PGPEX - VLM

Class of 2017
Post Graduate Programme
for Executives
Visionary Leadership
in Manufacturing

ONE YEAR FULL TIME RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME FOR EXECUTIVES

Leaders
build what
dreamers imagine
V isionary leaders are true enablers of change.
They have the ability to foresee the future and
chalk out a vision and direction for everyone to
follow. With this vision in mind they set out on the
journey of transforming ideas into reality. They are
bestowed with incredible passion and persistence
and they ensure that they create leaders and not
followers.
PGPEX-VLM programme endeavours to groom the
best minds from the manufacturing and associated
sectors to take up leadership roles in the coming
years. This programme envisions to create the next
generation of game changers and thought leaders
who will be at the forefront of Indias revolutionary
growth story.
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04 Message from the
A Partnership in Directors Desk
Excellence 06
Message from the
Chairmans Desk

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Message from the Thought Leaders
Placement 09
Chairpersons Desk Academic
Curriculum

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Prof. Shoji Shibas International Industry
GURUKUL Visit - Japan
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Breakthrough Guest Lecture Series
Management

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Placement 17
Representatives Past Recruiters
Welcome Note

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Placement Statistics 26 48
2015-16
21 Students Profile Faculty Speak
Batch Statistics
20 2016-17 46 51
Class Profile Alumni Connect Corporate Reflection
2016-17

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Faculty Overview 56
55 Placement
Internship Process
Placement

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Campus Life
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59 Contact Details
In Pursuit of
Excellence
 Academia: IIMC, IITK, IITM

Government of India: MHRD, DIPP

The Department of Industrial
Policy & Promotion, GOI

Government of Japan: JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

Industry: CII

Gives a Unique Full Time Residential Program PGPEX VLM

VLFM
Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing
 A Partnership in
Excellence
The Post Graduate Programme for Executives for Visionary
Leadership in Manufacturing, (PGPEX-VLM) is a unique one year
full time management programme designed to develop highly
competent leaders. The objectives, contents, curriculum, pedagogy
and modalities of the programme have been designed by IIM
Calcutta, IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras in consultation with industry,
National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC),
Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD), The Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) and Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) with the intense involvement of Professor Shoji Shiba, Chief
Advisor, JICA.
The course is rigorous, challenging and fast-paced, with 1030
plus contact hours in one year. The course has been specially
designed with numerous case analysis, which develops the
business acumen along with solid domain knowledge of cutting
edge manufacturing and technology in students to effectively
manage future business challenges.
In short this course gives a unique look for leaders and transforms
the students to meet highly evolving global challenges.
The course also includes an industry internship and an international
study visit to Japan.
The Stakeholders of the Program are:
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA: IIM Calcutta
is an institution with global reputation, imparting high quality
management education.
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR: IIT Kanpur is a
premier engineering institute of India recognized globally for
excellence in research and cutting edge technology development.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS: IIT Madras is one
among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher
technological education, basic and applied research.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY
& PROMOTION: The DIPP has been set up by the Government to
provide a continuing forum for policy dialogue to energize and
sustain the growth of manufacturing industries in India.
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AGENCY: The
programme is being delivered under Technical Collaboration with
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). JICA contributes
to economic and social advancement in developing countries
and helps expedite Japan's international cooperation as one of
the implementing bodies of Japan's Official Development
Assistance.
CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY:
CII is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, industry led and industry
managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's
development process.
 Message from the
The class of 2016-17 (10th batch
of 40 students with six female
students and an average age of 28
years) has been selected on the
basis of academic merit, experience
and professional achievements,
diversity and leadership potential
through a rigorous admission
process. The average professional
experience of the class is about 5.7
years.
Directors Desk
We choose the very best and make them better
Dear Recruiter,
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta was established in 1961 by the
Government of India in collaboration with the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management
MIT, The Ford Foundation and leading Indian business houses. Over the years,
the Institute has developed into one of Asia's finest management schools.
I am pleased to introduce to you a very innovative educational program specially
designed for the Indian manufacturing sector and its associated sectors in the
country. Leveraging on its long experience of providing high quality management
education to practicing managers, IIM Calcutta in collaboration with IIT Kanpur
and IIT Madras launched the one year full time residential Post Graduate Program
for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM) in August,
2007. The PGPEX-VLM Program was launched under the aegis of the Government
of India's National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) and the
Ministry of Human Resource Development with the support of industry. The
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) have provided us considerable support in launching this innovative
program.
One of the distinctive features of the programme is the module on 'Breakthrough
Management' and the 'Five Step Discovery Process' conducted by Padmashri
Prof. Shoji Shiba, who along with his colleagues at MIT USA had successfully
developed the "Leaders for Manufacturing" program now known as MIT LGO. A
world renowned management Guru, Prof. Shiba, has also been instrumental in
starting the PGPEX-VLM programme. The Gurukul approach of this module lays
the foundation of a change in the mindset of students and helps them transcend
from being functional leaders to change leaders.
The class of 2016-17 (10th batch of 40 students with six female students and
an average age of 28 years) has been selected on the basis of academic merit,
experience and professional achievements, diversity and leadership potential
through a rigorous admission process. The average professional experience
of the class is about 5.7 years. The current batch of students worked in executive
and managerial position in industries spanning a number of areas including
Automobile, Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing, Metal, Power, Iron and Steel,
Heavy Machinery, Automation, Oil and Gas, Mining and Engineering Projects.
I am confident that the participants of this unique program on completion of all
components would be able to enhance their domain knowledge in manufacturing
significantly and develop strong management and leadership skills and would
be transformed into valuable human resources for firms in or closely related to
the manufacturing sector. I invite you to read this brochure and participate in
the placement process.
With Regards,
Prof. Saibal Chattopadhyay
Director
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 Message from the
The forty students of the 10th batch
of PGPEX-VLM possess a robust
combination of technology, design
t h i n k i n g & i n n ov a t i o n , a n d
management tools to contribute to
the growth narrative in these very
exciting times for the Indian
manufacturing.
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Chairmans Desk
We create an effective learning environment
through an industry relevant curriculum that
prepares the students for addressing tomorrow's
challenges in manufacturing.
It is my great pleasure to introduce you to the participants of the 10th batch
of the Post Graduate Program for Executives - Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing
(PGPEX-VLM). This is a unique and successful experiment to transform the Indian
manufacturing sector. Jointly offered by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras
under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), PGPEX-VLM is a one-year
full time residential program with an objective to provide visionary leaders with
managerial capabilities to the Indian manufacturing sector. The program was
conceived as a flagship program under the India-Japan Technical Cooperation
Agreement 2006 signed between the Prime Ministers of two countries.
The participants are selected through a comprehensive screening process
comprising written examination based on verbal ability, data interpretation,
quantitative ability and engineering aptitude followed by personal interview. The
participants are offered multidisciplinary and rigorous courses in technology
and management at the three institutes, along with industry interaction through
workshop and seminars from thought leaders in wide variety of firms in
manufacturing sector. The program has a strong international immersion
component that includes field visit to Japan with support from Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA). A strong source of inspiration of the program right
from its formative years is Professor Shoji Shiba, a world-renowned expert in
the field of TQM (PadmaShri awardee for his outstanding contribution to the
Indian manufacturing). Professor Shiba conducts sessions on Breakthrough
Management in the program and has played an instrumental role in designing
and sustaining the program over the last ten years.
The forty students of the 10th batch of PGPEX-VLM possess a robust combination
of technology, design thinking & innovation, and management tools to contribute
to the growth narrative in these very exciting times for the Indian manufacturing.
The success of the last nine batches in industry and very encouraging feedback
from recruiters gives us the confidence and inspiration to continue our efforts
to address the issues in the manufacturing sector. We look forward to your
participation in the recruitment process of the 10th batch and hope that this
re l a t i o n s h i p c o n t r i b u t e s t o t h e g row t h o f yo u r o rg a n i z a t i o n .
Opportunities abound!!
Yours sincerely,
Peeyush Mehta
Chairman, PGPEX-VLM
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
 Message from the
We have taken adequate care in
selecting the best candidates from
the pool, with rich diversity in prior
work experience ranging across
industries, such as metals and
m i n i n g , p ow e r, a u t o m a t i o n ,
automobile, aerospace, electrical
equipment manufacturing, oil and
gas.
Placement Chairpersons Desk
This program offers your organization people who
have received one of the best technical and
management education relevant for
manufacturing.
Dear Recruiter,
We extend a warm welcome to you for another season of successful recruitment
and interaction with our students of Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing
program. The uniqueness of the program being the joint collaboration among
IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta equips our students to prepare for the
next phase of development in the manufacturing sector for Indian companies.
This happens to be a momentous year for our manufacturing firms, with the "
Make in India' focus and support of the existing government. This signals the
opportunity for unprecedented growth, with the hiccups related to 'ease of
doing business in India' being taken care of by the government.
We have taken adequate care in selecting the best candidates from the pool,
with rich diversity in prior work experience ranging across industries, such as
metals and mining, power, automation, automobile, aerospace, electrical
equipment manufacturing, oil and gas. Our rigorous course curriculum has
prepared the students for hands on experience, to face the challenges well and
lead their firms as active participants on this growth trajectory.
I have interacted with the batch in my capacity both as the chairperson placement
and faculty teaching and interacting with regard to the deliverables in my course.
I can confidently invite you to associate with the batch and experience the talent
with an average prior work experience of 5.7 years in industry. I am sure you
will be able to match your interests with the right combination of leadership skill
and functional expertise in the batch. Please do not hesitate to seek assistance
from our team of placement representatives and the officials of the placement
office for making the process more user friendly and efficient.
Prof. Manju Jaiswall
Chairperson, Career Development & Placements
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
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 Thought
Leaders
Professor Shoji Shiba is recognized throughout the world as a leading expert in Total Quality Management.
A Visiting professor at MIT for over ten years, professor of business administration and dean of the
School of Applied International Studies of Tokiwa University, he was also professor emeritus of Tsukuba
University in Japan. Distinguished internationally for his outstanding contribution to quality management
methods, Professor Shiba was conferred Padma Shri in 2012. He is also winner of the Deming prize
in 2002 and holds the 2003 Chair of Innovation at Queens University, Belfast.

Prof. Shoji Shiba

Professor Rahul Mukherjee a Professor of Statistics, is considered a stalwart in statistics in India and
world wide. He is a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, India's highest awards in Science, for
outstanding contributions to mathematical sciences (2000). Professor Mukherjee is a fellow of Indian
National Science Academy and the only Indian to have ever been on the editorial board of the Journal
of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B(UK). Prior to joining IIM Calcutta he was Professor at Indian
Statistical Institute. He continues to be a visiting faculty at renowned Institutes across the world like
University of Michigan, USA, Mathematical Science Research Institute, USA, University of Cambridge, UK
to name a few.
Prof. Rahul Mukherjee

Professor Ashis Chatterjee was a fellow of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He was
Assistant Professor at XLRI, Jamshedpur prior to joining IIM-C. He had co-authored several papers in
the field of Operations Research which were published in European Journal of Operational Research.
He handled various consulting projects in operations and management study for clearing and forwarding
department of Coal India Limited, inventory management at Bell Controls Limited, Calcutta, integrated
study on manpower for Haldia Refinery, review of purchase and stores manual for Coal India Ltd.

Late Prof. Ashis Chatterjee

Professor S Sadagopan, Ph.D. from Purdue University, is the founder Director of IIIT Bangalore. He has
taught at IIT Kanpur, IIM Bangalore and Rutgers University, USA. He is a Fulbright Fellow, Fellow of IEE
(UK), and Member of the ACM & IEEE (Computer Society). His extensive consulting interests include
some of the largest private and public sector corporations in Computing, Communications, Software,
Automotive, Oil and Power industries as well as social sector. He is a referee for several journals and
serves on the editorial boards of many. His research interests include Multimedia, Enterprise Computing,
Networking and Operations Research.
Prof. S Sadagopan

Professor Bodhibrata Nag received his PhD (Fellow) in Operations Research and System Analysis from
the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and his Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He is trained in the case method of teaching,
case development at the Harvard Business School and power projects design at Electricite de France.
He has more than twenty years of industry experience in senior management positions in the Indian
Railways and the Central Electricity Authority. He has co-authored two books, Optimal Design of Timetables
for Large Railways and Introduction to Operations Research. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers
(India) and a Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He was a visiting
faculty at the University of Michigan and was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship.
Prof. Bodhibrata Nag

Dr. Venkatesh Balasubramanian is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Design at Indian

Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
Dr. Balasubramanian is the co-chairman from IIT Madras for the joint Executive MBA program on visionary
leaders for manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM) along with two other leading Indian Institutes in Management
and Technology, i.e., Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta and IIT Kanpur.
Prior to joining IIT Madras, he was a post doctoral fellow at Yale University School of Medicine, USA.
Before joining Yale, he was a research associate/ graduate student in the Overton Brooks VA Medical
Center, USA, Louisiana Tech University, USA University of Pittsburgh, USA and specialized in biomedical
engineering and perceptional psychophysics. He has undergraduate training in Mechanical Engineering
from University of Madras. Dr. Venkatesh Balasubramanian

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Academic Curriculum
Leadership Workshop
Breakthrough Management and Management Communication
Total Quality Management
Leadership for Transformation
Communication Strategy
Economics and Global Scenario
Managerial Economics
Micro/Managerial Economics
Indian and International trade laws
Finance and Control
Financial Reporting and Analysis
Cost Accounting
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance and Ethics
Marketing Management
Principles of Marketing Management
Effectiveness of Marketing Activities
Marketing Research & Analysis
Analyzing Consumer & Business Markets
Operations and Project Management
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Technology and Operations strategy
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Strategy
Strategic Thinking and Decision Making
Quantitative Analysis and Modelling
Manufacturing Strategy
Organizational Behaviour and Design
Designing Organizations
Organization Change Management
Human Resources Management
Human Resources Management
and Labour Laws
Effective People Management
New Product Development and Manufacturing
Product Design and
New Product Development
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Advance Materials
Lead Auditor Certification Course ISO 9001:2008
1030+
contact hours
6 weeks of
Industry
Internship
Rapid Change in global world
International
Five Step Discovery Tool
Industry
Self Initiated Research
visit to Japan
Regulatory Environment
Breakthrough
Rapid Change in global world
Management
Globalization of Business
Financial Markets and Financial Systems Techno-Managerial
Capital Budget Decisions Curriculum
Working Capital Management
Management of Commercial Contracts
Operations
Management
Constructing Marketing Plans
Brand and Product Management
Marketing Ethics
Project and Portfolio Management
Business Process improvement - Lean, JIT
Quality Management
Toyota Production System
Global Competitive Strategy
Leadership and Change Management
Essence of Corporate Social Responsibility
Organizational Goals and Strategy
Organizing for Innovation
Value Driven Leadership
Motivational theories and its application
Green Manufacturing
Frontier Technology in Manufacturing
Automation and Robotics in Manufacturing
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 Padma Shri Prof Shoji Shiba, a world renowned Breakthrough Management
expert has been guiding the process of transformation of the Indian industry.
Globally he is best known for developing the Five Step Discovery Process
for Breakthrough Management (BTM) and globalisation of TQM

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Prof. Shoji Shibas GURUKUL
I personally spent around four weeks with them transferring my experience,
mainly in the field of problem solving methodology initiated by me called
Breakthrough Thinking.
During last 9 years, academia consisting of IIMC, IITK and IITM have created 302 visionary leaders tailor made for Indian Manufacturing
Industry to enhance global competitiveness.
PGPEX VLM is a unique program coupling technical and management functions oriented intellectual inputs delivered by renowned
faculty of IIMC, IITK, IITM and Japanese experts from academia and industry.
Strengthening the curriculum with theories, tools and models of Breakthrough Management and Five Step Discovery process supported
by workshop oriented learning methods after factory visits in India and Japan, resulted skill development of the participants of the
program and change in mind-set from Small m to Big M.
Only people with consistently high academic records in different branches of Engineering and at least 4.5 years of prior experience
in manufacturing are allowed to participate in the admission process of this programme. The participants are handpicked through
a rigorous admission test and grueling personal interview in which they are tested for their ability to learn as to how to transform
the manufacturing sector in India.
I personally spent around four weeks with them transferring my experiences, mainly in the field of problem solving methodology
initiated by me called Breakthrough Thinking.
They also get excellent academic inputs at the three participating academic institutions, work on an exciting internship project with
the industry and go for a study trip to Japan. I have no hesitation in saying that this group of students, many of whom have chosen
to give up a settled job and career, have prepared themselves very well to be able to transform India's manufacturing sector.
The success story of this unique program is evident from the rapid growth in career advancement with satisfactory salary plus perks
and increase in responsibilities in high positions in industry with due recognition.
The current batch of 40 students is indeed a source of potential visionary leaders in the making who will contribute the development
of Indian manufacturing. I urge you to par ticipate in the placement process and give them a chance.

Shoji Shiba
(Padma Shri Awardee in 2012)

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 Breakthrough
Management

The era of corporate management can be divided into three phases. The controlled management, (in vogue from 1930s) which was
top-down with mass production as its basis of existence. Next was the era of continuous and incremental improvement, started in
the 1960s, where the individual - the customer and worker - was the focal point. This is the Japanese approach and is bottom up.
The goal here is to satisfy the current customers and to achieve zero defects. But today, organizations are forced to pursue radical
business ideas that may even include changing the line of business or transforming the business to become more innovative and
powerful. They have to create a consumer segment which didn't exist earlier.
Five step discovery Process
5. To see future through model/hypothesis

Level of Thought

1. Perceive
Symptoms of 4. Create
change model/hypothesis

2. Go down
abstraction ladder 3. Go up
abstraction ladder

Level of Experience
Facts
As product life cycles get shorter and competition fierce, Indian companies cannot rely on strategies focused on incremental growth.
Only breakthrough management strategies can give organizations some chance to compete. Does that mean that the traditional
management mantras such as core competence, reengineering are a passe? It appears so. If need be, organisations have to forego
the existing thought process to jump to the next level. Core competency is a narrow concept compared to breakthrough management;
the former is more concerned with technical strengths and corporate culture. Similarly, diversification of business is a move to protect
against existing risk. Breakthrough management does not think about existing risk. It is about taking future risk. The key is to unlearn
what is learnt and learn new strategies. Controlled and incremental management earns money by focusing on its current customer.
On the contrary, breakthrough management anticipates the needs of the future customer.
This principle is applicable for all kinds of organizations - small, medium and big.

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International Industry Visit
Japan

The Japanese industrial achievements in the last five decades are not just attributable to its manufacturing technology,
but also to the Japanese culture and human values. It is about the cultural ethos of an entire nation. The sense of effective
working styles, simple communication and discipline is what has made Japan a true leader. True leaders of Indian industry
have to understand the subtle linkages between the management styles and the underlying cultural philosophy to be
able to apply these techniques to an emerging Indian scenario. A sense of these undercurrents will help the managers
fit their management styles to a form more suitable to the Indian socio-cultural ethos.

Visionary Leadership Program (VLM) cannot be complete without this enlightening journey. The VLM students get exposed
to the Japanese Manufacturing Philosophy - through interactions with Academicians, Industrialists and JICA, the
representatives of the Japanese Government.

The trip starts at Nagoya, covers the city of Tokyo and ends in Nagoya. The students learn from the factory visits through
Prof. Shoji Shibas Five Step Discovery Process, imbibe the Japanese manufacturing culture and get constantly evaluated
during their travel.

Last year the trip covered visits to industry stalwarts like Toyota, Mitsui chemicals and Sony. Students learnt Toyota
Production System, Visited Toyota Commemorative museum of industry & Technology.

A Self-Initiated-Research (SIR) is also a part of the pedagogy. Through the SIRs students make a comparative analysis
between Indian and Japanese best practices, in a chosen context. The Topics of SIR are diverse, ranging from Can a
foreigner travel in metro with only visual signs? to Comparison of types of shops around metro stations in sub-urban
areas of Nagoya city.

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Guest Lecture
Lecture Series

Visionary Leadership Lecture Series is a series of Guest Lectures organized

and conducted by Students, Alumni and faculty across three institutes IIM
Calcutta, IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras. Every year Visionary leaders from
Manufacturing and its allied Sectors are invited to share their experiences
and thoughts. The students closely understand the leaders style, perception,
real world insights and how these visionary leaders faced and solved
challenging situations in their careers. These Guest Lectures serve as a
motivation and encourage students to think about big M.
Some of our distinguished Speakers this year include

Mr. Arun Malhotra, MD, Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sunil Agarwal, VP Manufacturing, SIEMENS, India
Mr. Sethu Nambiar, Viable Vision Expert, Goldratt Consulting
Mr. Stephen Brown, Head-Talent Management, Rolls-Royce, Asia Pacific
Mr. Suraj Chettri, Director-HR, Airbus India
Dr. Amit Biswas, Executive Vice President, IPDO, Dr. Reddys Laboratories
Mr. Amit Kumar, Chief supply chain officer, GE, South Asia.
Mr. Venkatesh Natrajan, CIO, Ashok Leyland, India

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 Placement Representatives
IIM Calcutta is widely considered to be the best
Management Institute in the country and that is
testimony to the quality of its students and the
strength of our corporate relationships built over
years.
As a flagship program to develop Leaders in
Manufacturing, PGPEX-VLM is a joint program
of IIM Calcutta, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras under the
aegis of NMCC, DIPP, MHRD, Governemnt of
India and JICA, Government of Japan. The course
offers state-of-the-art management education
imparted by world renowned faculty and tailor-
made to effect substantial change in mind-set, build
new capabilities and competencies and broadening
of strategic vision. Since 2007, more than 300
leaders have emerged from this program. They are
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Welcome Note
dispersed in the varied industrial landscape in
various capacities and have already marked their
presence in industry.
In a nut shell, PGPEX-VLM is a unique full-time
management program in the country that aims at
developing a critical mass of leaders who will propel
Indian manufacturing and allied industries to a new
era of excellence. In the recent years we have
witnessed a number of new companies on campus,
once again proving the age old adage"Whatever
you do, wherever you go, getting better never ever
stops"
Past Recruiters

ABB Limited Ford India Reliance Energy

ACC Limited Geometric Consulting Reliance Industries
Accenture Godrej & Boyce Renault Nissan
Accenture BPO Hero Motor Corp Renoir Consulting
ACG Worldwide Hewlett Packard SAIL
Adani Power Ltd. Hitachi Sesa Goa
Alghanim Industries Infosys Shinsei Bank
Aliaxis- Ashirvad Pipes ITC Ltd. Snapdeal
Amazon Jewelex Sona Koya
Anand Automotive JK Group (JK Fener) Sterlite Grid
Anand Group John Deere TAFE
Ashok Leyland JSPL Take Solutions
Atos Origin JSW Steel Tata Consultancy Services
AVA Merchandising Jubilant Lifesciences Tata Cummins
Bekaert Jubilant Organosys Tata Power
Bharat Forge KPMG Tata Steel
Biosense Technologies L&T TCS
BMGI L&T Infotech Tega Industries
Century Ply L&T MHI Boilers TI Cycles (Murugappa Group)
CGN & Associates Mahindra Satyam Torrent Power
CGN Consulting Mahindra Two-Wheelers TVS Motor
Cheers Interactive Mapro Foods Unipres
Chemtura Corporation Markets & Markets Unisys
CII Marvel Realtors Valcon Management Consultants
Crane Flow McKinsey & Co. Vedanta
Cummins Mcnally Bharat VirStra i-Technology Services Ltd.
Daimler India MSP Steel VNL
Dr. Reddys Labs Mu Sigma Voltas
DRL Murugappa Group Wartsila
Empire Industries NBC Bearing Wheels India
Ernst & Young Outotec India Wipro Infotech
Escorts P. M. Dimension Wipro Limited
Essar Steel Paharpur Cooling Towers Wipro Technologies
Essdee Aluminium PwC
Flipkart Reliance Cement

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Placement Statistics 2015-16
Highest package
offered -
INR 22.60 Lacs

45 no. of
Companies
participated

43 offers
made

Average
package
offered - 8 Sectors
INR 16.20 Lacs

E - Commerce
Manufacturing 14%
12% Automotive
28%
Pharma
7%

Real Estate
5%
Consulting
Energy 28%
5%
Data Analytics
3%

Placement distribution
of Class of 2016

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 Class Profile 2016-17
International Exposure of the Class

85% 15%
Male Female

9+
functional
domains
28
Average yrs Years
of Average age
experience
5.7

33%
International 25-27 years
100 % experience in
B.Tech /B.E 10+
countries 59%
10+ 28-30 years
industrial
sectors
8%
31-33 years

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 Batch Statistics 2016-17

Metals & Mining

17%

Automobile
17%
Background of
Class of 2017
Consumer 2%
Goods

6%
Defence
Manufacturing 13%
2%
Pharmaceutical Power
2%
Allied machinery
Construction 2%
2%
Chemical 2%
Fertilizer 4% 11%
Automation
Oil & Gas 4% 4% 6%
4% Iron and Steel
Heavy
Machinary
Aerospace
Engineering
Projects Electrical Equipment
Energy Manufacturing

5 Year to 6 Years

42.5%

6 Year to 7 Years

10.0%
Upto 5 Year

7 Year to 8 Years
30.0%
12.5%

Work Experience
More than 8 Years
5.0%

Functional Experience
R&D Business Development
Business Excellance
Maintenance Engineering
Supply Chain Management
Quality Assurance
Manufacturing
Project & Product
Management

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A leader is one who knows the way,
goes the way, and shows the way
 Profiles
PGPEX-VLM Class of 2017
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Years of
Name Industry Background Domains & Functional Specialization Previous Organizations
Experience

IIMC
Abhijit Baliga 4.6 Iron and Steel Production Mangement, Operational Excellence and Process Control Tata Steel

Project Planning, Project Management, Capital Budget Planning, Operation

Ajit Singh 9.7 Defence Aerospace Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL)
Management, Research & Development

Production Planning & Control, Supply Chain, Marketing - After Sales, Business
Akshay Purwar 4.7 Automobile Hero Moto Corp, Ashok Leyland Ltd.
Excellence

Amrita Saha 4.7 Iron and Steel Planning and Procurement, Project management and Electrical maintenance JSW Steel Ltd.

Project Co-ordination, Engineering & Procurement, Quality Inspection,

Ananda Dutta 5.5 Engineering Projects Fives Stein India Project Pvt. Ltd., Coal India Ltd.
Marketing Support., Maintenance

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

Anandbabu R 8 Defence Aerospace Quality Assurance & Auditing, Project Management & Process Improvements
Cognizant Technology Solutions

Operations Management -Production Analysis and Optimization, Project

Apurba 5.7 Iron and Steel Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.
Management - Execution and Commissioning

Bidyut Pathak 6.2 Metals & Mining Production and Process Management, Business Excellence Vedanta Ltd.

Project Mangament, Process Reingineering, Supply Chain Management, Product

E Ravi Shankar 5.6 Engineering Projects, Power BHEL, Vedanta Ltd. (Sterlite Copper)
design and Engg.

Production, Project management, Product Development & Launch, Launch

Gaurav Prakash 5.2 Automobile Tata Motors Ltd., Ashok Leyland Ltd.
Quality Operating System

Engineering-Power Plant Automation and HVDC Grid, Tendering - Electrical

Geetanjali Babbar 4.7 Power Alstom
Balance of Power Plant

Green Field Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Quality Ford Motor Company Pvt Ltd.
Gnana Veera Rajan 7.7 Automobile & Glass
Management, Process Excellence & New Product Launch Saint Gobain Pvt Ltd.

Indrajeet 5.6 Metals & Mining, Power Operations, Planning & Scheduling, Business Excellence CLP India Pvt. Ltd., Vedanta Ltd.

Khalid Mustafa 5.6 Metals & Mining Electrical Maintenance, Industrial Automation & Project Management Hindalco Industries Ltd.

New Product development, Quality Assurance, Supplier Approval, Value Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Gurgaon)
Kuldeepak Mahto 5.4 Automobile
Engineering Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. Chennai)

Kumar Rishav 5.7 Energy and Power Supply Chain Management - Logistics L&T MHPS Boilers Pvt. Ltd.

Madhu Prasath Sridharan 7.6 Heavy Machinery Project Management, Supply Chain Management Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Manas Vyas 5.5 Metals & Mining Operations & Maintenance, Business Excellence Hindalco Vedanta Ltd.

Structural Design, Project management- Engineering procurement and Mc Nally Bharat Engineering Company
Manojit Basak 5.4 Civil design and construction
construction Ltd. (MBECL), Innate India

Product Application Engineering, Project Management, Business Development, L&T, Electrical and Automation Independent Company
Nachiappan M 4.7 Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
Process Excellence
 Years of
Name Industry Background Domains & Functional Specialization Previous Organizations
Experience
Nishant Kumar 8 Electrical Equipment Manufacturing, NPI Project Management, Project Assurance, R&D, Quality Management System, Giesecke & Devrient, Siemens
Mechatronics Contract Manufacturing Quality Management and Product Quality

Priyanka 5.6 Metals & Mining Supply Chain Management, Business Excellence, Operation & Maintenance Vedanta Ltd.

Operations Management, Project Management, Engine Research and

Purushothaman R 4.6 Automobile Ashok Leyland Ltd.
Development

Rahul Bhardwaj 5.7 Iron and Steel Operations and Maintenance, Project Management, Reliaiblity Centered Jindal Stainless Ltd.
Maintenance

Purchase and Vendor Development, Technical Services, Engineering Change Tata Motors Ltd.
Ritesh Ranjan 7.5 Automobile
Management TVS Motor Company

Supply Chain Management, Operations Excellence, Strategic Project

Ritu Agarwal 5.8 Energy, Consumer Goods Schneider Electric India, Bosch Ltd., ESAB
Management

Corporate Strategy, Planning- Green Filed Projects, Project Management-New

Sai Sharan Panda 6.6 Automobile Tata Motors Ltd.
Product Introduction

Sandip Kumar Jain 4.8 Iron and Steel Project Management, Maintenance & Inventory management Jindal Stainless Ltd.

Operations & Maintenance Management, Project Management, Asset Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
Sangam Chaturvedi 5.7 Metals & Mining
optimisation Vedanta Ltd.

Satyavrat Sopori 4.6 Pharmaceutical Allied Machinery Supply Chain Management, Project Management & Operational Excellence ACG Worldwide

Shishir K. Singh 4.6 Metal & Mining Operations, Production Planning & Management Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Vedanta Limited)

Project Management (Greenfield project), Business Excellence, Supply Chain

Soumya Dash 4.8 Metals & Mining Hindalco Industries (Aditya Birla Group)
Management.

Subrata K. Mahanty 6.5 Automobile, Toy Mfg Operations Management, Supply Chain Management Jaihind Curio Pvt. Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd.

Sumalya Saha 4.8 Heavy Machinery Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery

Supply Chain Management - Procurement, Stores Management & Logistics
Company Private Ltd.

Suman Agarwal 4.8 Metals & Mining Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Planning & Business Process Hindalco Industries Ltd., ABG

Swagatam Mitra 7.3 Defence Aerospace Design and development, Operations - Procurement Planning, Vendor Development Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

Cairn Energy India Ltd.

Varun Kumar 5.7 Oil & Gas, Chemical Fertilizer Process Engineering, Operations Management, Project Management
KRIBHCO Fertilizers
Vanderlande Industries Software Pvt. Ltd.
Venkata V. V. Immadisetty 5.6 Automation Industrial Automation, PLC, DCS Programming and Commissioning Vasundara Automation and Engineering
Services Pvt. Ltd.
Bhushan Power & Steels Ltd., Triton Ltd.
Vishal Yadav 6.9 Power Operations, Business Development, Key Account Management. Synergies Pvt., Ayurvet AGES Pvt. Ltd.
Uflex Ltd.

Vivek Dwivedi 5.5 Power Operation and Efficiency, Energy Management System Implementation. Vedanta Ltd.

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Abhijit Baliga
B.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering, IIT-BHU
Certified Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma (KPMG)
4.6 years of experience in Production
Management, Operational Excellence and
Process Control in Steel Manufacturing
Industry
https://in.linkedin.com/in/abhijitbaliga
Ajit Singh
B. Tech, Electronics & Communication,
UP Technical University
9.7 years of experience in project planning,
manufacturing, R&D in Aerospace/Defence
manufacturing industry
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ajit-singh
26 IIMC
Sr. Manager, Continuous Galvanizing Lines, Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur
l In-charge of Production Management of two Continuous Galvanizing Lines (CGLs)
with 65 employees accounting to 0.5 Million Tons per annum
l Played a pivotal role in developing GalvAnneal (GA) Automotive Skin Panel in
Continuous Galvanizing Line#2 through Synergy Projects with Tata Steel Europe,
thereby increasing Skin Panel Strike Rate from 33% to 65% in FY`16
l Led an expert team of 35 members for sequence logic planning and execution
during PLC upgrade, thereby increasing MTBF from 29 hours to 61 hours in FY`16
l Deployed productivity enhancement procedures to reduce the galvanizing diversions
by 55% , thereby saving Rs. 96 lakhs in FY`15
l Optimized the zinc coating on the strip surface using DMAIC methodology, thereby
saving Rs 1.8 crores in FY`14
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Student Representative of PGPEX-VLM 2017 Batch and member of Student Council
l Won First Prize in CII National, Regional and State QC Conventions held in FY`15
l Won First Prize in Toyota Kirloskar Suppliers Association (TKSA) North Regional QC
Finals held in FY`14 and FY`15
l Won First Prize in Manufacturing Division in TATA Steel JWQC SGA Competition
held in FY`13
l Won Second Prize in Carrom out of 120 players in Spardha, the Sports Festival of
IIT-BHU
Manager, Project Planning (Su-30), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Korwa
l Key analyser and cost estimator for outsourcing of PCBs of Su-30 avionics systems
l Responsible for seamless operation coordination with OEM, shop, IMM, Finance &
HR to resolve technical and managerial issues in Su-30 Manufacturing and ROH
Projects
Deputy Manager, Assembly & Testing (Russian), Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited, Korwa
l Team lead for ten technicians accountable for assembly & testing of various LRUs
(Line Replaceable Units) of Su-30 aircraft
l Managed critical shortage (AOG: Aircraft On Ground) efficiently & contributed to
increase the divisional sales
Engineer, Assembly & Testing (Russian) - HAL, Korwa / Simulation Business
Group-HAL, Bangalore
l Led a cross functional team comprising members from Shop, Planning, Quality,
ORDAQA, IMM, Maintenance for technology demonstration through periodical
testing of Su-30 LRU
l Analyzed, drafted and documented system level specifications for Automatic Flight
Control System (AFCS) of LCH helicopter
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Won Suggestion Award for in-house repair of various Su-30 test benches without
OEM support
l Received Appreciation Letter for improvement in technical specification in line
with customer requirements of NWSMS project
l Secured 11th State Rank in High School (10th Exam) in 1997 & 16th State Rank
in Intermediate (12th Exam) in 1999 of UP Board
l Class Representative of 10th Batch PGPEX-VLM 2016-17 Batch
Asst. Manager, Production Planning & Operations, Hero Moto Corp,
Neemrana, Rajasthan
l Managed the Central Production Planning & Control Department in Green Field
Project manufacturing facility
l Led a team of 80 members to optimize the material flow to support quick ramp
up of vehicle production
l Played a key role in Implementation of E- Material Flow system, Integrating JIT,
and Information Technology to increase plan adherence up to 95%
l Spearheaded a CFT project to reduce the gap in monthly demand and actual
production at SKU level and achieved 0.3% minimum variation in Feb15
Deputy Manager, Planning & Operations, Ashok Leyland Ltd, Rudrapur,
Uttarakhand
l Strengthened Scheduling, Planning, and Dispatching activities of Frame Side
Member (FSM) and, achieved zero chassis line stoppage in Pant unit and hundred
percent schedule adherence to inter-unit requirement consistently
l Reduced Non-moving & slow moving inventory by 40% through conversion and
mobilization of stock to inter-units .Awarded Best Inventory Reduction Project
(GEMBA-Inventory)
l Streamlined sub-contractor challan process (57f4) integrated with SAP in FSM
Shop, potential annual saving estimated INR 2 crore per annum.
l Undertaken Project for First Shot Ok Improvement from 85% to 92 % of Welded
CAB and resolution of Field Failure of Load carrying member using DMAIC
methodology
Deputy Manager, Marketing, Ashok Leyland Ltd, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Akshay Purwar
l Revamped Service Market Share, Product promotion, Network expansion and
PRISM implementation in UP-1 territory BTech ,Mechanical Engg.,
Achievements and Extracurricular Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore ,Tamil
l Received appreciation token from Manufacturing Head, Neemrana for implementation Nadu
of E-Material flow Process 4.8 years of diverse experience in Production
l Won 1st place IIT Roorkee 2010, NIT Trichy 2010 & VIT Vellore 2009 in paper Planning, Lean Manufacturing, Field service
presentation competitions
Marketing ,Supply Chain Operation and
l Won 2nd Place in Industrial Problem Solving Event organized by Vestas Wind
Technology India Private Ltd in Chennai Business Excellence in Automobile industry.
l Received Best Hardware Project award at V.I.T., Vellore University https://in.linkedin.com/in/akshaypurwar
l Adjudged "Best Disciplined Cadet" for overall performance in Uttar Pradesh Sainik
School, Lucknow

Junior Manager, Supply Chain & Project Management, Hot Strip Mill, JSW
Steel Limited, Dolvi Works, Mumbai
l Executed revamping of the automation system, leading to enhancement of
production capacity of Hot Rolled Coils from 2.9 to 3.3 MTPA in order to meet
long term strategic demand
l Carried out a brownfield project of migration from regasified liquefied natural gas
to coke oven gas which leads to cost saving of INR 48 Cr p.a.
l Integrated spares inventory into a centralized portal by standardization of the
system to reduce duplication of materials and ineffective time
l Developed sourcing strategy for critical to quality component, thereby improving
the reliability of the slab temperature monitoring system
l Played a key role in liaising with the purchase department to establish rate contracts
for consumables and services to ensure optimum levels of spares inventory and
reduce cost
l Instituted a linkage between Plant Maintenance Module and Materials Management
Module for effective decision making leading to reduced downtime
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Alternate vendor development for procurement of critical motor leading to cost
saving of INR 14 lacs and reduced lead time
Reduced shutdown time and improved productivity by procurement of cables in
l
7 weeks (planned 12 weeks) for Brownfield Project Amrita Saha
l Class Representative of PGPEX VLM 2016-17, IIM Calcutta B.Tech, Electrical Engineering,
l Awarded scholarship by SAIL till B.Tech program for academic excellence among NIT Raipur
9 schools of Bhilai Steel Plant Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by KPMG
4.8 years of experience in Planning &
Procurement (Supply Chain Management)
and Project Management in Hot Rolled Coil
Manufacturing
https://in.linkedin.com/in/amrita-saha

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Ananda Dutta
B.Tech , Electrical,
NIT Durgapur
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (ISI)
5.5 years of enriched experience in
Te c h n o l o g y C o n s u l t a n c y, P ro j e c t
Management & Outsourcing for turnkey EPC
projects (Steel)
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ananda-dutta-
pgpexvlm-iimc
Anand babu R
B.Tech , Mechanical,
VIT University, Vellore.
Certified Green belt in Lean Six Sigma(KPMG)
Certified QMS AS 9100C & ISO 14001- 2004
Internal Auditor
7.9 years of experience in Quality Assurance
and Project Management at HAL(ARDC)
Bangalore in Various Aerospace Projects.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/anand-babu-r
28 IIMC
Senior Engineer, Fives Stein India Project Pvt. Ltd.
Concept to Commissioning realization of 3 Greenfield and 2 Brownfield turnkey Projects
for Steel Sector
l Technology Consultancy: Improved profit margin by 5-7% by providing customized
solution for specific contract, Resolving contractual conflicts under execution and
Controlling price escalation
l Project Management: Scheduled design deliverable, synchronized engineering
issue and harmonized stakeholders performance to meet execution schedule &
to allow fund liquidity
l Process Implementation: For Fives cross-vertical venture, Performed feasibility
study with Process Improvement team to estimate the viability of CTD Waste Heat
Recovery Technology with 4 years payback period for steel sector implementation
Management Trainee, Coal India Limited
l Maintenance: Scheduled & executed preventive maintenance based on production
schedule to avoid unplanned breakdown
l Inventory Control : Synchronized between local and central workshop to ensure
availability of standby equipment for unplanned breakdown
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Substantiated scope deviation & established extra claim from SAIL Bhilai & MECON,
Ranchi, valued at 75 Lakhs in 2015, from a lump sum turnkey (LSTK) contract
l Accomplished end to end outsourcing of high valued electrical equipment package
worth 2.85 Crore for Bhilai Steel Plant project in within twelve months
l Successfully optimized 8% engineering & execution cost for JSW, Dolvi project
with highest capacity reheating furnace in India & stood as T1 and L1 among
global competitors
l Low light Photography enthusiast. Received judges' recognition award in an online
photography contest at Viewbug
Deputy Manager, Quality Assurance, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(ARDC), Bangalore
l Quality head of Inwards Goods QA department leading a team of 8 engineers,
21+ workers, responsible for quality compliance of all aircraft Materials
l Conceptualized and developed LRU(Line Replaceable Unit) - Life cycle management
software, to improve efficiency in monitoring LRUs and reduce lead time for Aircraft
system integration that led to cost savings of approx. INR 20 Million/annum
l Developed an Automated Supplier Complaints Management Process with an
Interface towards ERP system to complement supplier development and reduced
75% of supplier complaints
l Spearheaded 15-member internal audit team for getting AS 9100-C and ISO 14001-
2004 certifications for ARDC within the record time of 6 months
Engineer, Quality Assurance, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(ARDC),
Bangalore
l Established standard quality plan for the whole division and took measures to
reflect real time work flow in IFS (ERP)-QM
l Conducted Value stream mapping of incoming goods - from receipt of goods to
respective Manufacturing shops that led to improved store layout, de-bottlenecking,
and reduction in lead time from 60 days to 12 days
l Developed an Integrated System for reducing the recurrence of rejections in
manufacturing shop, which resulted in cost savings of INR 0.22 Million/Annum
(Approx.)
Programmer Analyst Trainee, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai
l Member of production support team, Responsible for implementing the change
requests, bug fixing, testing and improving performance of the existing system
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Class Representative of PGPEX -VLM class of 2017
l Active member in Public Policy & Politics club (IIM Calcutta), involved in Policy
Research
l Won First Prize in Essay Competition Punitive and Preventive Vigilance Conducted
by Vigilance Department
l Sponsor & Mentor for two children in different NGOs for their education and health
l Won First prize in Quality Quiz Competition conducted by QA Dept. of ARDC (HAL)
in 2013
Assistant Manager, Production Analysis, Jindal Steel & Power Limited,
Angul
l Analyzed production losses of Integrated Steel Plant, and established accountability
of different integrated units for the loss, that identified the bottlenecks in the
process flow
l Monitored and coordinated operation of integrated steel plant, which facilitated
in achieving quality integration among plants thus contributed in increasing the
unit efficiency from 83% to 90%
l Investigated and prepared project report on Coal Gas Balancing for Coal Gasification
Plant that identified unaccounted loss of 10,000 Nm3 Synthesis gas
Junior Manager, Project Management, Jindal Steel & Power Limited,
Angul
l Played a key role in devising and executing conveyor belt modification that reduced
generation of iron ore fines, thus saving 1.1% of raw material cost
l Led a team of 8 engineers on a critical project, commissioned the system within
a record time of 4 months thus enabling the company to get early environment
clearance
l Established scheduling and project risk assessment process, which reduced cost
and schedule overrun
Contributed in successfully Commissioning of a delayed package of 14 Km long
l
network of Belt conveying system, just ahead of schedule
Apurba
Achievements and Extracurricular B.Tech, Mechanical
West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata
l Formulated Raw Material Planning module, which eliminated the complex and
exhaustive coordination among production units, thus increased the accuracy and Certified Green Belt in Six Sigma (KPMG)
reduced the lead time for Raw Material Planning from 6-7 days to 1 day Certification in AutoCAD from CAD Centre
l Lead interface for all corporate communications with big media houses, (India 5.7 years of experience in Operations
today, Iron and steel Review) as representative of JSPL technical team during 2013- Management and Project Management in
2016 steel manufacturing industry
https://in.linkedin.com/in/apurba11

Assistant Manager, Operations and Process management, Vedanta

Limited, Jharsuguda, Orissa
l Led a team of 32 super heading the end to end operations and process of Fume
Treatment Plant (FTP) and material handling systems
l Meticulously analysed and optimised processes for increased efficiency and cost
reduction and achieved reduction in ALF3 specific consumption by 8%
l Reduced wagon unloading time by 25% by implementing time motion study and
design modification.
l Co-ordinated the TQM culture drive within plant achieving 80% manpower
involvement, organizing QC, Kaizen competitions, monthly reviews and awareness
programs
l Led an in house team to commission 1 FTP, 8 bath handling systems and 1 belt
conveyor system without the aid of OEM
l Selected for organisations INNOVATION committee having effectively initiated
cost reduction campaign and formulating an idea generation and review system
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Certified Lead Auditor for QMS ISO 9001:2008 , EMS ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS
18001:2007
l Won Gold award in Kaizen competition in CCQC Rourkela 2014
l Received 7 SABASH Cards in Vedanta Ltd for exceptional contribution in technical
and creative fields
Bidyut Pathak
l Recognised for producing the institute song and video for college and corporate
video for Vedanta Ltd. B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering,
l Driven by passion in music and creativity, composed 18 tracks and released in North Eastern Regional Institute of Science
self designed website and Technology, Assam
l Produced and composed a song which was selected and included in an Assamese 6.2 years of experience in Operations and
movie Process in Metal and mining industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/bidyut-pathak

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E. Ravi Shankar
B.Tech, Production Engineering, National
Institute of Technology, Trichy
Certified Supply Chain Management
Professional by CII
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by
KPMG
5.6 years of experience in Product
Development, Process Reengineering,
Project Management and design in power
sector
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ravi-shankar
Gaurav Prakash
B.Tech, Mechanical
Uttarakhand Technical University
Certified Green belt in Lean Six Sigma (KPMG)
5.5 years of experience in project
management, launch quality management,
Operations- Vehicle assembly line, new
product development in automotive industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-prakash
30 IIMC
Product Engineer- Product Engineering (Ducts)-BHEL, Trichy
Product Development and Process Reengineering
l Conceptualized and developed a 3-D based process workflow for power plant
ducting design, resulting in recurring savings of INR 70 lakhs/annum
l Spearheaded a taskforce of 30+ employees to develop customization and automation
tools using C#.NET, thereby achieving 50% cycle time reduction and 100% error
free manufacturing drawings
l Pioneered the implementation of the reengineered process in Nabinagar and
Neyveli projects, thereby saving 550+ man-hours and reducing cost by 80%
Project Management and Design
l Managed end to end activities of duct design and detailed engineering of Mouda
and Ennore supercritical thermal power plant projects worth INR 1 Crore
l Collaborated with multiple stake holders such as Outsourcing, projects and quality
for optimizing duct design and standardising duct components, resulting in savings
of INR 7 Lakhs/boiler
l Fostered a team of 5 employees as the facilitator of Quality Circle, for effective
problem solving using quality tools, thereby achieving Par Excellence award thrice
in various quality circle conventions
Project Engineer-Sterlite Copper, Tuticorin
l Spearheaded a 50+ cross-functional team, for planning and execution of water
treatment and overhead crane packages worth INR 10 Crore for 2*80MW thermal
power project.
l Coordinated internal and inbound supply chain with 10+ Tier-1 & Tier-2 suppliers,
for raw material procurement resulting in reduction of project duration by 45 days
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Only one among 150 executives in the Engineering department to be nominated
for Best Young Executive Of The Quarter for 1st quarter FY 2014-15
l Presented a technical paper on Business Process Reengineering- The Success
Story Of BHEL at Tekla Customer Tech Conference 2014, held at Jaipur
l Received accolades from Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), BHEL for the
best improvement project undertaken among 12 projects in the unit
l Member of BHEL Tennis team; represented BHEL Trichy in Inter Unit Tennis
tournament 2014 held at New Delhi
Quality Launch Manager, Tata Motors Ltd., Project Management,
Pantnagar
l Led the team of six engineers to set-up & streamline the operations of Launch
Quality Operating System, benchmarked from General Motors
l Constituted a team to cover Project gate deliverables for efficient project timeline
adherence
l Developed Super Ace Philippines vehicle as per Launch Quality Operating system
to ensure flawless launch, thereby reduced the launch time by 3 months
l Formulated plan for Early Detection & Resolution of defects for Super Ace Philippines,
Ace Mega, Zip Iris to minimize defect per vehicle
Manager, Ashok Leyland Ltd., Operations, Project Management, Chennai
& Pantnagar
l Led manufacturing Team for the development of BOSS Truck LE & LX models
l Led the team to build 12 Prototypes of different variants at R&D Centre and
Pantnagar plant to ensure the technical and performance aspects
l Coordinated with Cross Functional Teams to ensure the closure of all manufacturing,
quality and design issues.
l Established Chassis line operations of BOSS truck and played a key role to ramp
up the production to 20 vehicles per day from 4 vehicles per day
l Played a key role in supplier chain ownership team, streamlined the delivery process
of supplier to capitalize the rate per day
l Handled Medium and heavy Commercial Vehicles assembly line, reduced defect
per vehicle up to 0.2 defect per vehicle
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Core team member in top three finalist team in Chairmans award Hinduja Excellence
Award (HEA) team, stood 1st runner-up
l Awarded for idea generation in Value engineering exercise
l Led the team in Zero MIS competition, secured first position among all the plants
in Ashok Leyland
l Awarded third Rank in Mechanical engineering in Uttarakhand Technical University
l Attended Design in Automation10 days training Program at PSG College of
Technology
Station Engineer, HVDC, Alstom T & D, Noida
l Optimized grid operations for 800 KV HVDC line for Champa Kurukshetra Project
with Power Grid, thus ensuring effective functionality of equipments at the minimum
cost.
DCS Electrical Engineer, Alstom Power, Noida
l Led the cost reduction & size optimization project of controllers for international
clients funded by Ministry of Electricity, Iraq (Gas Fired Power Plants -Zubair 740
MW and Al-Mansuriya 728 MW).
l Formulated design for control systems of power plants for market leader NTPC
(Solapur and Nabinagar Coal fired plants), ensuring efficient & enhanced performance
of power plant processes.
DCS Tendering Engineer, Alstom Power, Noida
l Developed BOM (Bill of Material) and designed RFQs(Request for Quotation) based
on technical as well commercial requirements for 250 MW AKAZ Lanco project
and 300 MW Nagai Power Plant, minimizing the bid prize.
l Expedited the process of vendor development through checklist design for electrical
equipments.
l Formulated the engineering process with the head of the electrical department,
leading to organized workflow.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Single handedly completed electrical package for Tzafit ( 835 MW Combined Cycle Geetanjali Babbar
Power Plant) and NBCC2 (850 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant).
B.Tech, Electrical,
l Executed Input/Output signal allocation for the whole Zubair plant ( 740 MW Gas National Institute of Technology,
Fired Power Plant), minimizing controller costs. Kurukshetra
l Successfully executed foreign assignment in France- Factory Acceptance Test of
4.7 years of diversified experience in
Tzafit (835 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Israel) under given time constraint
tendering of electrical systems , designing
while collaborating in an altogether different work culture. of control systems of power plants and
l Successfully executed Factory Acceptance Test in Malaysia while working in close managing operations of grid projects.
coordination with the officials of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand for
https://in.linkedin.com/in/geetanjali-babbar
NBCC (850 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Thailand), gaining experience on
integrating cultural diversity with work execution.

Senior Engineer - Asia Pacific Material Planning & Logistics

Ford Motor Company : Program & Operations Management
l Green Field Program Management: Spearheaded the set up of Asia Pacific
Automotive Supply Chain at Fords Greenfield project worth $2 Bn
l Supply Chain Management: Mobilized $11 Mn in the process of Design-Develop
Test Prototype CFT Signoff Mass procurement of Material Flow Equipment for
Vehicle & Power train operations & Supplier management
l Project Management: Ideated and established the global benchmark in 23 designs
out of 56 designs, collaborating with US, China and Thailand team, resulted in $2.2
Mn Cost avoidance and set up of AP Regional standard
Team Member - Quality Management & Business Excellence -
Saint Gobain Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
l Process Excellence: Improved the performance of Mirror Processing Plant by
implementing 4 Lean Six sigma projects, resulted in cost saving of 1.26 Cr INR
per annum & Quality Claims reduction from 3406ppm in 2009 to 890ppm in 2011
l Quality & New Product Launch: Spearheaded the launch of high margin new interior
glass products by stream lining the quality process system, collaborating with
Central Technical Team in France
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Fords Asia Pacific Recognition Award 2015 for Best Green Field Project Gnana Veera Rajan V
l Saint Gobains Annual Excellence Award 2011 for Business Excellence
l Letter of Appreciation from Fords Global Functional Heads in 2015 for exhibiting B.E., Mechanical Engineering
One Ford behavior Government College of Engineering,
Tirunelveli
l Gold Medalist - Best Outgoing Student of the Batch 2008
l Member of IIM Calcuttas Kayaking Club & Member of Bullet Riders Club Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
Certified Lead Auditor in QMS
Fords Think Further Leadership Program
7.7 Years of experience in Program
Management, Supply Chain Management,
Quality & Business Excellence
https://in.linkedin.com/in/GnanaVeeraRajan

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Indrajeet
B.Tech, Mechanical,
Kalyani Government Engineering College
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green belt by KPMG
5.6 years of experience in Plant Operation
& Maintenance, Planning & Scheduling.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/indrajeet1988
Khalid Mustafa
B.E , Electrical & Electronics,
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi
5.6 years of experience in the field of
Electrical Maintenance, Industrial Automation
and Project management in Metal Industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/khalid-Mustafa
32 IIMC
Assistant Manager, Planning and Scheduling, CLP India Private Limited
l Played a key role in formulating detailed maintenance strategy to reduce forced
outages and optimise scheduled outages
l Planned and Scheduled activities in co-ordination with all the departments for the
major outage involving 1000+ manpower thereby ensuring maximum resource
utilisation
Assistant Manager, Operations and Maintenance, Vedanta Limited
l Led a team of 7 engineers and 9 junior engineers to plan and implement short-
term and long-term improvement strategies
l Ensured Reliable operation of Equipment through Planning & Scheduling, Spare
Part Management, Reverse Engineering and Refurbishment & Rolling plan for the
inventory
l Steered major plant shutdown activities by effectively coordinating with relevant
stakeholders to minimize impact on productivity
l Facilitated in planning of annual Capital expenditure and Maintenance budget for
the department
l Coordinated with the sourcing team for vendor development and evaluation of
technical offers
l Revised and drafted documents for Standard Maintenance & Operation procedures
and Safe Work Procedures thus ensuring IMS, QMS and EMS compliance
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Played a key role in Six Sigma project to improve critical equipment availability
from 98.04% to 98.77%
l Awarded as the Best Speaker in Speak your Mind competition organized at Vedanta
Limited
l Awarded for the best KAIZEN in the Kaizen competition at Vedanta Limited
l Participated at National level Science Congress held at IIT Chennai
l Represented U-19 Cricket team twice at Regional Games and Sports meet
l Completed National Adventure and Trekking programme at Manali and Pachmarhi
Assistant Manager , Aditya Birla Group (Hindalco Industries Ltd, Renukoot)
l Led a team of 7 shift in-charges & 10 technicians in two 24X7 Manufacturing Plant
producing 7.30 lakhs baked anodes per annum and managed its electrical
Operations and Maintenance activities.
l Planning & budgeting and managing of an annual maintenance budget of INR 1.10
cr to maximize equipment availability & reliability of plant.
l Streamlined maintenance practices across Anode bake furnaces for improving
Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) and Time Based Maintenance (TBM) compliances
l Implemented Oracle based Planned Maintenance for 500+ new electrical equipment
of New anode bake furnace plant.
Senior Engineer, Aditya Birla Group (Hindalco Industries Ltd., Renukoot)
l Led the electrical team in a 24X7 Manufacturing Plant producing 2.92 lakhs baked
anodes and managed its electrical Operations and Maintenance activities.
l Ameliorated SOPs, Analysed the breakdowns through root cause analysis, trained
and developed supervisors to reduce MTTR and increased MTBF
l Executed Additional Responsibility and Led the electrical team in the Erection,
commissioning & stabilization of fully automated new anode bake furnace (project
budget ~INR 175 cr) of capacity of 4.38 lakhs baked anodes per annum
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Awarded Emerging Professional at the Adityabirla Group Chairmans Awards
2015 for Outstanding Achievement.
l Identified as high potential employee and included in the exclusive club of Talent
pool of Hindalco Industries from 2014
l Awarded People champion by COO of Hindalco in 2015 for leading from the front
to achieve the desired end result with visible impact.
l Led the electrical team for the environmentally and legally critical Re start up
project(~INR 2.2 crore) of a old fume treatment plant within a record time frame
of 6 months.
l Led cross organizational teams in two major wireless Integration projects for
enhancing equipment safety and supply chain improvement.
l Implemented three major end to end , self-initiated automation projects for reliability
enhancement of critical equipments.
Deputy Manager, Materials Group, Quality, Maruti Suzuki India Limited
l Plastic Materials Lead responsible for new development ,testing and approval of
various plastic grades at MSIL
l Conducted root cause analysis and suggested corrective action for all plastic parts
failures
l Carried out Joint Supplier audit and approval along with Supply Chain , Engineering
l Coordinated with R&D Centre, SMC, Japan for critical materials related developments
Deputy Manager, Materials Technology, MRV, Mahindra and Mahindra
l Handled plastic material selection ,drawing approval of 1 LCV, 2SUVs and 1 Sedan
Vehicle
l Actively contributed in CFTs of new vehicle product development during DFMEA
sessions and formulation of material , component level DVPs
l Conducted hard, soft benchmarking of competitor vehicles for quality improvements
and value propositions
l Supported designers, CAE experts, Styling team in terms of material Inputs resulting
in improved perceived quality and durability of the vehicles
l Successfully executed setting up natural weathering site at MRV for weathering
simulations of interior and exterior plastic, fabric , painted parts
l Developed various new plastic material grades for interior and exterior applications
l Generated techno-commercial feasibility report for advance material technology
projects Kuldeepak Mahto
Achievements and Extracurricular B.Tech, Polymer Science & Rubber Tech.,
l Awarded for Outstanding Contribution in Value analysis/Value Engineering, Auto Cochin University Science and Technology
Sector, M&M FY 14-15 (CUSAT), Kochi
l Published 2 Technical papers on automotive materials in SAE International
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green belt by KPMG
l Developed and revised 15 Material Standards ( Plastics, Fabrics etc.) for M&M AFS
l Event coordinator for Materials Technology Dept., MRV, Chennai (Employees-40
5.4 years experience in automotive materials
nos.), 2011-2014
research, development & part quality for
passenger cars and commercial vehicles
l Associate Member SAE India, Southern Section, 2013-15
https://in.linkedin.com/in/kuldeepakmahto

Senior Engineer, Supply Chain Management, L&T MHPS Boilers Pvt. Ltd,
Faridabad, Haryana
l Handled Logistics and Transportation of outsourced Non-Pressure Parts and
Structural components of Super Critical Boilers (660 MW) Components.
l Responsible for Logistics Service Provider (LSP) Selection, Rate Negotiation and
Contract Finalization.
l Coordinated with more than 30 regular suppliers throughout India for optimum
capacity utilization of vehicles and transit worthy packing.
Engineer, Supply Chain Management, L&T MHPS Boilers Pvt. Ltd, Hazira,
Gujarat
l Managed Logistics, Material handling and Storage of Pressure Parts of Super Critical
Boilers (660 MW).
l Responsible for Supplier Selection, Negotiation and Procurement of Packaging
materials, Fabrication Services, Material Handling Services and Manpower Services.
l Handled approximately 1000 MT of Transportation frame fabrication per year.
Achieved 10 percent reduction in raw material requirement in FY2012-13 through
proposed design changes
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Led the Kaizen Team of Supply Chain Management, which implemented 25 ideas
in FY 2012-13 including one among top 18 ideas of the year.
l Achieved 22 percent cost reduction in packing cost on per ton basis in FY 2011- Kumar Rishav
12 through scrap utilization and resource optimization.
BE , Mechanical,
l Improved per MT per Km transportation rate from major suppliers by revising M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology,
production plan. Bangalore
l Developed and implemented Lorry Receipt (LR) tracking system in SAP to avoid
duplication of Invoices. 5.6 years of experience in Logistics and
Operations (Supply Chain Management) in
Power Equipment Manufacturing.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/kr0288

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Madhu Prasath S
B.Tech , Mechanical Engineering,
Amrita School of Engineering Coimbatore
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
(Exemplar Global)
7.6 years of experience in Project
Management and Supply Chain Management
in Steel Plant Equipment Manufacturing
https://in.linkedin.com/in/madhuprasath
Manas Vyas
B.Tech, Electrical & Electronics Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Calicut
Certified Six sigma green belt from KPMG
India.
5.6 years of experience in Operational
excellence, process optimization, operation
and maintenance at diverse roles in
Aluminium & Power industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/manasvyas
34 IIMC
Asst. Manager, Mechanical, Larsen & Toubro Limited, MMH, Kancheepuram
l Spearheaded 15+ manufacturing projects of worth INR 140 Cr
l Coordinated cross-functional team of 10 members for critical manufacturing
projects secured by L&T, which resulted in securing repeat orders of worth INR
14 Cr
l Monitored and controlled the price variance and quantity variance of projects
against budgeted baselines; resulted in an average cost savings by 8% in 15+
projects
l Negotiated with a client for modification of material specifications leading to a
cost saving by 10%
l Managed 20+ vendors and handled outsourcing activities such as cost estimation,
negotiations and expediting
l Revamped outsourcing material management system which resulted in 100%
material traceability
l Negotiated with a client for modification of the transportation plan which resulted
in a cost saving by 15 % of transportation cost
l Instrumental in cost reduction of various project specific components by negotiating
with vendors resulting in cumulative cost savings of INR15 lakhs
l Organized weekly project review meetings comprising Head (Projects) and project
team of 20 members
SPOC for clients, site execution teams and suppliers
l
l Mentored new engineering recruits during their induction training period
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Handpicked by the top management from a team of 20 members for
The operational Excellence project, which focused on Planning, Material
management improvements
Implementation of Production Decision Support System - an in-house enterprise
solution for streamlining the factory operations
Assistant Manager, Operational excellence & Maintenance , Aditya
Aluminium Ltd., Lapanga, Odisha
l Coordinated & accomplished IMS implementation, within 7 months, at Electrical
department, adhering to process quality, employee safety & internal customer
focus.
l Mentored and developed team of 3 engineers in electrical department with focus
on operational excellence.
l Initiated & lead the team for lean initiatives like 5S in department for efficient
operations, wherein the exhibited results stimulated further advancements.
l Optimized maintenance frequency of 200 plus equipment as maintenance in-
charge, with an objective to enhance system availability.
Assistant Manager, Operation & Maintenance , Vedanta Ltd., Jharsuguda,
Odisha
l Managed team of 30 engineers, allocated daily tasks & accessed their performance,
thereby ensuring optimal resource utilization.
l Drove energy saving initiative through audits & Kaizen activities, thus reducing
energy consumption by 8% in 6 months.
l Established efficient operation & Reliability centered maintenance practices at
Rectifier department with focus on long term sustainability.
l Planned & executed shutdown activities of switchyard equipments, ensured optimum
resource utilization.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Led facility management team for 1 year and achieved benchmark illumination
percentage of 95% without incurring extra cost.
l Played a key role in execution of Six Sigma project for improvement of system
efficiency, leading to reduced cost of power conversion.
l Recognized for Identification, planning & anchoring improvement measures to
pacify rate of equipment depreciation proactively.
l Won three Employee of the Month awards at Vedanta for month of July14, Aug14,
Nov14.
l Secured Best improvement initiative award two times at Vedanta on Sep13, Mar14
Senior structural engineer, Structural design division , Innate India ,
Kolkata
l Managed a team of engineers(4) & CAD technicians(6) and delivered a total of 4
critical high rise building projects within stipulated time frame and approved budget.
l Formulated a procedural innovation and optimization technique in structural design
by implementing STAAD PRO and ETABS, thereby leading to reduction in project
cost by 7%
l Led the structural design team of 10 and streamlined the end to end design process
which resulted in average (approx) 10% reduction in project duration in all the
large scale projects.
l Achieved approximately 5% reduction in overall project cost for various large scale
residential/commercial building projects through architectural design standardization
Associate Manager, Construction, McNally Bharat Engineering Co. Ltd.
l Managed and coordinated engineering, procurement and construction for 2
Greenfield power projects worth INR 800 Cr and INR 1100 Cr
l Led a team of 10 engineers & 14 supervisors to execute structural erection of
critical structures of 270X2 MW thermal power plant project at Nagpur
l Carried out project feasibility assessment of 3 power plant projects with a total
estimated budget of INR 1700 Cr
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Spearheaded the setting up of a structural design department in an architectural
start-up (Innate India) and successfully trained and mentored 5 junior engineers Manojit Basak
in structural design
l Successfully revamped the in house design competency of high rise structures, B.Tech, Civil,
thereby subsequently cutting down the cost incurred due to outsourcing by 25% National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
l Ranked 2nd in painting (Bangiya sangeet parishad and contested by over 800 5.3 Years of experience in Project
other artists) in the year 2002 management, Project execution and
l Organized the annual cultural fest RECSTACY(budgeted more than 50 lacs INR) structural design
by heading the core organizing committee at NIT Durgapur, 2010
https://in.linkedin.com/in/manojit-basak
l Initiated a NGO KARTAVYA for educating and all-round development of more than
200 under privileged children in the year 2008, NIT Durgapur.
l Won the first prize in the short movie category in VERVE, a literary fest at NIT
Durgapur, 2010

Assistant Manager, Application Engineering, L&T Electrical and

Automation, Mumbai
Project Management & Application Engineering
l Spearheaded a four member team that designed low-voltage switchgear systems
for the worlds largest refinery in Jamnagar (J3 Project); executed a total of five
domestic orders worth INR 140 Crore
l Translated clients requirements into cost-effective design inputs adhering to global
design standards and released them for manufacturing within stipulated time
l Acted as a single point contact to factory for all technical solutions throughout
the manufacturing cycle
Business Development
l Core member of integrated sales and design task force deployed to boost revenues
by offering retrofitting solutions; instrumental in winning the first retrofit order
worth INR 0.87 Crore
l Rendered pre-bid support to the sales team on switchgear selection and steered
pre-sales meetings to facilitate booking of new green field orders
Process Excellence
l Introduced three major initiatives to reduce the engineering cycle time by 10%;
felicitated with Quantum Leap Award during L&T EA awards ceremony in 2015
l 3 major initiatives: Introduced outsourcing of non-critical engineering drawings
Ideated and coordinated to roll out 2 estimator and 1 software configurator tools Nachiappan M
Ef fected a process change in ordering of Air Circuit Breakers
B.E , Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Achievements and Extracurricular PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
l Rated as top performer for FY2014 & FY2015; one of the youngest employees to 4.7 years of experience across multiple
be nominated for L&Ts first level leadership program
domains such as Application Engineering,
l Organized and managed SPE-Meet 2014; annual conference for Switchgear Project Management, Business Development
Application Engineers of L&T; graced by 150 delegates from 3 different countries and Process Excellence in Switchgear
l One among 17 finalists pan-India shortlisted by MHRD for consideration towards Industry
2016 Commonwealth Scholarship for masters in electrical engineering in UK
l Second Runner Up in Indian Innovators Challenge, a re-engineering and business https://in.linkedin.com/in/nachiappanmuth
plan event conducted by National Innovation Foundation and IIT Kanpur in 2010 ukumar

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Nishant Kumar
B.E. Electrical Engineering,
BVPU COE, Pune
Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner, KPMG 6S GB,
QMS - ISO 9001 Auditor
8 Years Experience in Project Management,
QMS and R&D in Electrical & Mechatronics
Industry
https://in.linkedin.com/in/nishant-kumar
Priyanka
BE , Electrical,
Jabalpur Engineering College
Certfied LEAN SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT BY
KPMG
5.6 years of experience in Supply Chain
Management, Manufacturing Excellence and
Operations in Metal industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-tripathi
36 IIMC
Lead Quality Assurance, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), Gurgaon
l Managed QMS Function as BU Management Representative QMS (ISO 9001:2008).
l Managed Project Assurance function for large size (>20 mio ), high complexity
Global Product Creation (R&D - PEP/NPI) Projects of Compact Currency Processing
Machines.
l Managed process tailoring, quality planning , monitoring and Review of project
deliverables to assure the existence, validity, relevance, and timeliness.
l Led Project Milestone and Quality Gate Reviews, System Audits, Risk Management
and Lessons Learned Workshops. Identification of potential improvements, closure
support.
l Project Management and Business Process consulting for local management and
functional teams concerning standards, guidelines, procedures, templates, methods
and tools.
Senior Executive Engineer, Quality Assurance, Siemens, Mumbai
l Led 3 Engineer-QA team to manage two major contract manufacturers of small
and medium size frames, high volume, 3 Ph. Industrial LV Motors.
l Led VDA 6.3 Suppliers System Audits, Process and Product Audits, continual Product
and Process Excellence.
l Led Major Warranty and Production Failure analysis through 8D/CAPA.
l Managed Quality of Products according to internal Quality Plans and Customer
l
acceptance Inspections/Test Plan.
Managed New Products/Parts Development, Verification and Validation with
suppliers.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Managed Timely Re-Certification of ISO 9001:2008 QMS for G&D India-BNCS BU.
l Managed Timely project delivery of IE Efficiency Class Motor Routine Test Facility.
l 2nd Runner Up at Paper Presentation Contest COGNIZANCE IIT Roorkee.
Assistant Manager, Vedanta Limited, Odisha
l Designed & implemented the sourcing strategy under Recovery Transformation
Scheme leveraged by McKinsey for improving synergies in consolidated Annual
Rate contracts across major subsidiaries of Vedanta Resources Plc.
l Conceptualized and Initiated Vendor Managed Inventory System leading to
improvement in service levels from 60% to 95%.
l Implemented Asset Optimization framework at various plant set-ups across the
group working in collaboration with PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
l Acted as a Lead Auditor (Identified by PwC) and In-house consultant for Asset
Optimization Framework across the group.
l Led revamping of SAP PM module standardizing the process, data and structuring
of technical systems to have best utilization of asset analytics in SAP working in
collaboration with Sydler Technology Consultants.
l Coordinated and implemented the key takeaways of Maintenance Improvement
Programme conducted by Siemens-Germany thereby improving the overall reliability
of the plant equipment.
l Created functional training programs on Asset Optimization and reliability tools
(FMEA, RCA) for all levels within the organization.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Certified by the Artillery Regiment National Cadet Corps and passed the A, B, C
examinations held under the authority of Ministry of Defence, Govt. Of India.
l Obtained Consolation prize in the final round of the State level Art Contest conducted
by Young Friends Association (Lucknow).
l Secured Third position in Lexis Champ, an inter college competition held in National
Techno Management Festival organized by Jabalpur Engineering College.
l Secured Third position in a debate competition organized by Jabalpur Engineering
College.
Manager, Engine Control Systems, Product Development, Ashok Leyland
Ltd.
l Entrusted with key responsibilities in developing control system logics and urea
dosing strategy for 'In-house Electronic Control Unit Development project
l Elicited and authored the architecture of prototype ECU in liaison with potential
ECU hardware manufacturers
Deputy Manager, Operations and Supply Chain - Engine R&D, Product
Development, Ashok Leyland Ltd.
l Led a team of 5 executives by managing end-to-end operations of engine emission
validation
l Implemented agile methodologies in streamlining testing and validation procedures;
improvised employees' Effort and Ergonomy Index across Engine Development
Centre
l Steered the upgradation of Engine Development Centre to a state of the art
emission test facility; ensured capability of validating engines up to Euro VI norms
l Nurtured relationship with eight technically diverse technology partners and
suppliers; ensured requisite quality and timely delivery of services and spares
l Ideated and spearheaded Alternate Supplier Development activities; reduced
operational cost of emission validation by 29.2% (INR 4.66 Lakhs/year) during FY
2014-15
l Handpicked as a core team member of Engine R&D Quality Circle; spearheaded
metrics monitoring activities of Engine Development Centre Purushothaman R
Achievements and Extracurricular B. E (Electrical and Electronics), Rajalakshmi
l Emerging Leaders' Program 16-17: One among the top 25 out of 4700 executives Engineering College,
pan India selected for the leadership program Anna University, Chennai
l Rapid Action Team Award: Played a key role in Value Analysis Value Engineering Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by KPMG
activities; saved INR 1000 per engine; overall savings of INR 30 Million during FY India
2014-15
4.5 years of progressive multi-disciplinary
l R.I.S.E Award: Pivotal in developing an efficient driving control strategy for trucks;
experience in Operations, Sourcing and
resulted in fuel economy improvement by 9%
Supply Chain, Engine Development and
l Handpicked for a sponsored M.Tech in Embedded systems at ARAI Pune; a feat Validation in New Product Development.
achieved by top 1% of executives in Product Development
https://in.linkedin.com/in/purushothamanr89

Manager, Projects and Maintenance, Jindal Stainless Ltd., Hisar, Haryana

l Managed the Projects , integrated and implemented the breakdown solutions
related to Steel Melting Shop Equipments that reduced the breakdown hours from
9.3 hrs/month to 3.2 hrs/month.
l Managed the Operation of Fume Extraction System to control the SPM Level and
achieved in reducing the level from 19.8mg/m3 to 11.3 mg/m3.
l Managed and scheduled activities for Preventive Maintenance, Shutdown
planning through Condition-Based Monitoring and Inventory Management through
SAP PM module of ERP that brought down the costing from 85Rs/MT to 67.4 Rs/MT.
Associate Manager, Projects and Maintenance, Jindal Stainless Ltd.,
Hisar, Haryana
l Managed PIPs and JQI as per the job assigned to improve the productivity.
l Led a team for the periodic and scheduled maintenance of Electric Arc Furnace,
Ladle Refining Furnace and Fume Extraction System to enhance productivity.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Led a team and achieved in cutting down the fuel expenses in Steel Melting Shop
and saved around 7.85 Crores per year.
l Led a team and achieved in cutting down the Electric power expenses of axial flow
fans by increasing the bag house inlet temperature at Fume Extraction system
resulted in saving of Rs. 10, 00,000 annually.
l Awarded the Letter of Appreciation under Star Reward Excellence for reducing Rahul Bhardwaj
the Air Consumption in Steel Melting Shop
B.Tech, Mechanical,
l Under Literary Section -Three of the poems, which are the original work, got
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
published in U.K in three different books -IMMENSE-The Art of Life, WINTER-
United in Words, FEELINGS-Pause in the While. Certified CATIA (AUTODESK)
l National Level Winner (First prize) in the paper presentation on the topic Certified Core Java (APTECH)
Regenerative Braking System. Certified Six sigma green belt from KPMG
India.
5.8 years of rich and qualitative experience
and seeking assignments in Projects and
Maintenance in Steel Melting shop, Inventory
Management and ISO/OHSAS Documentation
https://in.linkedin.com/in/rahul-bhardwaj

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Ritesh Ranjan
B.Tech, Manufacturing Engineering
National Institute of Foundry and Forge
Technology
7.6 years of experience with diverse
experience in Supply Chain Management,
Costing, Engineering Change Management,
Vehicle BOM Maintenance and Projects
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ritesh-ranjan
Ritu Agarwal
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
VIT University, Vellore
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by KPMG
India
5.9 years of experience in varied areas of
Supply chain management covering
Strategic Projects, Vendor management,
Planning, Procurement & logistics
management , Lean Supply Chain Systems.
& Business Excellence
https://in.linkedin.com/in/rituagarwal
38 IIMC
Manager, Tata Motors Limited
l Led Technical Services Team for Implementing Engineering Changes in Prima -
Next Generation Trucks
l Headed Cross Functional Teams of Design, Purchase and Quality for reduction of
field failures
l Successfully led Project Team for smooth implementation of government regulation
Projects within deadline
l Led the team of Purchase Planning and Control for costing of NPI Projects and
Engineering Changes
l Conceptualized and Developed the Infrastructure for automating the scanning
process of Telemetry in association with Tata Technologies
Senior Engineer, TVS Motors Limited
l Led the development team for Scheduling and procurement of parts for NPD as
well as regular products.
l Led the Project for Cost Reduction in Forged and Machined Parts.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Achieved Cost saving of 3.5 Crores for Tata Motors by implementation of
Breakthrough Telematics System which led to a new business model for Tata
Motors.
l Conceptualized and Implemented cost saving of Rs. 1.67 Crores by Value Engineering
in Metallic Footstep of Prima Tractors
l Represented the Proprietary Group of Pricing Department which achieved 70
Lakhs cost reduction at the plant level in CREST project with consultants AT Kearney
l Gold Medalist in TBEM Assessment Program at Plant Level in 2013
l Silver Medalist in TBEM Assessment Program at company level in 2014 and 2015
Assistant Manager, Supply Chain Management, Schneider Electric,
Hyderabad
l Managed global planning & procurement of 1500+ complex parts from 50+ major
vendors (Including France, China etc.) of values INR 1.4 billion annually while
aligning the key Indices of Inventory, customer service levels and Supplier service
levels.
l Managed & developed relationship with national & international suppliers & trade
agents while Initiated performance improvement projects at vendor end.
l Led & Coordinated volume transfer project from global entity to accomplish
business need of increasing the exports volume by 30% at Hyderabad plant.
Assistant Manager, Materials Management Logistics & Planning, BOSCH
Ltd.
l Initiated & led supply chain optimization projects including VSM mapping at key
vendors, redefining safety stocks, performing ABC & FMR analysis which resulted
in significant inventory coverage reduction of 12 days.
l Led lean logistics projects for inventory storage & replenishment for key parts
thereby reducing the overall inventory carrying cost by 5% & freight cost by 4%.
l Coordinated the supply chain activities for green field project of Plant relocation,
including MRP & EDI set up in SAP, establishing stocks transfer processes & strategic
relocation of key vendors or alternate suppliers
Engineer, Supply Chain Management, ESAB India Ltd., Chennai
l Led and established the centralized demand planning process for 6 plants, resulting
in service level improvement from 65% to 95%.
l Strategic liquidation of aged inventory worth INR 6.5 Millions
l Coordinated with global London office for change management projects including
streamlining supply chain processes in all 6 plants in India
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Gold medalist in Mechanical with rank 1 on 180 students in VIT University, Vellore
l Awarded 0.1% merit certificate by CBSE for Mathematics and Science (X Board)
l Organizing committee member - GRAVITAS09 at VIT university, responsible for
event management, public relations & operations trouble shooting. Generated
revenue of INR 120,00/- with footfall of 2000+
Manager Corporate Strategy, Tata Motors Limited
l Key role in Strategy team- formulating Product Strategy, Manufacturing Strategy,
capacity planning and technology selection.
l Analysed and Optimised Capex projects as per NPV, Contribution and economic
benefits. Buyoff with BU Heads & Excom for Implementation.
l Capital budget build-up across organisation and Presentation to Board of Directors
for Approval, followed by Execution & Performance Monitoring (MIS).
l Techno commercial assistance for Joint Ventures /restructuring -Tata-Fiat JV
Restructuring, Tata-Cummins price settlement.
l Planning, I&C of Greenfield Project at Ahmedabad with capacity of 1300 cars per
day within 9 months (planned 15 months) saving 30% of Capex.
l Setup supply chain end to end from scratch for 1300 upd meeting cost and time
targets.
l Execute projects from inception to launch through a stage gate GEN 3 NPI process,
developed along with Jaguar & Land Rover, UK.
l Project Business Case preparation, Capex Budgeting, Scheduling and Ensure project
health wrt product and project cost, time and quality to deliver flawless product.
l Coordination with Plant, Marketing, Sourcing and R&D teams for Engineering Sign-
Off, feature list finalisation and trial & proving on manufacturing line.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Selected as Part of the Core Product Strategy Team after qualifying in Talent
Management Process in Organisation and worked closely with the Chief Strategy
Sai Sharan Panda
& Planning officer. B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
l Contributed in developing and deploying capital budget policies, strategies and NIT Durgapur
budgets worth 320 million USD for New products, capacity expansions and cost Six Sigma Green Belt KPMG
reductions.
6.7 years of cross functional experience in
l Generated Savings upto 25 million USD by Capital solutions and MoSCoW Strategy, Greenfield Planning and Project
Implementation Management Function(New Product
l High Value Purchase negotiations resulting into savings of 10 million USD in FY16. Introduction) for Automobile Industry.
l Launched 3 passenger cars- End to end in 80% of planned time, 60% against
planned cost. https://in.linkedin.com/in/saisharanpanda
l Selected in Tata Jagriti Yatra- 2012- A Initiative towards social responsibility.

Associate Manager, Project and maintenance , Jindal Stainless Limited,

Hisar
l Formulated the strategic planning and execution of detailed engineering activities
for various projects including review of isometric drawings, BOM and estimation.
l Carried out the preparation and implementation of standard operating procedures
with rigorous follow up in day to day operations.
l Demonstrated leadership in the creation of individual and team performance
through training, coaching and motivation over and above the core skills.
l Implemented TPM and condition based monitoring to streamline execution of
preventive maintenance schedules and shutdown maintenance planning to ensure
trouble-free plant operation.
l Assisted the SAP core team in the implementation and up gradation of SAP.
l Managing optimal inventory to take care of equipment overloading and shop floor
management.
l Validating ISO/OHSAS documentation & handling independent audits.
l Manage and support external commissioning teams in field installations.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Core member of the technical event - NOESIS 09 held at of NIT Bhopal thereby
contributing significantly for events management
l Executive member of the database management team of literary fest ( RUPPLE)
contributing for planning and managing event Sandip Kumar Jain
B.Tech (Electrical Engineering)
NIT Bhopal
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by KPMG
India
4.8 years experience in maintenance,
commissioning and project management in
stainless steel industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/sandipkjain

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as Team Administrator, Principal Chassis Designer and Co-driver
Sangam Chaturvedi
B.Tech , Mechanical,
SRM University, Chennai
5.7 yrs of experience within varied sections
of Zinc and Aluminium metal smelters in the
domain of Maintenance and Safety
Management
https://in.linkedin.com/in/sangam-chaturvedi
Satyavrat Sopori
B.E Mechanical,
Sardar Patel College of Engineering- Mumbai
Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from
SSA
4.7 years of enriched experience in Supply
Chain Management, Project Management
and Operations with expertise in Sourcing,
ERP implementations & Vendor development
and management
https://in.linkedin.com/in/satyavrat-sopori
40 IIMC
Engineer In-charge, Leaching and Purification, Zinc Smelter Debari, HZL,
Udaipur
l Responsible for ensuring best availability of Leaching and Purification , Effluent
treatment plant and EP Cake enrichment Plants with zero LTIFR.
l Achieved substantial improvement of 73% in MTTR and 200% in MTBF of Calcine
Conveying Circuit n the year 2015-16.
l Lead two different teams engineers to implement two different safety standards
namely Confined Space Safety and Scaffolding Safety
l Acknowledged by the organization for contribution to the Incident Management
Module as a part of engagement of Ms. Dupont with HZL
l Strategised the Maintenance and Inventory Planning activities to substantially
reduce the Maintenance expenses by INR 1.6 cr. in the year 2014-15
Assistant Manager, Potroom Services, Vedanta Aluminium Limited,
Jharsuguda
l Responsible for timely ramp up of Aluminium Smelting pots in smelter II and quality
assurance of GMAW busbar welding.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Lead the official Off-road racing team from SRM University to BAJA SAEIndia
2010
l Trained in Contractor Safety Management by M/s Dupont, June 2014
l Lead the SRM University Publication SpectRuM editorial team from 2007 till 2009.
l Played pivotal role in organizing Hybrid Tuc-Tuc contest in SRM University in
collaboration with ENVIU as a technical advisor to TUV Rhienland team in India.
Senior Engineer, Corporate Strategic Sourcing, ACG WORLDWIDE, Mumbai
l Project Manager for SAP SRM Implementation across 5 Group Companies
l Managed, planned & procured Mechanical, Bought-out & Capital procurement of
worth INR 1082 Million on annual basis
l Responsible for supplier sourcing, new vendor development, bid evaluations, final
price & contract finalizations
l Achieved substantial Cost Savings of over INR 10 Million through Value Engineering,
negotiations in price and contract terms and shifting to Alternate sources
l Spearheaded System Improvement strategy assignments such as SAP Vendor
master and Material master revamps
l Led Process Improvement strategy assignments- Optimizing order fulfilment &
VSM mapping for fast moving machines
l Steered Supply chain optimization initiatives-
Vendor base Rationalization - resulting in leaner consolidated supply base
Alternate Supplier source development- resulting in risk-hedging for supply
uncertainties
l Key stakeholder in Competency mapping exercise and Trainer to Supply Chain
Teams as part of People Improvement strategy assignments
l Played a pivotal role in Operational excellence projects, such as ensuring no stock
outs of Assemblies supplies, Kaizen and SMED Projects
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Recipient of various Star Awards and Appreciation Certificates for consistent
outstanding performance throughout tenure at ACG Worldwide
l Represented ACG- ACPL and winning a Gold Medal for SMED Project at Quality
Circle Forum of India, Pune
l Selected among top 1.5% Associates for ACG Worldwides ASPIRE- Leadership
Development Program as a Key Talent Resource for accelerated horizontal &
vertical growth
l CSR Coordinator at ACG- Involved in community work with NGO SNEHA at Pragati
High School, Mumbai
l Active member of Quiz Community, represented school at Inter-School BQC
(Bournvita Quiz Contest)-2001
Process Engineer, Production, Planning, Control & Operations, Vedanta Limited,
Udaipur
l Managing a team of 2 process associates, 2 line supervisors and 30 workmen for
meeting daily production target
l Ensuring strict implementation of quality control systems and procedures to
minimize waste generation
l Scheduling planned and preventive maintenance practices for maximum availability
of equipment and reducing production down time to minimum
l Inventory management, planning and co-ordinating Kaizen activities to increase
the productivity of the plant
l Conceptualized and contributed in improvement in Zinc recovery through
modification of the flow sheet of the plant
l Part of the team in commissioning of additional electrolytic cascades with 42 MT
per day of additional production capacity
l Contribution in improvement of Zinc recovery by reducing the zinc content from
3.5% to 3.0% in the waste generated
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Contributed in achieving highest ever production of the plant in a day
l Played a key role in reducing the pumping power of the plant by three units
l
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Best Engineer award for the month
Unit level winner of Chanakya- a computer simulated management games by AIMA
Shishir Kumar Singh
l Trained in Process Hazard Analysis from DuPont Chemical Engineering, NIT Durgapur
l Grade-A certificate for commendable services in National Service Scheme for a 4.6 years of experience in Production,
period of 2007-2011. Planning, Control & Operations, Vedanta
l Awarded by Science & Technology Council, Uttar Pradesh for highest marks. Limited, Udaipur, Rajasthan
https://in.linkedin.com/in/shishir-singh

Assistant Manager, Instrumentation, Hindalco Industries, Odisha

l Core member of Business Process Standardization team of Hindalco metals business
to standardize Key process indices for effective monitoring and control of
maintenance processes
l Developed Hindalco Management frame work(Preliminary phase) in the unit
complying with the internal audits to ensure compliance to statutory requirements
(like radioactive substances).
l Implementation of Wireless Communication of distant critical utilities with Central
Control Room of Refinery to monitor unmanned environmental protection from
harmful residuals.
l Preparation of annual instrumentation budget, Cost of maintenance and tracking
of budget to ensure maintenance expenditure be achieved as per Budget.
l Spares Planning and fore casting by examining of consumption pattern, maintaining
minimum safety stock of spares and ensuring material movement to control
inventory.
l Operationalism In-house Instrumentation Workshop to deliver zero breakdown and
repair in minimum cost and time improving productivity.
l Core member of Material data management project for complete codification of
all instrumentation creating central database of spares to generate consolidated
requirement across all Hindalco units reducing unit cost of spare.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Automation of output feedback to Bauxite charge to obtain high yield and throughput, Soumya Dash
minimizing process variations giving a profit of Rs 110/ton of Alumina. B.Tech, Electronics & Telecomm
l Completed Integration of refinery electrical machineries facilitating start of 1 MTPA VSSUT, BURLA, ODISHA
Alumina production with 3X30 MW co-generation power plant within 18 months
against planned 24 months 4.8 years of experience in diverse functions
such as Project Management (Greenfield
l Developed In-house Plant Automation capability leading to Rs 9.9 lacs cost saving.
project), Business Excellence, Supply Chain
l Automation of Energy Management System (EMS) to prevent cascading effect of
Management in Metal industry.
equipment downtime improved production by 25%.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/soumya-dash

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Subrata Kumar Mahanty
B.Tech , Electrical Engineering,
VSSUT, Burla
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt(KPMG)
6.6 years of experience in Sourcing and
Product Development in Automotive industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/subrata-mahanty
Sumalya Saha
B.E., Mechanical,
Jadavpur University
Certification:
- Procurement & Supply Management (ISM)
-ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004 Internal
Auditor (BV)
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt(KPMG)
4.8 years of experience in Procurement,
Stores Management and New Model
Introduction in Heavy Machinery Industry
https://in.linkedin.com/in/sumalya-saha
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Plant Head, Jaihind Curio Pvt Ltd (Start Up), Pune
l Set up a plant of capacity 12Lakh toys p.a. for export of 5 high-end toys of Hasbro
Inc.
l Worked as the Lead of all plant functions constituting 7 Teams.
l Lead the teams for Plant Planning, Formulation of Systems and Procedures for
Manufacturing, Quality, Physical and IT Security, HR, SCM and Project Management,
Customer specific requirements and their integration to departments and hierarchy.
l Strategic Relationship Management with Suppliers and Customer, Budgeting,
Management Review.
Manager, New Product Development, Tata Motors Limited, Pune
l Sourcing, Development and Supply Planning of automobile electronics.
l Introduced the World Leader in Infotainment in Tata cars - First in India.
l Strategic Partnership establishment with the World Leader of Instrument Clusters
for all future development, thus creating a perpetual technology partner.
l Developed New Nano dashboard electronics.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Qualified 5-audit tickets of the Plant, a prerequisite for toy exports. This included
Global Security Verification and International Council for Toy Industries - Among
6 suppliers in India to qualify all 5 audits.
l Worked for innovation of new Fog-Lamp for all future passenger cars by conducting
workshops and driving the design team thereby achieving win-win condition with
the supplier Qualified more stringent European regulation at Lesser Cost.
l Conducted Techno-Commercial Workshops for new Nano dashboard electronics
and formulated Technology Alternatives which achieved cost savings.
l Spearheaded the crisis handling for Tata Nano by championing end to end supplier
business process for an indispensable component to resurrect the brand image.
Manager, Supply Chain Management, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
Co. Pvt Ltd, Kharagpur
l Managed purchase to pay cycle of 25 suppliers pan India with an annual purchasing
spend of INR 60 Cr.
l Responsible for spend analysis across 1200 SKUs (approx.) for inventory optimization
and reduction of procurement cost
l Reduced inventory by 40% through accurate scheduling, lot size optimizing and
renegotiating the MOQs
l Increased average supplier delivery compliance by 35% over a period of 1.5 years
l Project coordinator for introduction of 100 Ton Dump Truck model & transition of
Motor Grader model from Jamshedpur to Kharagpur plant
l Remodeled material feeding system in excavator assembly line in 2.5 months
resulting in increased production capacity by 16%
l Trained suppliers, data entry operators and fellow team members in SAP -SRM
(Transactional part) and accelerated the SRM implementation process at Kharagpur
plant
l Mentored 30 contract employees of third party logistics provider in Total productive
maintenance and augmented successful implementation of Jishu-Hozen
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Awarded Tata Hitachi Pride Awards in 2013 & 2016 for innovative material
management related ideas and their successful implementation
l Won Tata Crucible Online Quiz Contest (Q.No.-325)
Assistant Manager, Section Head, Control and Inst Dept. Hindalco
Industries Ltd., ABG
l Market Research for selection of potential vendors, resulted in saving of Rs.4 Lacs/
annum through quality and cost optimization.
l Formulated Departmental Zero Based Budgeting, streamlining budget by 20%
using MoSCoW technique through cross-functional co-ordination.
l Reduced OPEX by Rs. 20 Lacs through Integrated Vendor Experience Centre, on-
boarding of more than 200+ vendors in 2 months.
l A Lead Auditor and In-house consultant for Asset Optimization Framework across
the group.
l Improved the process productivity by 13% and saved Rs.8 Lacs by refurbishing
critical machines going under frequent breakdown.
l Implementation of Standardised KPI Dashboard across unit using Macros in Excel
improving overall efficiency.
l Designed algorithm to balance productivity controlling parameters in billet casting
unit and generated Production Plan to meet customer demand.
l Managed Installation and commissioning of Green field Project within defined time,
cost and quality parameters.
l Led Overall Plant Network establishment project with support of service provider
to facilitate Automation of plant operations.
l In house Teaching and Mastering the Robot used for the process of Aluminium
Sample Analysis resulting to cost Saving of Rs. 25L. Suman Agrawal
Achievements and Extracurricular Btech in Electronics & Telecommunication,
l Got Young Achiever Award for developing a dashboard using VBA code to import V.S.S.U.T, Burla
and export plant production data sets. 4.8 Years of experience in Project
l Awarded Medal in Mathematics (12th Board & 10th Board) for getting a Top Rank Management, Supply Chain Management,
in my State and Merit Scholarship from the college (B.Tech). Planning & Business Process in Hindalco
Industries Ltd., ABG
https://in.linkedin.com/in/suman-agrawal

Dy. Manager, Tooling, HAL Barrackpore Division

l Preparing & implementing tooling procurement plan for HAL Barrackpore Division.
l Design of Bush Replacement Fixture for Tail Rotor Head Assembly of Cheetah &
Chetak helicopter therefore reducing rejection rate by over 30%.
l Lead a team of 12 technicians for periodical calibration of assembly jigs for cheetah
and chetak helicopter.
l Liaison with more than 150 vendors and effectively managing them.
Engineer (Design), AURDC (Aircraft Upgrade Research Design Centre),
HAL Nasik
l Planning detailed engineering activities and finalizing requirements and specifications
in consultation with Engineering and Production Departments.
l Indigenisation of fasteners as per Russian standards to equivalent Indian standards.
l Modification of Rear Fuselage of SU30 MKI for accessing RH Hydraulic system
thereby reducing downtime by 5 days.
l Creating layouts, designs & 2D drawings using CAD / CAM software and conducting
analysis to identify any design flaw & making relevant modifications in the same.
l Conducting trials & tests, identifying snags and making final modifications in
components for commencing routine production.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Life Member of AESI. (Aeronautical Society of India)
l Certification in GD & T, Calibration from CMTI, Bengaluru. Swagatam Mitra
l Certification in aircraft manufacturing from IIT Kanpur. B.Tech , Mechanical,
l Reduced Procurement Lead time in Tooling Procurement by 1.5 months. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
l Best Suggestion award for Customer satisfaction in Quality Week 2015 at HAL
7.2 Years of experience in Aircraf t
Barrackpore Division.
Manufacturing, Repair & Overhaul, Design &
l Best Slogan at Productivity week celebrations 2015.
Development, Procurement Planning &
Supply chain management.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/swagatam-mitra

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Varun Kumar
B.tech, Chemical Eng.
NIT Jalandhar
5 years and 7 months of experience in
domains of Process Engineering, Operations
Management and Project Management in
Chemical-fertilizer and Oil &Gas Industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/varun--kumar
Venkata Vishnu Vihari.I
B.Tech , Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, JNTU, Kakinada
Certified Automation Design Engineer
5.5 years of work experience with 2 years
of global exposure in providing consultancy
and project management services for
industrial automation.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ Vishnu-vihari
44 IIMC
Engineer, Operations, Cairn India Limited, Gujarat
l Administered worlds largest continuously heated cross-country pipeline operations
and terminal operations to ensure nominated quantity and quality of crude oil &
natural gas is exported to customer receipt facilities as per sales agreement
l Designed Process flowcharts, developed SOPs, evaluated and completed risk
assessments to achieve Operational Excellence across various assets.
l Led a team of 6 Engineers to strategically streamline Gas sales operations, hence
achieved an increase in sustainable daily sales by more than 300 %.
l Mentored Gas Filter Skid Installation project, beating project timeliness in a critical
business situation, thus saving ~INR 1.5 Cr/day revenue loss of company.
l Co-implemented performance analysis across various assets, and diagnosed errors
in GCV measurement and implemented solutions that led to perpetual savings of
~INR 1 Cr/year
Senior Engineer, Process & Operations, KRIBHCO Fertilizers Limited,
Surat
l Steered Urea plant operations as an Advance Process Control Engineer, handled
critical real time Operations to optimize plant performance and meet production
targets.
l Coordinated & accomplished Brownfield project of Urea Plant Revamping by
managing appropriate interfaces amongst Operations, Vendors, and other
Stakeholders.
l Designed and implemented Vent Gases Recovery System leading to perpetual fuel
savings of ~INR 2 Cr /yr approx.
l Initiated Energy Efficiency Enhancement project in Urea plant through formulation
of new SOPs and elimination of process defects leading to perpetual cost savings
of ~INR 0.5 Cr/day.
l Fostered a team of 8 Engineers for bulk flow coolers commissioning project in two
urea plants within stipulated time frame.
l Spearheaded and economized Bio-fertilizer plant capacity enhancement project.
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Led marketing team for Indian chapter of International SCHEMCON-2008.
l Executive member of Chemical Engineering Society(Ches) at NIT Jalandhar
l Interests: Stock Market Analysis, Culinary Arts, and Volunteering Charitable & Social
Activities.
Senior Engineer Controls Vanderlande Industries Software Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
l Led a Cross functional team responsible for Installation and commissioning of
automated airport Baggage Handling System spread across 33KM.
l Proven track record in managing complex, multi-phased projects of automated
international airports, leading a cross-functional team spread across the globe.
l Responsible for identifying key operational issues in automated Baggage Handling
System, followed by developing and implementing effective solutions.
l Key player in 24X7 service team for Baggage Handling Systems.
Senior Engineer Projects Vasundara Automation and Engineering Services Pvt.
Ltd. Bangalore
l Co developer in bridging SAP (ERP) systems with plant automation using RF-ID
technology for automated tracking system and operations.
l Leading multi functional teams in development and commissioning of automatic
storage and retrieval (ASRS) systems.
l Executed an Automation Technology up gradation project for finishing house
conveying system in 36Hours(planned 72 Hours).
Achievements and Extracurricular
l Spearheaded a project development team to provide end to end automation
solution for Aerated Brick manufacturing process.
l Played key role in R&D of software, establishing compatibility between two
diametrically opposite makes of network devices.
l Developed a generic software that can be encapsulated on a production system
to provide solution for modular processes.
l Created Excel macro tools for facilitating development and commissioning of
projects.
Senior Executive Business Development, Ayurvet AGES Pvt. Ltd, Delhi
l Identified and Segregated potential B2B market segment for Equipment Sales, by
gathering informative, facts and statistics about HNI customer trends and preferences
and developing ROI/proposals.
l As a team leader, planned for certification, launch and sale strategy of new products
in the fresh produce segment approved by FSSAI.
Manager Business Development, Triton Synergies Pvt. Ltd., Delhi
l Prospected for potential new sectors where CFD based EPC projects can be
implemented and convert this into increased business.
l Material Resource Planning and scheduling for implementation of projects at client
site.
l Organized Industrial meet events participated by C Level prospective clients,
investors and prospective technology partners.
Assistant Engineer, Bhushan Power & Steels Ltd., Odisha
l Load Forecasting, Assets Mapping and DPR formation with Technical Suggestion
and recommendation to improve the Load Factor and Efficiency of Process of Plant
and Substation.
l Administered successful commissioning of 210 TPH CFBC Boiler under compulsory
safety norms and optimal work elements.
l Administering a tight time base maintenance schedule reducedOperational losses.
Uflex Ltd, Noida Vishal Yadav
l Negotiated with the global OEMs regarding the various critical aspects of the B.tech, Mechanical,
machines/equipment, variants available, input and output parameters, technology Uttar Pradesh Technical University.
up gradation etc.
Certification:
Achievements and Extracurricular Plant Design & Management System
l Contributed to an order worth 60 Lacs through client acquisition hence addition 6.9 years of experience in Strategic &
to CLV. (An 80% above designated target figure.) T a c t i c a l P l a n n i n g , C l i e n t / Ve n d o r
l Proposed and implemented new product line of coatings segment for rotary Relation,Target Market & Penetration,
equipment in gamut of technical services offered. Competitive Sales Analysis, Resource &
l Worked With Helpage India, NGO for cause and care of Elderly. Project Planning in Power/Process Industry.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ yadav-vishal

Assistant Manager, Operations and Energy Efficiency Management ,

Vedanta Ltd. Jharsuguda
l Spearheaded the ISO 50001 Energy Management system certification and
implementation process across the plant.
l Ensured implementation and timely reviews of action plans as per the plant level
objective in accordance with ISO 50001 EnMS standard.
l Instrumental in formulation of Energy Policy &Management Review etc. while
coordinating with different departments and ensuring complete participation.
l Conducted monthly efficiency tests in the all the units as per the Power Test code
guidelines covering efficiency measurement of Pre Heaters, Cooling Towers, fans
etc.
l Streamlined and ensured correct calculation procedures related to Plant &
department level objectives and provided key decision making inputs on a periodic
basis to corporate management committee by analyzing efficiency variances.
l Managed operations team of 40 engineers for generating1215MW to meet the in-
house demand of aluminum smelter
l Headed a cross functional team to complete the project and conduct performance
guarantee test of Electrostatic Precipitator of all the 9 units retrofitted from normal
to hybrid, reduced the Particulate emission by 60%.
l Achieved 100% process reliability by reducing unplanned power outages through
optimizing critical operations.
Achievements and Extracurricular Vivek Dwivedi
l Core team leader for ISO 50001 Energy Management System implementation & PGDC
enforcement. NPTI, Badarpur, New Delhi
l Successfully lead various energy improvement projects and achieved savings of B.E., Mechanical Engineering
Rs. 24 Million in FY 2014-15. SATI, Vidisha
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (KPMG)
5.5 years specialized experience in
executing the Operation & managing the
Energy Efficiency Management System ISO
50001 implementation in Power Sector.
https://in.linkedin.com/in/vivek-dwivedi

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The future belongs to those who see
possibilities before they become obvious

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 Faculty Speak
The VLM programme inculcates strong
analytical and logical skills in our graduates
and prepares them very well to tackle the
challenges faced by Indian manufacturing.
Our students have built a reputation of
being very sincere, diligent and hard-
working, important assets for a career in
manufacturing.
Prof. Balram Avittathur
Operations Management, IIMC
The fact that all students have a minimum
o f f i ve ye a r s ' o f ex p e r i e n c e i n
manufacturing firms means that they can
understand the wider public policy
implications of changes happening in the
manufacturing sector much more easily.
I believe that the inputs that this unique
programme provides to participants equip
them with the skills that are critical for
manufacturing firms to respond to
changes in government policy and also
to a dynamic business environment.
Prof. Biju Paul Abraham
Public Policy and Management, IIMC
Honestly speaking, I enjoyed very much
interacting with the enthusiastic students of
the 10th batch while teaching the subject
"ERP, Workflow & BPR", which ended with
lively discussions on details about IoT &
Industry 4.0. Students really worked hard on
the case presentations and projects. With
their rich industry experience being
complemented by the wide range of
academic inputs from IIM and IITs, I am
confident that they will indeed be extremely
valuable resources for your esteemed
organisations. I wish them all success in their
future endeavors.
Prof. Debashis Saha
Management Information Systems, IIMC
The students of the current PGPEX-VLM
batch have a sound technological
background. With a significantly honed
analytical skill through my sessions on
statistics and probability, they are sure to
emerge as leaders in manufacturing
industry.
Prof. Rahul Mukherjee
Probability and Statistics, IIMC

I greatly enjoyed my classes on

Organization Structure and Design with
the 10th VLM batch. Students came to
classes well-prepared despite their packed
schedules and were very diligent with their
project assignments. The students brought
in diverse perspectives from their
respective work experiences in the
manufacturing sector, which greatly
extended the class discussions beyond
the purview of the assigned reading
materials.
Prof. Devi Vijay
Organisation Structure and Design, IIMC

The current PGPEX-VLM batch is a

judicious mix of students with work
experience from varied industries ranging
from metals and mining to automobiles to
power energy to consumer goods. This
diversity of experience brought value to
the class, especially during case
discussions when business decisions were
to be made. I also found the students to
be very hardworking and more importantly
their willingness to unlearn and relearn,
which is a very encouraging
characteristics of the class. They are likely
to be an asset to the company that they
join.
Prof. Saptarishi Purkayastha
Strategic Management , IIMC

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Teaching Project Management to PGPEX-
VLM students is always a unique and
enriching experience. Their diverse strong
industry experience combined with high
level of motivation and dedication, always
lead to excellent analysis of PMI cases
along with lively class discussions. I have
been particularly impressed with this batch
for their ability to grasp complex concepts
and apply them in appropriate situations.
I have strong faith that VLM students will
raise the Indian manufacturing sector to
global standards in the years to come.
Prof. Bodhibrata Nag
Project Management, IIMC
In today's highly demanding world,
manufacturing plays a very significant role
in economic growth. PGPEX-VLM students
of the 10th batch have constantly
demonstrated their involvement and
curiosity to learn and apply the best
principles in management applicable to
the manufacturing sector and have
distinguished themselves through
innovation, dedication and excellence.
Prof. V K Unni
Regulatory Environment, National and
International, IIMC
The VLM program attracts highly
motivated engineers from the
manufacturing sector. The management
and technology input to the VLM class
provides the best leadership in the
m a n u f a c t u r i n g s e c t o r. I t a u g h t
Manufacturing Strategy and Operations
Management sessions to the class of 2016.
The class discussions were very engaging
and insightful. The class brings excellent
perspective from variety of manufacturing
firms. I strongly feel that the VLM
graduates have tremendous potential to
contribute to the Indian manufacturing
sector.
Prof. Peeyush Mehta
Manufacturing Strategy, IIMC
It was a pleasure to teach the PGPEX-VLM
batch of 2017. Given their experience and
background, they enriched class
discussions and were insightful in their
approach and solutions to management
problems. I found them very motivated
and eager for new learning, and I am sure
this positive attitude along with the skills
and competencies they gain through the
course will enable them to contribute to
your organization.
Prof. Ashis K Chatterjee
Production Management, IIMC
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the
great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand
miles must begin with a single step
Partner Institutes (IIT Kanpur & IIT Madras)

The one year intensive and ambitious programme on the "Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing" is very unique in the country.
It combines the industry experience of the candidates with finely carved out academic programme conducted and delivered
by the three very prestigious institutions of the country coupled with industrial training in India and abroad. It has stood out
to be one of the successful joint efforts of three institutions that are deeply involved with different facets and aspects of
leadership in manufacturing. I am very sure that the industries will find the programme and graduates very useful.
Prof. Kripa Shanker
Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur

The VLFM program has gone from strength to strength in the last decade. A lot of good things are helping the program, viz.
the rich experience of the students joining, the academic rigor and inputs provided by the three premier institutes (IIMC, IITK,
and IITM), the interaction with the Japanese manufacturing experts, and self-initiated research projects. I am very confident
that these young managers from VLFM will be an asset to their orgnizations and will drive the Indian manufacturing sector
to the new heights.
Prof. Rahul Marathe
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras

Corporate Reflection
We are committed to VLFM program which was created with a noble vision of creating leaders to improve competitiveness
of the manufacturing sector. We nominate high potential managers across functions for the Senior Manager's program for
the last eight years. We are also hiring graduates of VLM in the last three years. With good foundation of six years of work
experience in manufacturing, VLM program builds further perspectives and skills to play a larger role in manufacturing. Over
years, the participants move to key roles in different function and perform well.
Dr. V. Kovaichelvan
Senior Vice President (HR), TVS Motor Company Ltd.

The industrial exposure with explicit focus on authentic and contemporary scenarios, imparted by Industry guest faculty,
ensures that the participants of this course are ready to be deployed to any business function. Small group of aspiring
students adds a lot of value in terms of student-faculty interaction that is generally missed in the other programs. I am sure
this course is creating a new breed of change leaders who would take the industry on a new glide path, especially during
these troubled times. I wish these Visionary Leaders a great future.
Harvansh Batra
Senior Director - Supplier Development, Asia at Airbus

I am positive that this well structured program will provide professionals with the correct blend of experience, management
skills and capability to become future leaders of the Industry.
Sundaram Parthasarathi
Special Director, Ashok Leyland

It was my absolute pleasure to interact with the PGPEX VLM students earlier this week. I was very taken not only by their
calibre, but also their energy and enthusiasm. I was very pleased to learn more about your programme as it sounds like
exactly the sort of thing we need in the manufacturing sector.
Dr Maghin Tamilarasan
Director, Strategy and Business Development, Rolls Royce

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 Faculty
Overview

IIMC
Behavioural Sciences Manisha Chakrabarty Public Policy And Management
Ph D, ISI Calcutta
Nimruji Prasad Jammulamadaka Biju Paul Abraham
Ph D, IIT Kanpur Operations Management Ph D, Kings College London
Rajiv Kumar Ashis K Chatterjee R Rajesh Babu
Fellow, IIM-A Fellow, IIM-A Ph D, JNU
Devi Vijay Balram Avittathur V K Unni
Fellow, IIM-B Fellow, IIM-B Ph D, NALSAR University of Law,
Hyderabad
Marketing Bodhibrata Nag
Krishanu Rakshit Fellow, IIM-C Human Resource Management
Fellow, IIM-B Rahul Mukerjee Amit Dhiman
Ph D, Calcutta University Fellow, IIM-A
Ritu Mehta
Ph D, IIT Kanpur Partha Priya Datta Debashish Bhattacherjee
Ph D, Cranfield Ph D, University of Illinois
Business Ethics and
Communication Peeyush Mehta Management Information
Fellow, IIM-A Systems
Apoorva Bharadwaj
Ph D, American Literature Sahadeb Sarkar Debashis Saha
Ph D, Iowa State University Ph D, IIT- Kgp
C Panduranga Bhatta
Ph D, University of Madras Sanjeet Singh Strategic Management
Ph D, Delhi University
Nishigandha Bhuyan Saptarishi Purkayastha
M Phil, University of Hyderabad Finance and Control Ph D, ICFAI University
Pragyan Rath Arpita Ghosh Kaushik Roy
Ph D, IIT Mumbai Fellow, IIM-C Fellow, IIM-A
Economics Manju Jaiswall
Soumyen Sikdar Fellow, IIM-B
Ph D, University of Minnesota, U.S.A Rama Seth
Runa Sarkar Ph D, Columbia University, NY
Fellow, IIM-C Sudhir Jaiswall
Partha Ray PGDM, IIM-A
Ph D, University of Mumbai

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IITK IITM
A K Mittal Rahul Varman Venkatesh Balasubramanian
Ph D, Case Western Fellow, IIM-A Post Doctoral Fellow, Yale University
N K Sharma Anish Upadhaya L S Ganesh
Ph D, Delhi University Ph D, Pennsylvania State University Ph D, IIT Madras

Veena Bansal Rajiv Shekhar G Srinivasan

Ph D, IIT-K Ph D, University of California, Berkeley Ph D, IIT Madras

Jayanta Chatterjee Ashish Dutta C Rajendran

Ph D, IIT-D Ph D, Akita University, Japan Ph D, IIT Madras

B V Phani Bikramjit Basu Rahul R Marathe

Ph D, State University, Iowa, USA
Fellow, IIM-C Ph D, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(KUL), Belgium R Krishnakumar
Kripa Shanker
Ph D, IIT Madras
Ph D, Cornell University Brahma Deo
D Phil, University of Burdwan Prakash Sai
R R K Sharma
Ph D, IIT Madras
Fellow, IIM-A R C Sharma
Ph D, McMaster University S Mohan
Raghu Nandan Sengupta
MA, University of Madras
Fellow, IIM-C S Sangal
Anoop Singh Ph D, University of Manitoba
Fellow, IGIDR Mumbai S P Das
Monika Katiyar Ph D, IIT-Kgp
Ph D, University of Illinois at Urbana
Ashutosh Sharma
Ph D, State University of New York

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True Leaders dont create followers.
They create more leaders
Internship
Placement
Overview
A 6 week industry internship is a compulsory
course requirement of the one year full
time residential Post Graduate Program for
Executives for Visionary Leadership in
Manufacturing (PGPEX VLM). Every student
of the course is expected to work in the
industry for a period of six weeks, during
the months of January to February, after
completing six terms of the academic
program.
The Industry Internship Placement process
is held to help the students find internships
and at the same time, help recruiters find
students to engage with their firms
challenging projects.
The purpose of the internship is to give
students an oppor tunity to apply
management concepts learned during the
program to a live project, so that they can
better understand and analyze real world
business problems. The internship also
serves to give students a flavor and insight
of the industry they are working in, which
helps them in taking decisions about their
long-term career paths, while also giving
firms a chance to evaluate candidates in a
more relaxed environment and find the right
fit for their firms.
Selection is typically based on personal
interviews on campus or by video
conferencing. The intern works under the
counsel of a company executive
Also visit us at http://collaboratelive.iimcal.ac.in/recruiters/pgpex-vlm-placements/summer-placements/overview
(company project guide) who supervises PPO Policy
and evaluates the performance of the
A company can award a Pre-Placement
student during his/her summer internship
Offer (PPO) to a deserving student
and sends feedback on the same to the
undergoing industry internship with the
institute. The student needs to submit a
organization. This must be confirmed by
copy of the feedback from the company
mentioning it in the Evaluation Form and/or
project guide and the project report to the
a formal email from the organization to the
institute. The summer project is equivalent
Career Development & Placement Office
to one course for students of the PGPEX-
with all the relevant details.
VLM programme.
Fee Structure
Process
No charges are levied on the firms for either
Duration of Project
participation or recruitment in the industry
6 weeks (Jan - Feb) internship program. In case, a student is
Honorarium offered a pre-placement offer after
completion of Industry Internship and join
Monthly stipend
the firms after completion of PGPEX-VLM
Airfare/railway ticket reimbursement
Program, the firms would be charged
Incidental expenses
variable fee as per the final placement
Project Details
charges.
The title of the project and the location is
to be communicated to the Career
Development & Placement Office and the
student at least 3 weeks in advance of the
project commencement date.
Evaluation Form
The evaluation form will be sent with the Internship Placement
Begins
students to the concerned guide in the
organization. This form is to be filled in August 20, 2016
completely and sent back sealed to the
Career Development & Placement Office at
end of the internship training.
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 Placement Process
Recruit on Campus
Companies are encouraged to visit the IIM Calcutta campus for the placement process, which includes pre-placement talks
and interviews. Interviews can be arranged on campus taking advantage of our interview rooms or state-of-the-art video-
conference facilities.

Notify a Job Description

At any time during the year, descriptions of career opportunities can be sent to pgpexvlm-placement@iimcal.ac.in

Videoconferencing Services
Information sessions and real-time interviews can be conducted using our videoconferencing facilities, if a recruiter is unable
to visit the campus. Please contact either the placement executives or student placement co-ordinators for assistance
regarding scheduling and arranging for interviews/information sessions.

Placement Process and Policies

At IIM Calcutta, we want recruiting our students to be easy and flexible. We also want to optimize your success and deliver
highest yield possible based on your offers and marketing efforts. With this in mind, we have outlined a set of guidelines
practised by organizations that tend to have the highest acceptance rate.

Unless explicit permission has been provided by the Placement Committee, participants are restricted from approaching
companies directly for individual placements. Companies are requested to interact either through student placement
representatives or executives of the Placement Committee.

Campus Visit Policy

Companies may visit the Institute before the scheduled placement days to conduct industry talks, seminars and discussions.
Following guidelines shall be applicable in this context :

Any on-campus activity which is not a part of regular academic curriculum is defined as company-participant interaction.
Companies can conduct a maximum of two interactions for PGPEX-VLM (slot for interaction will be assigned on a first
come first serve basis)

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 All campus activities must be scheduled in conjunction with the PGPEX-VLM placement committee.

A fixed joining fee per student is charged for the services offered to the company throughout the course of recruitment
from the campus.

All placement charges should be settled within one month of students joining the organization. The institute however
does not guarantee that the student will join the company or will remain in the job for a specified duration of time.

Service taxes, if applicable, will be charged in addition to the fees.

Communication
Recruiters are required to communicate the offer details to the PGPEX-VLM Placement Committee in order to enable the
Committee to streamline the placement process for both recruiter and participant.

We advise our students to consider each opportunity as a long-term commitment and to accept offers where they can make
contributions over time. The placement committee understands your need to finalize business planning and encourage
students to make their decisions as quickly as possible. We encourage you to stay in close contact with the PGPEX-VLM
Placement Committee throughout the recruiting season and offer process so that we can ensure students are adhering to
our guidelines and assisting you with any helpful information.

Employers are expected to honour any offers they extend. If an offer must be rescinded, employers should contact their
account manager immediately to work out a positive communication strategy.

Grade Non-Disclosure
PGPEX-VLM students have substantial work experience and have been admitted through a rigorous evaluation of each
applicant's educational background, intellectual capabilities, professional experience and global outlook. Successful completion
of this programme at IIM Calcutta signifies each participant's academic success, management potential and cultural awareness.
The school treats its students' grades as confidential information and therefore has adopted a policy of grade non-disclosure.

The Placement Committee reserves the right to amend the rules/guidelines stated above and will inform the companies of
any changes accordingly.

Fee Structure
The institute would be charging the following fees to the companies for each student who joins the company.

Recruitment Fee per student

Global (Foreign) USD 3000

Indian INR 60,000

Placement Process
Begins from 1st Week of November

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 Campus
Life

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday Life"
-Pablo Picasso
The serene surroundings amidst the exciting education bring
an amazing aura of delivering the best. Be it the student clubs,
the annual cultural festivals, the effortlessly recognised B-school
competitions or the sports activities, you name it and they have
it.
The VLM class of 2017 has a blend of students from varied interests
across all forms of activities the campus can offer them. The
rigorous schedule of study hours couldn't deter the spirit of the
creative minds.
As life imitates art far more, the students showcase their talent by
being part of some of the best clubs in IIM Calcutta. Online competitions
and various clubs give a platform to budding managers to showcase
their talent and learn from peers. Nevertheless, they cannot be separated
from their true love towards Operations Club and Entrepreneurship
Cell which strikes a chord with their work experience. The long list of
presentations, surprise quizzes and mid-terms could not dissuade the
students from following an active and fit lifestyle. One can find them on
Badminton Court, Football grounds, Cricket grounds, Table Tennis Rooms
& Kayaking Club. These sport activities alongside club activities have
instilled a strong sense of teamwork which will be with them throughout
their lives.

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 IN PURSUIT
OF
EXCELLENCE
 Contact Details
Program Heads

Prof. Kripa Shanker Prof. Peeyush Mehta Prof. Rahul Marathe

IIT Kanpur Chairman PGPEX VLM IIT Madras
+91 94150 42484 +91 33 2467 8300 (Ext. 738) / +91 98309 89655 +91 99 5209 2695
ks@iitk.ac.in pmehta@iimcal.ac.in / chairman_vlmp@iimcal.ac.in rrmarathe@iitm.ac.in

Faculty Placement Committee

Prof. Manju Jaiswall

Placement Chairperson
+91 33 24678300-06 (Ext 297) / +91 98305 31365
chairperson.placement@iimcal.ac.in / manju@iimcal.ac.in

Prof. Leena Chatterjee Prof. Rahul Roy Prof. Rajiv Kumar Prof. Rajesh Bhattacharya Prof. Anirban Pant Prof. Sanjit Singh
IIM Calcutta IIM Calcutta IIM Calcutta IIM Calcutta IIM Calcutta IIM Calcutta

PGPEX VLM Office CDPO Office

Shri. Sanjay Basu Mr. Biswajeet Malakar

Manager, PGPEX - VLM Assistant Manager Placements
+91 33 24678300-06 (Ext 209) / +91 98309 90102 +91 33 24678300 / +91 89024 62746
manager_vlmp@iimcal.ac.in pgpexvlm-placement@iimcal.ac.in / bmalakar@iimcal.ac.in

Student Placement Committee

Gnana Veera Rajan V Indrajeet Sai Sharan Panda Ritu Agarwal

+91 87544 79060 +91 99373 66768 +91 80800 59385 +91 90000 81076

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Places to Stay

Hyatt Regency, Kolkata

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Kolkata, India 700 098
Tel: +91 33 2335 1234
Fax: +91 33 2335 1234
Email: kolkata.regency@hyatt.com

ITC Sonar, Kolkata

JBS Haldane Avenue (Opp Science City),
Kolkata, West Bengal, 700 046 India
Tel: +91 33 23454545
Fax: + 91 33 23454545
Email: reservations.itcsonar@itchotels.in

Oberoi Grand, Kolkata

15, Jawaharlal Nehru Road,
Chowringhee
Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Tel: +91 33 2249 2233 / 2249 1217
Fax: +91 11 2389 0500
Email: reservations@oberoigroup.com

Taj Bengal, Kolkata

34B, Belvedere Road
Alipore - 700 027
Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Tel: +91 33 66123939 / 2223 3939
Fax: +91 332 2231766 / 8805
Email: bengal.calcutta@tajhotels.com

The Park, Kolkata

17 Park Street
Kolkata 700 016
Tel: +91 33 2249 9000
Fax: +91 33 2249 400
Email: resv.cal@theparkhotels.com
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT OFFICE
ASSISTANT MANAGER, CDPO
Biswajeet Malakar +91 89024 62746
STUDENT PLACEMENT CO-ORDINATORS
Gnana Veera Rajan V +91 87544 79060
Indrajeet +91 99373 66768
Sai Sharan Panda +91 80800 59385
www.shiningcreativeunit.com # 098363 03071

Ritu Agarwal +91 90000 81076

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Diamond Harbour Road, Joka, Kolkata - 700 104, India
pgpexvlm-placement@iimcal.ac.in
Phone : 033 24380844