P. R. CHANDNA
Metallurgical Engineer trained abroad, with Global
Experience in Consultancy - Management & Engineering, Projects
Execution from Concept to Commissioning, EPC, Projects Management, Financial
& Economic Appraisals, Process Plant Operations and General Management. |
Address: H6/5, MALVIYA NAGAR, Date of Birth: 29th March 1953 DIN: 00018676, MCA, Govt. of Indian Passport : F7230716 Email: prchandna@hotmail.com Web Page : Zinc Metallurgy |
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Educational/ PROFESSIONAL Qualifications: |
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KV
IIT, Powai, Mumbai, India |
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B. E. (Metallurgical), 1974 |
MNIT, Jaipur, |
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Industrial Engineering & Business Management, 1977 |
NITIE, |
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Organizational Effectiveness, 1982 |
SIET, |
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Value Engineering, 1983 |
BISOVE, |
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Business Management, 1988 |
AIMA, |
Professional Membership:
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Membership No.: M – 1316,
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Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM),
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Member, Consultancy Development Centre (CDC),
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Member Sectional Committee on Light Metals &
Alloy (MTD-7), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS),
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DIN: 00018676
Experience:
I am a First Class graduate
in Metallurgical Engineering, with business management, having held various
senior technical, managerial & general management positions and led EPC and
multi-disciplinary projects execution & management, in the Engineering Consultancy,
Contracting, EPC, Project management, and Metals & Mining industries. I
have in depth appreciation of national and international business environment
in these industries.
More than three decades of professional
career in the base metals & mining and metallurgical
engineering industry working on around forty multi – disciplinary Green field &
Brown field/ De-bottlenecking/ Expansion/ Start up & Commissioning/ Performance
improvement projects – from concept to commissioning and Operations & Maintenance
of process plants in India and overseas. This experience includes:
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More than 22 years in consulting – management &
engineering, projects execution – from concept to commissioning, due diligence,
financial & economic appraisals, preparation of bankable feasibility
reports, technology selection & absorption, market surveys, EPC, project
management, procurement, contract management, construction, and commissioning
of Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Gold, Silver, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin, Titanium
sponge, Copper Rod plants, Secondary Copper, Lead, Zinc plants, Cement,
hydrated & quick lime plants, and Natural Gas – Piped / CNG supply and
distribution systems. I have been
rewarded with number of appreciation letters for executing projects within
budget and ahead of time schedule.
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More than 12 years in non–ferrous smelters
operations & maintenance, PPC, technology audits, benchmarking, budgeting
& cost control, including six years
as Assistant Plant Manager working in Zinc & Lead Smelters and
associated Pyro & Hydro Metallurgical process plants, Sulphuric acid,
Mercury Removal and fertilizer & phosphoric acid plants operations. I have been rewarded with appreciation
letters for trouble shooting during breakdowns and reviving back the plant into
operation within the shortest period and highest productivities/ productions
achievement during operations. I was also associated with the execution and
commissioning of a pioneer Environmental Mercury removal project right from the
discovery of mercury in the smelter sulphur off-gases utilized for manufacture
of Sulphuric acid at the Zinc Smelter Hydro metallurgical plant.
I have visited numbers of
Pyro & Hydro metallurgical process based smelter plants for Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper
& Cobalt Solvent extraction & Electro win (SX -EW) plant, Sulphuric
acid, Mercury Removal & Recovery, Silver & Gold Refineries, Integrated
Secondary Copper Refineries & Copper rod plants (CCR), abroad in Norway,
France, Central Africa - DR Congo, and
USA.
I have represented Governing
Councils of Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), and Consulting
Engineers Association of India (CEAI) – both an associate of FIDIC.
Trained internal auditors
for Total Quality Management Systems (ISO 9000 - 2000).
I have also served as
Honorary Treasurer/ Secretary/ Joint Secretary, etc., of Indian Institute of
Metals (IIM) and organized number of International Seminars/ Conferences/
Exhibitions on Metallurgy, Metals & Minerals.
Detailed
Experience:
YASHAD
CONSULTANCY (P) LTD.,
CHEMAF
SPRL, DR
MECON
LIMITED,
Ø
Deputy General Manager: 01/04/2006 to 15/10/2007
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Assistant General Manager: 01/04/2000 to 31/03/2006
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Senior Manager: 01/04/1995
to 31/03/2000
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Assistant Engineering Manager: 01/07/1991
to 31/03/1995
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Senior Design Engineer: 16/11/1987 to
30/06/1991
Industries covered – Zinc, Lead, Cadmium,
Precious Metals Refineries – Gold & Silver, Copper & Secondary Copper
Refineries, Tin, Nickel, Titanium, Continuous Cast Copper Rod plants, Compressed
NG/ Piped NG & Cross country gas pipelines and Iron & Steel and alloy
steels.
Received
numbers of appreciation letters & awards from client as well the management
– will be made available on request.
I had an
experience of more than 12 years in operations & maintenance, production,
planning & control, bench marking, technology audit, and to optimize the
process & production performances, manufacturing costs and improve energy
& metal output recovery efficiencies, commissioning and general management
of both the Zinc - Lead Smelters plants at Debari and Visakhapatnam (including
Pyro & Hydro metallurgical based leach residue plants and associated
metallurgical gas based Sulphuric acid plants and fertilizer plants – SSP and
phosphoric acid plants) of M/s Hindustan Zinc Limited (now M/s Vedanta
Resources Plc).
Worked with M/s Hindustan
Zinc Limited,
Ø Assistant Plant Manager (Met.): 1/07/1981
to 15/11/1987
Fluo – Solid Roaster & Acid plant, Zinc Leach
Residue plant (Waelz Process), Leaching & Purification and Mercury Removal
plants at Lead and Zinc Smelter, Visakhapatnam (AP).
Ø Assistant Engineer: 1/02/1977
to 30/06/1981
Fluo–Solid Roaster & Acid, SSP, Phosphoric
acid plants, Leaching & Cadmium and Zinc Leach Residue Treatment (Jarosite-Conversion)
plant at Zinc Smelters, Debari and
Ø Probationer Engineer from 1st August
1975, for a period of two years:
A reduction of six months in training period was awarded to me on the
ground of merit and I was absorbed as Assistant Engineer in advance on
1/02/1977.
During
this period I had the opportunity to go around all the units namely, Zinc &
Lead Smelting and Mining, Ore dressing, Fertilizer plants – SSP and Phosphoric
acid plants, Rock phosphate mines, Project and planning department, Finance,
Maintenance, Marketing departments and In-plant training in Zinc Smelter.
Process Engineering CORP.,
Ø Sales / Design Engineer:
The nature of duties included pre-selling,
designing, preparation of tenders, negotiating technical and commercial terms,
system detailing and executing projects, process engineering, market survey,
project pre – feasibility studies, evaluation and report preparation.
ASSIGNMENTS/ VISITS ABROAD:
Countries visited:
1.
Norzink A/s,
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Training in operation and maintenance of
Mercury removal plant based on Boliden – Norzink Process route for the SO2
off gases from Zinc Roaster plant.
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Overview of Zinc Smelting
hydro-metallurgical operations (RLE – Roast Leach –
2.
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To study and recommend
the process of Pyro – refining of Lead and Silver bullion.
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An overview of process
and operations of sintering and Imperial Smelting Furnace (ISF) for the
simultaneous extraction of both Lead and Zinc.
3. Copper Rod Plants & Secondary Copper
Smelting & Refinery Plants,
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To study operations of
Continuous Cast Copper Rod (CCR ) plants at:
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Southwire Company,
Ø Amrod Corp.,
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Morgan Construction
Company,
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Secondary Copper
recovery and Continuous Cast Copper rod plants of Southwire Company at Gaston,
4.
Copper Cobalt Mining, Mineral, and SX-EW
Refinery Plants, DR
PAPER PRESENTED:
Presented number of technical
papers during international conferences and seminars.