PERMANENT ADDRESS:            BF – 104, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700064, West Bengal, India.

                                                Tel.  +91 33 23215866 , Mobile : 00919874686971                              

PRESENT LOCATION      Kolkata, India

E – MAIL                                ranen_chaudhuri@yahoo.com, ranen09@rediffmail.com

DATE OF BIRTH:                09.05.1951

NATIONALITY                     Indian

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

B.C.E.(Hons), Jadavpur University, 1972, 1^st. Class Honours

D.I.I.T, I.I.T. Kharagpur, 1978, 1^st. Class

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION :

Chartered Engineer, The Institution of Engineers ( India )

Member , The Institution of Engineers (India)

Member, Project Management Institute, USA

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING :

Project Management Software Package ‘ARTEMIS PROFI’ at Elmsomn, Germany in September 1989

SOFTWARE PROFIENCY

Primavera Project Planner P3 V 3.1, P3e/c, P6

MS Project 2003 Professional

Artemis Profi

IBM Projacs

NETPAC316

MS Office

KEY EXPERIENCE           

Over 25 years experience in ’Project Planning & Control’ functions  including an appreciable time period spent on a prestigious national and international assignment.

Establishing detail project plan and monitoring mechanism for their projects  ultimately leading to improved overall program management capability. The assignment involves:

o   Development of the detailed Level 1,2 3 & 4 project network with associated budgeted costs and relevant resources including specifying the Work Break Down structures, activities,  time, interdependencies, etc.

o   Configuration of unit wise schedules and integrated schedule into Primavera

o   Development of dashboards and reports for project monitoring from site as well as Corporate Office as well as highlighting areas of top Management concern. Reports on  approved budgets to estimation, actual cash flow against plan on quarterly/monthly basis.

o   Conducting a diagnostics of the project management and project execution philosophy and suggesting mechanisms to improve the same. This includes suggesting key risks and issues related to project, possible measures to mitigate them, and other suggestions on project execution approach to crash project timelines and  reduce project.

o   Onsite presence and interactions with client project teams, contractors, vendors to create the project schedule for various units. This includes interviews with project personnel, attendance at selected meetings and review of available documentation as required

o   Diagnostics to understand and prioritize requirements

o   Establishing Schedule and Cost management templates and processes

o   Creating dashboards for project monitoring at corporate and location level in Primavera

o   Developing reports to monitor project schedule and cost and associated processes for generating and reviewing them, schedule mapping, project S curves, manpower and equipment histograms, quantity mapping, engineering deliverable schedules, manhour mapping, progress reporting methodology

o    Ongoing support for continuous updating and monitoring of schedules

Projects include Integrated Steel Plant ( Both DR as well as Blast Furnace based ), Power Plant ( Both Coal and Gas Fired ), Coal Handling, Industrial Projects, High Rise Building Tower & Township Projects, Infrastructural Projects etc

Responsibilities also include Business Development, Tendering & Estimation and Contract Management functions.

MAJOR PROJECTS HANDLED

·         Direct Reduced Iron Plant, 1.76 MTPY including hot conveyor system

·         Material Handling System, 8 MTPY for conveyance of Pellets and Ores

·         Blast Furnace

·         Basic Oxygen Furnace

·         Cold Rolling Mill

·         Hot Rolling Mill

·         Light & Medium Merchant Mill

·         Medium Merchant & Section Mill

·         2 x 250 MW Coal Fired Power Plant

·         2 x 210 MW Coal Fired Power Plant

·         330 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant

·         Fly Ash Collection System

·         Liquid Product Handling Berths

·         800 TPH Coal Handling Plant

·         Seeward Defence Boat for Indian Navy

·         Seeward Defence Boat for Indian Coast Guards

·         High Rise Building Tower

·         Rishra Water Supply Augmentation Project

·         Serampore  Water Supply Project

·         Kotrang Water Supply Project

ASSIGNMENT ABROAD

·         Deputed to  Misurate, Libya for Planning, Scheduling ,Monitoring & Control Work for construction of  1.5 MT Misurata Steel Complex of Executive Board of Iron & Steel Complex Libya on behalf of Dastur Engineering International GmbH from 1984 up to 1987.

·         Worked in Saudi Iron & Steel Plant ( Hadeed ) ( SABIC Group of Companies )  as Project Planner for Direct Reduction Plant 1.76 MTPY and Pellet Handling Plant 8 MTPY – Posted at Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

·         Worked with Target Engineering Construction Co. L.L.C posted at Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. as Lead Planning Engineer

EMPLOYMENT RECORD :

May’08-             Continuing Consulting Engineering Services ( I ) Pvt. Ltd.

Associate Director/Associate

Planning & Project Control and Business Development..

Oct’07- Apr’08    Target Engineering Construction Co. L.L.C.

                              Lead Planning Engineer – Posted in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Planning, monitoring and control activities for high rise building tower project ( Project Cost 76 Million A.E.D ) and also for tender schedules.

Nov’06-Sep’07    CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

                                Chief General Manager – Posted at Calcutta, W.B.

As  Project Manager for the job of Consultancy Engineering Services for Liquid Product Berths 3A / 3B project of Qatar Petroleum at Ras Laffan, Qatar including civil / structural, electrical, loss prevention, instrumentation and telecommunication works.

Deputed as PMC Team Leader at JSW -  7 MT Steel Plant Expansion Project at Karnataka. Including  various zones such as Raw Material Handling Complex, Coke Oven & By Product, Sinter Plant, Blast Furnace, Bar & Rod Mill.

Oct05-Nov’06     SAUDI IRON & STEEL COMPANY [HADEED] – SABIC Group of Companies  

Project Planner  - Posted at Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Project Planner for  1.76 Million Tonnes Per Year Capacity Direct Reduction Plant and Material Handling Plant for Pellets and Iron Ores having capacity 8 Million Tonnes per. Responsibilities also include assistance and finalization of invoicing system for site execution works , follow up and monitoring for the same.

Feb,05-Sept05   McNally Bharat Engineering Co. Ltd

                              Chief of Planning & Monitoring – Posted at Kolkata, W.B.

·         800 TPH Coal Handling Plant for WBPDCL-Sagardighi Thermal Power Plant,           2 x 300MW.

·         800 TPH Coal Handling Plant for WBPDCL-Santaldihi Thermal Power Plant. Unit – 5, 250MW.

·         800 TPH Coal Handling Plant for DPL, Thermal Power Plant ,Unit 7 , 300MW.

·         800 TPH Coal Handling Plant for DVC -Chandrapura Thermal Power Plant, 2 x 250MW.

·         Fly Ash Dry Collection System for Neyvelli Lignite TPS II , 7 x 210 MW

Oct’98–Feb, 05  CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

                              General Manager – Posted at Calcutta, W.B.

Planning, Monitoring & Control, Contract Management and Billing Adminstration

Planning and Control of Industrial Projects

June’93 -Oct’98DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS LTD.

                              Deputy Manager (Planning) – Posted at Calcutta, W.B.

Planning & Control of Power & Industrial Projects

Aug’91-June’93       BIRLA TECHNICAL SERVICES

                                    Senior Manager - Posted at Durgapur, W.B.

Planning and Control of Blast Furnace construction /erection for 1.86 MTPA Durgapur Steel Plant Modernisation of SAIL.

June’90-Aug’91       DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS LTD.

                                    Senior Planning Engineer – Posted at Hirakud , Orissa

Planning & Control of construction / erection of 67.5 MW TPP

April’89-June’90      DODSAL Limited

                                    Manager (Planning & Monitoring) – Posted at Durgapur, W.B.

Planning and Control of Basic Oxygen Furnace construction /erection for 1.86 MTPA Durgapur Steel Plant Modernisation of SAIL

Feb’87-April’89        M. N. DASTUR & CO. LTD.

Senior Engineer (Planning) – Posted at Visakhapatnam Steel Project Site

Planning and Control of Medium Merchant and Section Mill construction /erection for 1.50 MTPA Visakhapatnam Steel Project

July’84-Feb’87         DASTUR ENGINEERING INTENATIONAL GmbH

                                    Senior Engineer (Planning) – Posted at Misurata Steel Plant

Site in Libya

Planning and Control of Cold Rolling Mill & Hot Rolling Mill construction /erection for 1.50 MTPA Misurata Steel Project at Misurata, Libya.

Jan’83-July’84         M. N. DASTUR & CO. LTD.

Senior Engineer (Planning) – Posted at Visakhapatnam Steel Project Site

Planning and Control of Light & Medium Merchant Mill and Raw Material Handling Complex construction /erection for 1.50 MTPA Visakhapatnam Steel Project

Nov’75-Jan’83         GARDEN REACH SHIPBUILDERS & ENGINEERS LTD.

                                    Project Planner – Posted at Calcutta, W.B.

                                    Construction / erection of shipbuilding projects.

Sept’73-Oct’75         PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE, Govt. of West Bengal

                                    Assistant Engineer (Civil)- Posted at Calcutta, W.B.

·         Piped water supply project including pump houses, RCC elevated water tanks, iron elimination plant and distribution piping.

May’73-Sept’73       BRIDGE & ROOF CO. (INDIA) LTD.

                                    Student Engineer

·         Design of Steel Structures of Industrial Buildings & Structures

·         Preparation of structural fabrication drawings

·         Bill of material

·         Erection Design Report for Steel Bridges

Projects handled :-

·         SMS Building Expansion for Bokaro Steel Plant

·         Sinter Plant Building for Rourkela Steel Plant

·         5T Grease Kettle for Bieco Lawrie

·         Steel Bridge from New Jalpaiguri end to Mainaguri end