N.S. NAIR E-Mail: ad3a1o@r.postjobfree.com Location: BANGALORE Mobile:782-***-****

Synopsis

N. S. Nair is a specialist in Thermal Power Plants with over 30 years of experience in power generation industry.His area of specialty lies in boiler technologies which include both subcritical and supercritical boilers in erection, commissioning of higher capacity boilers for coal based power projects. Mr. Nair provides technical advisory services to consulting organization and business group in thermal power energy sector embarking on Greenfield projects, renovation & life extension and quality audit services for BTG package and concept to commissioning project net work for super critical thermal power projects, in accordance to national and international regulations. Previously, he worked as a Chief Representative at Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Company from April 2006 to March 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Nair was the Deputy General Manager at Bharat Heavy Electricals, a firm manufacturing power generation equipments from 1980 to 2006. He was responsible for auditing boiler drum lifting, boiler hydraulic testing, and boiler light up operations. Mr. Nair has experience in supervising erection sequences and methodologies for HRSG, AFBC and CFBC boilers and auxiliaries. He is an expert in conducting quality surveillance and audit activities at thermal sites and supervising heavy steel fabrication of fired and unfired pressure vessels as per ASME codes. His area of expertise includes strategic management and consulting, drive key initiatives within the organization with a long term growth strategy, plan and forecast the future growth plans for the organization in-sync with the vision and mission of the organization, market analysis on understanding the current and future market trends of power industry. He is a project management expert for large scale thermal power projects across India region and quality expert in implementation of process and product quality management with adoption of industry best practices

Area of Expertise:

Boiler & Auxiliaries Technology –Sub Critical & Super Critical Boiler

Field Quality Assurance activities,Preparation of Fabrication QCPs, Field QCPs,Inspection Programmes for Vendor qualifications and approval of WPS, WPQRs and welder performance qualification, Welding electrodes qualification and performance records.

Certifications :

Welding & Inspection - Qualified in ASNT-TC1A, Level-II

Quality Management Systems with SQC techniques - Special emphasis on ISO-9000 Systems & standards.

Published case studies on the following areas:

Power cycle pipes welding for X-20 & P-91 materials.

Leakage due to welding flaws power boilers.

NDT profile of operating boilers.

Rusting & pitting of boiler low alloy steel tubular products.

Codification of tubular products in the 200 MW boilers

Guidelines for use of Heating cycles for P-91 & combination weld in-situ welding.

Heat Treatment schedule for various combinations welding for critical piping’s.

Checklist for quality audit as per ISO-9000 quality assurance systems for erection & commissioning of thermal power plant equipments.

ACADEMIA

B.E (MECHANICAL) Batch -1972, Govt.College of Engineering, Trivandrum -Kerala University

Certifications :

Welding & Inspection - Qualified in ASNT-TC1A, Level-II.

Quality Management Systems with SQC techniques.

Published Technical Case-studies on Quality Assurance, Boiler Technology.

Professional Profile

Engineering Consultant with over 30 years of experience in power generation industry.

Area of Expertise:

oBoiler Technology –Sub & Super Critical Boiler

oQuality Assurance for erection & commissioning of higher capacity boilers for coal –based thermal power projects.

oRenovation & Modernization and Life Extension consulting for old thermal power stations.

Technical Advisor to Executive Management

Professional Experience

April 2009-To date: Independent Self Employed Technical Consultant/Advisor to Indian Power Sector -Coal Based Power Plants-BTG(EPC), Heavy Steel Fabrication,Pressure Parts Welding&Field Quality Management.

Following fields are dealt with while consultation :-

Boiler Manufacturing, Erection, Commissioning,QA/QC, Project Management and cycle time reduction in terms of EPC/Turn key projects either Extension or Greenfield Projects. Boiler,Turbine and Generator (BTG) package concept to commissioning with PERT/CPM/QA (L1,L2&L3) network using primvera 6.0 aspects for the Super critical projects specific to 660MW and 800MW for Indian coal/Blended coal under Indian power projects systems and procedures. Knowledgeable on Clean Development Mechanism for Climate Change certification based on carbon credit claim as per Certified EmmissionReduction(CER) applicable for UNFCCC from Super Critical Technology Power Plants.

April ’06 to March’09 Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. Ltd., Kolkata

Designation: Chief Representative

Job Profile: Technical Advisor to Executive Management

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Support corporate decision-making through regular insight and analysis of macro and micro power sector trends, developments and opportunities.

Understand market dynamics and deliver recommendations and rationale as input to commercial planning.

Identify and evaluate business opportunities from State Electricity Boards, IPPs and Developers for upcoming ultra mega projects

Monitor, co-ordinate and develop market, competitor research and analysis to support the development of new proposition areas and competitive advantage.

Liaison with key players in government and private sector to drive business engine for Super Critical, IPP, EPC thermal project opportunities.

Conduct feasibility study and facilitate preparation of technical specifications, estimations and pre-qualification papers to various clients/consultants.

Undertake Renovation & Modernization and Life Extension program for Coal –based thermal power stations.

March 1980 to April 2006 Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (B.H.E.L) power sector

Designation: Deputy General Manager (From June ’02 – April ’06)

Job Profile:

Team leader for milestone audit team for 210MW, 250MW, 500MW, HRSG and AFBC boilers before boiler drum lifting, boiler hydraulic testing and boiler light up.

Supervise erection sequences and methodologies for 250MW, 500MW, HRSG, AFBC boiler and auxiliaries.

Undertake Troubleshooting activities for 500MW boiler and auxiliaries at various thermal sites.

Prepare quality systems manual, product check list & log sheets for field installation and commissioning of boilers in line with ISO -9001-2000 systems and procedures.

Undertake quality surveillance and audit activities at thermal sites.

Supervise Heavy steel fabrication of fired & unfired pressure vessels as per ASME sections- I/II/V/VIII/IX

Conversant with project management latest techniques& X-20(121CrMo) & X-10 (p-91) piping erection, welding and PWHT procedures.

Instrumental in getting ISO 9001-2000 certification for BHEL

Conducted data collection and analysis study of 500MW boiler tube failures during operation and corrective measures were implemented in record time, at different stages of design, erection and commissioning.

Erection of boiler supporting structures, boiler pressure parts & power cycle piping as per schedule.

Effective execution in optimizing of Project Cycle Time Reduction.

Resolution of Non conformances pertaining to design, manufacturing, transit and erection of boilers through quality assurance checks and recording (SAR) systems.

April 1993 to May 1996 Electrical Construction Company (ECCO), Tripoli – Libya ( On Deputation from B.H.E.L)

Designation: Head – Fabrication

Job Profile:

Fabrication in-charge of shop floor with 200 strong work force.

Responsible for production, planning and control of various electrical equipments.

Drive fabrication, assembly and testing of diesel generator sets of various capacities to the tune of 100KVA to 300KVA

Fabrication in conformance with customer needs of various electrical fittings, room heaters (without blower through natural circulation with minimum power consumption)

Desalination- piping fabrication and installation

Designed, fabricated and installed two hangers.

November 1973 to February 1980 Bridge & Roof Company Limited, Mumbai

Designation: Senior Engineer

Job Profile:

In-charge of erection and commissioning of floating roof tank for crude oil filling of Bombay high at uran tankage project

Installed and commissioned (ahead of schedule), Five floating roof oil tanks for uran tankage project at Bombay high.

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 10th March 1949

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.

Holding a valid passport.

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