Santanu Das

• Developing & leading global centre of excellence for solar PV.
• Acting as technical advisor to the lenders/ developers/ investors supporting in different stages of a project in solar
• Conducting technical due diligence, including design review, energy yield assessment, technical contract & agreement review of Solar PV assets (Under-construction & operational assets) and issuing bankable reports.
• FEED review for solar PV plant developers.
• Asset management review of Solar PV Projects.
• Prepared detailed due diligence reports, identifying Red Flags.
• Training on solar PV plant design, construction and awareness program.
• Conducted Technology assessment, Feasibility study, Performance evaluation, Data analysis of PV Plants.
• Prepared and reviewed several SOPs and guidelines for technical advisory services on group level.
• Preparing Scope of work and activity matrix of deliverables to client & intra-department work allocation.

Designation : Manager-Engineering and Design Duration : Nov 2019 to Dec 2020 Team Size : 5-6 Job Profile :
•Designed and Reviewed Operational and Pre-construction/ greenfield Solar PV Power Plants.
•Managed and supported technical bids for utility scale (100kWp - 450MWp) solar PV power plants.
•Developed projects from feasibility study till execution and handover through financial close.
•Assessed Energy Yield Production for Greenfield and Operational Solar PV Projects and asset management.
•Done feasibility studies and prepared detailed project report (DPR) for greenfield projects development.
•Under technical bid management, prepared and evaluated EPC RFQ/ RFP and proposal for construction of solar PV plant.
•Have conducted Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of operational maintenance of PV plants.
•Supported developing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure including design and technical evaluation for entire electric bus depots from greenfield as principal electrical and mobility support engineer.
•RFP preparation for EVC power infra for EPC.

• Conducted Technical Due-Diligence for around 2.3GWp renewable energy assets (greenfield & operational assets).
• Reviewed the Operational and Pre-construction Solar PV Power Plant design.
• Estimated the Energy Yield of Operational and under/pre-construction Solar PV Projects.
• Reviewed contract and agreement for renewable energy Plants e.g., PPA, EPC, O&M, supply agreement etc.
• Prepared bankable due diligence reports, identifying Red Flags.
• Have done Asset Management review of renewable energy assets.
• Conducted RCA using 5W1H method and advised on CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) on a case-to-case basis.
• Conducted multiple external & internal trainings and technical appraisals on solar PV plant design and construction.
• Conducted Performance Assessment of Operational Solar PV Projects.
• Have executed Technology Review, Operational Data analysis of PV Plants and portfolios.

Designation : Manager-Engineering and Design Duration : Apr 2015 to July 2018 Team Size : 12-16 Job Profile :
•Designed and delivered more than 500MWp of solar PV plants (including Rooftop/ground mounted/KW/MW, energy storage/Hybrid system).
•Prepared Scope of work and activity matrix of EPC deliverable to client & sub-contractors and intra department work allocation.
•Prepared of deliverable list & project engineering deliverable schedule and monitoring & controlling.
•Have done pre-feasibility analysis of bids with basic engineering using PVSyst, Google sketch-up and Meteonorm etc.
•Prepared and guided utility scale solar power plant layout with fixed tilt, seasonal variation tilt & single axis tracking module mounting systems.
•Have done calculation for earthing, lightning arrester, conductor sizing, cable scheduling and sizing, illuminations and protections system for plant as per latest national/international standards.
•Estimated & prepared bill of material & bill of quantity for complete solar power plants.
•Conducted RCA using 5W1H method and advised on CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action)
•Reviewed and validated all engineering deliverable before release for construction/manufacturing/procurement.
•Organised & managed the technical team according to the project schedule.
•Supported improvising the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the technical department with process of inter & intra-department communication protocol.

Designation : Project Engineer Duration : Dec 2009 to Sept 2013 Team Size : 4-5 Job Profile :
•Design & Engineering of electrical HV substations, preparation of BOQ/BOM, Single line diagram, layout plan.
•Calculations and optimizations for electrical designs and BOQ.
•Civil and Mechanical design optimizations support and planning.
•Timely submission of project and engineering documents to client/ consultant for approval.
•Facilitate the site execution teams with necessary drawings and documents.
•On schedule execution monitoring as per the project and engineering plan.
•Cost optimization of the project by providing alternative and eficient strategy and execution plan.
•Involved in solar PV products design and tendering supports.