Niraj Kumar Chowdhary

Mobile: 91-9871116632; Email: meranirajk@yahoo.com

Executive Summary
 A seasoned professional with more than 12 years of rich experience in Green Field & Brown Field
Projects in India & abroad, Strategic Location Planning, Geological Investigation, Ore body modeling,
Raw Mix Designing, Quality Control, ISO, Hydrological Investigation, Techno-Economic Feasibility
Studies, Environmental (EIA/ EMP) Studies, Statutory Mining Plan / Mine Closure Plan, Investment
Opportunity Studies.
 Identification, exploration, evaluation and development of nine “Green Field Projects” in Mining for
Nirma (09 new mines).
 Green Field Cement projects in Chegdu (2 Million MTPA), China for Zoom.
 Conceptualized, developed and implemented Brown Field Project for Grasim involving taking over of
Shree Digvijay Cement Ltd’s Plant & Mines.
 Brown Field Project for Zoom involving takeover of Vallabh Steel, Jamshedpur.
 Actively involved in maintaining Quality of Pile (raw mix) to minimize use of additives at Saurashtra
Cement Ltd.; reduced the quality variation from an average of 12.35% to 2.5%.
 Identified Free Silica Area in mine which resulted in avoiding major quality problems in clinker
manufacturing process at Saurashtra Cement Limited.
 One of the core team members during exercise of ISO 14001 Certification for Saurashtra Cement
Limited.
 Prepared Mine Plans (9 Nos) & Mine Closer Plans (1 nos), & all were approved by IBM.
 Conducted exploration activities such as Sampling, Drilling, Logging, Borehole Data Management, Ore-
body Modeling.
 Techno-economic feasibility study, analyzing reserves estimates of deposits and providing
evaluation of quantity & quality.
 Prepared reports, involved in Public Hearing & obtaining NOC for MoEF clearance.
 Actively involved in preparation of Bankable Feasibility Report & Risk analysis.
 Set up Remote Sensing & GIS Cell in Zoom.

Education

 M. Tech. in Applied Geology (Mineral Exploration) from School of Studies in Geology, Vikram
University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, in 1995. (Gold Medalist, Secured 74%).

 M.Sc. in Geology from School of Studies in Geology, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, in
1994. (2nd Position in University, Secured 71%).

 B.Sc. from St. Columba’s College, Hazaribagh, Ranchi University, Jharkhand in 1992. (Secured 65%).

 10+2 from St. Columba’s College, Hazaribagh, Ranchi University Jharkhand in 1987. (Secured 57%).

 10th from St. Xavier’s School, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand in 1985. (CBSE, Secured 60%).

Additional Courses

 Certificate Course on Geographical Information System from National Remote Sensing Agency,
Hydrabad, Department of Space, Government of India in 2005.

 Auditor Course (ISO) in Advance Environmental Management System from Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
in 2004.

Career Highlights

Zoom Developers Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon. May’06 till date

As Senior Manager (Geology & Mining)

 Green Field Cement projects in Chegdu (2 Million MTPA), China & Bilaspur (4.5 Million MTPA),
Chattisgarh, India.
 Liaising with Chinese Government for grant of various required approvals. All technical work &
Government clearance completed in China.

 Worked for coal linkage & till date got recommendation for North Rajhera, Jharkhand.

 Responsible for Projects Planning, Site identification, Site Evaluation for sites within India & abroad
(Canada, Indonesia, UAE, etc.) for limestone, coal, iron & bauxite. Preparing Feasibility Reports.

 Worked in team for Brown Field Project, took over Vallabh Steel, Tatanager.

 Prepared Bankable Feasibility Report, Risk analysis Reports in mineral based Business Plan.

 Set up Remote Sensing & GIS Cell including selection of hardware & software & recruitment of
manpower for various businesses interests of the Group such as Exploration & Mining, Commodity
Broking, Trading, Real Estate, etc.

Saurashtra Cement Ltd., Ranavav, Gujarat . Jun’02 –

May’06

As Asst. Manager (Geology)

 Worked in fully mechanized mine with average daily production of about 10,000 MT.

 Responsible for monitoring and planning the Raw-mix Design with Quality Control of piles.

 Scheduling Mine Development & Pit Optimizations activities.

 Reduced the quality variation of raw mix pile from an average of 12.35% to 2.5%.
 Prepared Mine Closer Plan, which were approved by Indian Bureau of Mines.

 Filed application for Prospecting License & Mining Lease. Liaising with Government Authorities.
 Environmental Monitoring & Compliance of Central & State Pollution Control Board guidelines.

 Implemented Management Information System for data generation.

 Auditor for ISO 14001 certification for Environment Management System.

Nirma Ltd., Una, Junagadh, Gujarat. Jul’98 – Jun’02

As Senior Engineer (Geology)

 Identifying of limestone & lignite bearing area which included Desk Research, Feasibility Report,
Exploration Activities such as Sampling, Drilling, Logging, Borehole Data Management, Ore-body
Modeling & GPS Mapping.
 Determining the best method of mining & planning the location and development of mines.

 Prepared Mining Plans & all nine were approved by IBM.

 Prepared reports involved in Public Hearing & obtained environmental clearances from MoEF.

 Involved in conducting Techno-economic Feasibility Study, analyzing Reserves Estimates of

deposits and providing evaluation of quantity & quality.

 Obtained Prospecting License & Mining Lease along with liaising with Government Authorities.

Grasim Industries Ltd., Veraval, Gujarat. Apr’97 – Jun’98

As Officer (Geology)

 Conceptualized, developed and implemented Brown Field Project for Grasim involving taking over of
Shree Digvijay Cement Ltd’s Plant & Mines.
 Conducted exploration activities such as Sampling, Drilling, Logging, Borehole Data Management,
Ore-body Modeling.

 Actively involved in conducting feasibility study, analyzing reserves estimates of deposits and providing
evaluation of quantity & quality.
 Prepared reports, involved in Public Hearing & obtaining NOC for MoEF clearance.

 Preparation of proposed plant & colony layout in the initial stage.

 Liaising with Government Authorities.
 PL / ML applications. Obtained various PL.

Commenced career with Vallabh Cement Pvt. Ltd., Sardarpur, MP as Geologist. Feb’96 –
Mar’97

Personal Details

Contact Address : C/o Mr. Inderjeet Devgan, HUDA Plot 260, Opposite Maitry Apartments, Near
Kendriya Vihar, Sector – 56, Gurgaon,Pin.No. 122002,Haryana.

Date of Birth : 20th Aug’1970

CTC : 8 Lahks per year

Passport No. : F0711338, valid upto 30th September 2014.