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B Sc Engineering (Electrical) First Class(Hons)Govt

Trichur,Kerala,INDIA, Calicut University

Engg

College

PG Diploma in Business Administration Annamalai University

57 years, 22ndNOV1956
Senior Electrical Engineer in Consultancy/inspection-Testing and
commissioning/quality control/project Management/ Operation and
Maintenance.Construction of Electrical Power Transmission,
Substations ,UGC up to 400KV (Site Manager,/ Construction
Manager/ Lead engineer/ Commissioning Manger )
negotiable
30+years in Construction ,Testing, Operation & Maintenance of in
Electrical Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution including 14
years in the Middle East.(MNC consultancies and Utilities companies.
Sr Resident Engineer (Electrical) ,Lahmeyer international Abu Dhabi
Paravattil Bhavan, Cherukunnu R.S Kannur Dist., Kerala,
India-670301
Indian, Hindu, Passport No H2333837 valid up to March 2019.
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Split up Details OF Experience in Electrical Power Systems

Construction, Testing, Commissioning 16 years; Operation and Maintenance 10 years:

Planning and design of HV /LV schemes 5 years

Summary of Experience: Inspection & Review of Testing of all Sub Station

equipments including UG Cables up to 400KV; Tendering ,Scheduling ,Construction
,Monitoring of Construction Of Substations up to 400KV including Transmission Lines
UG&OH; Operation of Power system using SCADA/PLC from Control Center; O&M of sub
Stations and Generating Stations.
From

To

2013

Till
date

2011

2013

2009

2011

2008

2009

2002

2008

1990

2002

Post
held
&Organization
Sr.
Electrical
Engineer ,Lahmeyer
International
Abu
Dhabi,UAE
Sr
Electrical
Engineer(Protection)
EPE-Qatar
Sr
Commissioning
Engineer,LI Qatar
Electrical Engineer
Substation
Substation
Engineer
MEW,Kuwaith
Asst
Executive

Field of Experience

duration

EHV Substation Construction and

Commissioning 400/220 KV and
132/33/11 KV Substation

2 years

Construction and commissioning of EHV

substation 220/132/66/11 KV,Phase 8
Projects and 400/220 KV s/s
Construction and commissioning of EHV
substation ,Phase 9 T&D
Projects,220/132/66/11 KV
Construction and commissioning of EHV
substation and UG cable up to 220 KV
Operation and Maintenance of
300/132/33/11/KV substation ,OH Line and
UG cable up to 300 KV
Construction
and
commissioning
of

2 years
2 years
1 years
6 years
11 years

Engineer
state
Board

1985

1980

1990

1985

,Kerala
Electricty

Works Manager, FF
Pvt ltd, Chemical
Factory Kerala India

Bombay Electricity
Supply Undertaking

220/132/66/11 KV substation, 220 KV

and 132 KV OH line, 11KV/.415 KV
Distribution
system.
operation
and
Maintenance of 132/11 KV substation

In charge of Production Planning and control

Experience in MEP, Hydraulic system, Fire
Hydrant, Boilers, Steam pressure line etc,
HV/LV Electrical system maintenance, Diesel
Generating plant etc..11 KV/.415 KV
substation and industrial Electrification
Operation &Maintenance, and Planning and
Design of HV /LV Distribution System of
Mumbai India

4 years

4 years

2008- till now: Acquired profound theoretical and practical knowledge in construction
,testing and commissioning of EHV substation (400/220 Grid station,220/132/66/11 KV,
132/66/11 KV,132/33/11KV GIS substations)in Qatar( Kahramaa Phase7,8 and 9 T&D
Projects) and in UAE (TRANSCO EHV substation projects N6384and N7680).
Experience in site supervision with international consultants contractors for the last 7
years
Conversant with related international standards and test procedure(FAT and SAT)
Conducting weekly site progress meeting with contractor and attending monthly progress
meeting with client and contractor, Co-coordinating with client specialist Engineers for all
erection and testing activities,
Material inspection, supervision of erection of substation equipments including UG cables
witnessing of all testing and commissioning activities, scheme verification, certifying all
material receipt, and test certificates etc..
Reviewing of substation scheme and drawing, and all submittal by the contractor such as
design documents, test procedures, erection procedures, safety procedure, red marked
drawings etc
Fully responsible for the execution and completion of project in line with the standard
specification, clients requirements, within the time cost and with quality.
Coordination and carrying out all commissioning test ( HV and PD test of GIS,UG cable,
Relay final setting and trip test S/s touch and step potential measurements, earth
impedance measurements, Stability test such as REF stability, Diff stability, end to end
relay test, and all SCMS signal,alarm,control test ,and LDC integration test)
2002- 2008 (6 years): Substation Engineer, Maintenance, PSMD, MEW Kuwait
Maintenance and operation of High Voltage equipment of substation of various voltage
level up to 300 KV different manufacturer like ABB,Siemens,Misthubishi,Hithachi,Cogelex
Alstom, Trans Electro,
Routine testing and maintenance of switchgears ,Transformers (300MVA,75MVA.45MVA.30
MVA of different manufacturers) and all substation auxiliaries
Also trouble shooting of 300 &132 KV indoor SF6 switchgear, 33KV &11 KV indoor
switchgear associated with circuit breakers of minimum oil circuit breakers, air blast, SF6
insulated, vacuum types etc.
Attend on call duty of the remote controlled substations all over Kuwait for substation
troubles and emergency restoration of power supply.
Authorized Engineer for switching operation of Electrical network of voltage level up to 300
KV
Inspection and taking over of completed substations after warranty period from the
contractor
1990-2002 (11 years) Kerala state Electricity Board, Assistant Executive Engineer

Construction and commissioning of EHV substation and OH Transmission line up to 220 KV.
Operation and maintenance of EHV substation as station Engineer under Transmission
circle at Kozhikode 20/110/66/11 KV.( sreekandapuram,Payangadi s/s)
Preparation of tender, schedule, estimation and executing HV/LV network strengthening
and voltage improvement programme.
As head of Electrical Major Section Payangadi and Burnessery, Kannur (Dt) responsible for
all technical and administrative matters and implementing the policy of KSEB,and
maintaining continuous power supply with correct voltage and frequency.
Energy meters maintaining of domestic, and bulk consumers, industrial consumers and
collection of revenue without delay. Two electrical section and one billing section under my
control.
1985-1990 As Works Manager in a Pvt Ltd Chemical factory (Fiber Foam Pvt Ltd)
Kannur Kerala
In charge of Production ,Planning, Control of the factory which have 250 employees
directly.
HV and LV Electrical installation and maintenance, mechanical maintenance, and civil
construction activities of afactory.Running captive generating plant, and energy audit etc.
head of quality control and Electrical, mechanical maintenance dept., Installation of Fire
Hydrant System, maintenance of all rotating devices( Motors, conveyors) Boilers,
hydraulic system, Hot chambers, steam lines etc.
Acquired very good experience in running a medium scale chemical continuous process
industry
1980-1985, Dy Engineer, BEST Bombay, Utility company of Mumbai Municipality
As control Engineer,Fault Engineer ,Operation and maintenance of distribution network of
Bombay up to 33KV,Switchgears of MOCB,Airblast,Vaccum and RMU s/s,fault location and
repair of UG fault using fault locating test equipments,
As Dy Engineer Planning Design of HV and LV distribution scheme
Also
got

sufficient experience in handling Electrical Power Projects.

EDUCATION
Duration

Course

Marks

Institute

June69 July72

SSLC

75 %

Govt. of Kerala

July72-july74

Pre degree

62 %

Calicut University, India

Oct74 Jan79

BSC
Engineering
PG Diploma in
Business
Administration

75 %

Govt. Engineering College , Trichur, India

First class ,Hons,
Annamalai University, India.

Dec88 Jan89

55 %

COMPUTER SKILLS
Working knowledge in Microsoft Office Word, Excel etc.
OTHER CERTIFICATES
S.No Title

Institute

Institution of Engineers, India

MIE

Management Training

Institution of Management
Govt. of Kerala , India

Industrial Management

Electrical Supervisory License

Kerala & Maharashtra, India

Electrical Switching Authority

up to 300 KV

Ministry of Electricity,
Kuwait

Training

MUKUND , Bombay , India

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth
: 22.11.1956
Nationality
: Indian
Marital status
: Married
Languages
: English, Hindi, & Malayalam
Driving license
: Kuwait, Qatar & UAE driving License