Manager Engineer

M MANIKANTAN KURUP

***, ** ****** *****, ***, Koramanagala, Bangalore - 560047 *********@*****.**.** +91-876*******

SUMMARY Electrical engineering professional with 40 years of experience in printing, packaging and food processing verticals. Expertise in operations, technical, commercial, tendering, vendor management, procurement and maintenance. Track record of planning, execution, monitoring and resource balancing skills for building corporate competencies. Skilled in interactions with different stakeholders across units, regions and groups.

EXPERIENCE

1996 – till date BHARATIYA RESERVE BANK NOTE MUDRAN LIMITED Bangalore

A wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India for production of bank notes in India with present capacity for both the presses at 16 billion note pieces per year on a 2-shift basis.

2008 – till date Deputy General Manager – Technical

2001 – 2008 Assistant General Manager – Maintenance

1996 – 2001 Manager

Heading technical division for 2 presses at Mysore and Salboni; involved in printing currency notes and involving 160 workmen and engineers. Responsible for strategic consulting, generating technical and commercial specifications for international tendering, price negotiation, vendor network development, technical evaluation and procurement.

Involved in budgeting, forecasting, estimation and compliance to the tune of INR 10 Cr per year

Contributed to y-o-y indent growth leading to turnover of INR 2,000 Cr with profit margin of 10%

Awarded tender of INR 12 Cr to KBA, Switzerland for overhauling of Intaglio machines and also for supply of water rnark currency printing paper and numbering machines amongst others

Innovations

Engaged in R&D on development of indigenous components; saved INR 12.5 Cr by facilitating development of wiping cylinder for INR 4 lakhs versus import cost of INR 30 lakhs for 1 unit

Rectified major HT cable fault by identifying and convincing Aplab Limited to visit remote area Salboni and solve the issue; saved INR 20 lakhs in terms of cost of installing new cable

Identified and rectified power transformer problem during commissioning; replaced single phase leading to on-time start of production and elimination of burning error

Solved harmonics/spick tripping problem in highly sensitive machines with European standard of power quality avoiding premature failure of electronic equipment

Erected lighting arrestor at distance from protected sensitive equipment for avoiding damages to electronics due to lightning

Spearheaded automation of transport of finished goods leading to enhanced security and savings in terms of 25 manpower on daily basis

Monitored closely temperature of ink ducts and brought down rejection rate from 7% to 4%

Improved security with zero blind spot by enhancing surveillance with additional cameras and modern systems

Ensured 99% up-time for machines by providing requisite maintenance training to personnel and allocating ownership and accountability for break downs

Optimized energy consumption through annual energy audits and usage of efficient lights like LCD lamps and electronic chocks

Created conveyor system for transport of packed wooden boxes from store to railway platform

Cost Optimization

Saved INR 1 Cr in terms of taxes and import/export duties and INR 50 Cr as production time by arranging for indigenous repairs for the first time in India for Intaglio machine framework

Saved INR 1.6 Cr by replacing obsolete imported PLC with indigenous machine and broke monopolistic hold on sector; retrieved INR 35 lakhs worth spares

Generated savings of INR 50 Cr by replacing 11 online visual inspection system machines with indigenous software costing INR 55 lakhs versus imported cost of INR 5 Cr each

Strategic Initiatives

Faced challenge of assessing materials to be imported versus developed indigenously and of creating sync between laid down government directives and accomplishing unit requirements

Planned for procurement of two more machines and required manpower in tune with increasing additional capacity goals

Collaborating with IISC, IIT and other key engineering organizations for development of testing facility; engaged in meeting, explaining, signing MOUs and evaluation of end product

Created SOPs for preventive and periodic maintenance schedules, calibration standards and ISO flow charts

Recruitment, Training and Quality

Involved in interviewing and recruiting personnel; providing training during induction of new recruits and to engineers on management skills for improving productivity through TPM

Represented management during ISO 9001-2008 and 14000 certification

MIS and Reviews

Generating and analyzing MIS data like daily production machine wise, maintenance, break downs, raw material position and annual planning reports for risk assessment and mitigation

Participating in regular production, union, budget, quality and corporate planning meets

Seminars and Appreciation

Attended International seminar and Drupa exhibition in Düsseldorf and Lausanne on printing machineries in 2012

Received appreciation letters for exhibiting leadership quality in achieving PLC modification and for suggesting improvement procedures

Jan 92 – Apr 96 ALLANA GROUP

Dec 92 – Apr 96 FRIGERIOCONSERVA ALLANA LIMITED Zaheerabad

Aug 92 – Nov 92 RIGOFRIGERIO ALLANA LIMITED Sahibabad

Senior Engineer

Dec 91 – Jul 92 ELECTRO CASTINGS LIMITED Ghaziabad

Senior Engineer

Jan 91 – Dec 91 MARVEL VINYL LIMITED Sahibabad

Assistant Manager

Dec 88 – Dec 90 HGF LAMINATES Sahibabad

Assistant Engineer

Nov 73 – Dec 88 INDIAN AIR FORCE India

Junior Warrant Officer

EDUCATION

1987 Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers (AMIE - Electrical) Kolkata

Institution of Engineers

1972 Diploma in Electrical Engineering Kottiyam

Sree Narayana Polytechnic

MEMBERSHIP

Fellowship of Institute of Engineers

TRAININGS

ISO 9001-2008 Lead Auditor Management Development Program on Values and Ethics Managing People for Improving Productivity Technology Transfer - IIT Machine Assembly, Repair and Maintenance Orientation for Currency Note Machine

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: Mar 4, 1953

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