in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia on a project which will provide the facilities and infrastructure upgrade to support the Arab heavy crude delivery with new trunk line to transport crude oil from Safaniyah (Project Cost worth $25M under SAUDI ARAMCO).

Sr. Manager (Electrical) at Techno Electric & Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • Other
  • December 2008 to September 2010

Well known EPC contractor in India having yearly turnover of $ 180M.

My role as the Sr. Manager (Electrical) involves the total responsibility of Procurement, Customer Relationship Management and Project Execution Monitoring & Control for Switch Yard and Cabling, Illumination and Public Address System commissioning for 2 X 250MW Thermal Power Plant at Harduaganj, UP, India (worth $ 33M).

Sr. Project Manager at jyoti structures limited
  • India - Mumbai
  • October 2006 to August 2008

Well known Transmission line structure manufacturing company as well as EPC contractor in India having yearly turnover of $ 350M.

Here I commissioned one 220/33/11KV new Sub-station at Amona near Goa. Project cost was $ 22M. I joined the Company as Project Manager and later was promoted to Sr. Project Manager.

Project Manager at abb limited
  • India - Kolkata
  • May 2005 to August 2006

It is a globally renowned Company in Power Sector. Here also I was the Project manager for Rural Electrification (Power Distribution) work in Bankura district of West Bengal, India.

Project Manager at EMCO Limited
  • India - Thana
  • November 2004 to May 2005

This is one of the leading Power Transformer manufacturer as well as Project executing agency in the field of Electrical Transmission and Distribution in India.

As a Project manager I was the overall Project in-charge of the APDRP project in Howrah Circle for construction of 5 nos. new 33/11 KV sub-station and associated 33KV and 11KV Lines and some augmentation works in and around Kolkata.

Construction Manager at vijai electrical limitd
  • India - Hyderabad
  • June 2004 to November 2004

It is a $ 400M Company in Distribution Transformer manufacturing as well as EPC vendor in India.

In my very short tenure as the Construction Manager, I was the in-charge of a rural electrification package in two districts of North Bihar, India.

Technical Manager at Uma Enterprise
  • India - Kolkata
  • July 1999 to June 2004

This was a leading switchgear manufacturer and EPC contractor. I joined the Company as the Manager Technical but with the charge of a Project and Construction Manager. Company worth $ 120M.

This was my first exposure to Project Management. I had to venture all fields of Project Management like Planning, Quality monitoring, inventory management, customer and vendor relationship management, Budgeting and cost control, Safety Management etc. This was the first rural electrification project in India. The job included 11KV lines, LT lines and small capacity distribution transformer installation and some augmentation works. The project was completed in time.

Testing Engineer at cesc ltd
  • India - Kolkata
  • January 1995 to June 1999

This is the only one power Sector in Kolkata with 1000 MW generation and 1600 MW Distribution Capacity. Yearly turnover of CESC Ltd. is $ 500M.

Here as a testing engineer I had my hand on experience over Testing & commissioning. I came across testing of Power transformers of all ratings from 1MVA to 200MVA and testing of all almost every electrical apparatus like, Circuit Breakers, Lightning arrestors, Current Transformers, Voltage Transformers, bus-bar, Neutral grounding resistors. The complete protection system with testing of all types of relays was under my grip. There was another routine work for us - Underground HT cable fault location.

Assistant Engineer at hotel hindusthan international
  • India - Kolkata
  • May 1993 to December 1994

This is one of the leading five star deluxe hotels in Kolkata. Yearly turnover of the Company is $5M.

This was the first job of my career. I joined here as Trainee Engineer and later was promoted as Asst. Engineer. I came across the maintenance of several electro-mechanical equipments of a hotel like DG sets, boilers, Compressors, Pump motors, Cooling Tower and their overhauling etc. One achievement in this short tenure was my calculation of Capacitor Bank capacity and later installation of the same for improvement in the power factor and omission of the power factor surcharges from the electricity bills.

Education

Diploma, Business Finance
  • at ICFAI
  • January 2007

Accounting principles, Economics, Sale tax, Excise Duty, Govt. Laws and regulations, Company Rules & Regulations, statistics, security analysis, portfolio management etc.

Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma in Operational Management
  • at Indira Gandhi National Open University
  • July 1996

Operational Management

Bachelor's degree, Electrical engineering
  • at Jadavpore University
  • April 1989

First class (73%) in BE Electrical Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Software Quality Control
Tendering
Project Management
Business Finance
PMP Certified Project Manager
Primavera p6
MS Project
MS Office applications
Utility software & Multimedia
Auto CAD 7.0
Customization in SAP_MM
auditing
office management
accounts payable
marketing
time management
procurement
team management
teamwork
accounting
team leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Bengali
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institution
  • Project Management Professional
  • November 2011

Training and Certifications

6 SIGMA Green Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
Valid Until:
November 2012
ISO 9001:2008 Awareness (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
September 2011
30 Hour OSHA Outreach Program (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2011
Valid Until:
July 2011
Project Management Professional (ID # 2257744) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2012
Valid Until:
February 2012
Overhead Power Line Protection (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
March 2012

Hobbies

  • Playing the Table
    Got distinction in 5th year course from Lucknow Gharana