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VIPUL L SHAH

CONTACT NO: +91-909**-*****

Email ID: adtgmw@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Details:

Name: Vipul Lalitkumar Shah

Date of Birth: 4 July 1967

Address: ***, ****** *partment, 53, Rajnagar society, b/h Akota stadium, Akota, Baroda-390020.

Gujarat- India

Passport No.: N 4899469 valid till November 2025

Nationality: Indian

Educational Qualification and Trainings:

July 1985-May1989

B.E. (Mechanical), from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.

Secured first class with Distinction marks (78.4%) August 1991-August 1992

One year Orientation training at Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre, Training school secured 7th Rank out of 100 Engineering graduates in 35th batch of BARC training school.

17 Nov 2000-1Dec 2000

Trained on “New Product Development Techniques”

under “Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship programme” at OSAKA, JAPAN. (One of the 16 Indian

design professionals selected for scholarship)

Short duration training on various topics:

ISO 9001: Lead Auditors Training.

EHS awareness, Fire safety,

Corrosion causes and prevention

Finance for Non finance,

Advanced Microsoft Excel.

Strengths:

· Good Technical ability.

· Make effective team leader to achieve goals.

· Effective Communication skills.

· Focused on the assigned job with detailed planning.

· Good analytical problem solving skills.

· Good learning curve for new technologies.

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Þ EXECUTIVE SYNOPSIS:

Ø A team leader mechanical engineer having 28 years of excellent analytical and product development skills to provide sustainable growth for the organisation, with focused communication to build effective team through well honed interpersonal skills.

Ø Designed and development a large number of new products for local and import substitute applications generating record revenues for the organisation. Ø Vast capabilities from concept generation to manufacturing and site support including training.

Ø User experience (UX ) based designing to improve adaptability in market. Ø Adept in thermal and mechanical design of water cooled steam condenser. Additional Skills / achievements :

· Lead Auditor for ISO 9000 Quality Management System. (Trained at TUV Sud_Deutschland, Baroda).

· Conversant with Pressure Components Design as per ASME Codes.

· CNC machine part programming (using G, M codes) for machining centre and turning centre.

· Worked with various manufacturing techniques for New Product Development (Metal machining, plastic moulding, gravity casting, investment casting, pressure die casting

· Adept with stereo lithography (rapid prototyping) 3D printing).

· System Automation using Boolean algebra and Ladder Diagram. (using pneumatic and /or electronics (PLC))

· Good Knowledge of Electrical and Electronics.

· Visiting faculty as Guest lecturer to Polytechnic, MS University under AICTE programme.

Software skills

· Microsoft office : Word, Excel, PowerPoint

· Solid Modelling: MDT5, Solid Works, Pro E

· Analysis: NISA, Cosmos, Solid Works (static and dynamic)

· Pressure vessel: PV Elite

Hobbies and Interests:

· Photography.

· Teaching.

· Reading Science Magazine.

· Watching Discovery, Nat Geo Investigation Channel.

· Listening to Music (Light Instrumental, Ghazal, Reggae) Additional Information:

Ø Key participating member from “Rotex” in ACHEMA exhibition held at Frankfurt, Germany every 4 years .

Ø Attended Oil and Gas Exhibition at Aberdeen,

Ø Visited Siemens, Lincoln for Gas turbine skid localization project in 2011 Ø Visited Siemens, Gorlitz for technology transfer of water cooled condenser in 2015. Ø Widely travelled to Europe, UK, and Japan for Business and Training. Unrestricted Page - 3 - of 6

WORK EXPERIENCE

Þ Rotex Manufacturer and Engineers (Gujarat) Private Limited, Baroda May 1989- June 1991(~2years):

Designation: In-charge (Production & Assembly)

Responsibilities:

Ø Supervise CNC and Conventional Production and Assembly of components for solenoid valves

Ø Supervise manufacturing of components on conventional and CNC machines MKU8 (CNC turning centre), VMC345, VC40 (CNC vertical machining centre).

Ø Advance macro part programming of CNC machines.

Ø Supervise assembly & testing of valves and arrange for third party inspection, from NPC (Nuclear power corporation), RITES (Indian railways inspection), EIL

(Engineers India Limited), BHEL, etc

Þ Khira Steel Works, Ahmedabad

June 1991- August 1991

Designation: Planning Engineer

Responsibilities: Planning and scheduling of steel furniture parts Ø Detail planning and scheduling of sheet metal components for office furniture. Ø Plan components for furniture as per customer orders, interact with production team, vendors and report progress.

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Þ Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Department of Atomic Energy), Mumbai August 1991- September 1995: (~4 years)

Designation: Scientific Officer –(C)

Responsibilities: Design and develop components for nuclear reactor fuel channel for Indian nuclear power programme.

Ø Design and Develop components for Nuclear Reactor Fuel Channel. Ø Carry out creep analysis to assess life of Nuclear power reactor. (Reactor coolant channel)

Ø Carry out static and vibration analysis on the components / system using various modules like COSMOS, NISA, and ANSYS for different boundary conditions of plant.

Ø Create mock up facilities for the test / trials simulating exact nuclear reactor site conditions to avoid radiation dose to workers prior to site implementation. Þ Rotex Automation Limited, Baroda, India

September 1995-July 2010 (~15 years)

Designation: Chief Executive (Research and Development) Responsibilities: Design and develop solenoid valves and systems for new applications along with maintaining routine design office protocols Ø No. of subordinates: 6 Design Engineers (3D modelling), and 2 assistant engineers

(for product development and prototyping)

Ø Maintain Design and Development process in line with ISO 9000 guidelines. Ø Project co-ordination (Design, Analysis, Execution, Approvals) Ø Provide technical support to Marketing team including customer visits for new development of solenoid valves, systems and freezing specification. Ø Approval of specification for raw material and bought out parts. Ø Assist in process finalization for components at in house and at vendor location. Ø Support in development of testing jigs, structures, panels for testing parameters like Flow, life assessment, vibration etc.

Ø Actively involved in prototype approvals for the products from agencies like IIT, CPRI, ERDA, BARC, RDSO (for seismic/vibration qualification, environmental resistance, radiation resistance tests )

Ø Conduct internal quality system audits.

Ø Conduct internal product audit for ATEX and PED directives as per EU standards. Ø Provide In-house Training to staff (Factory staff and Marketing staff) on technical aspects of product through lectures and practical training. Unrestricted Page - 5 - of 6

Major Achievements:

Successfully completed following major design and developments: Ø Liquid Poison Injection System valve for Nuclear Power Stations. Ø Indigenously designed and developed solenoid valve for Secondary Shutdown System

(Emergency Shut Down (ESD)) for Nuclear Power Stations. Ø Valve for annular gas monitoring system (CO2 monitoring in annulus space of coolant channel of Nuclear reactor).

Ø Delayed neutron monitoring system valve. (To monitor nuclear fuel bundle failure). Ø 4/2 direct operated valves for Nuclear fuel handling system (media: D2O (heavy water), pressure 280 bar).

Ø Redundant solenoid valves for ISRO (Indian Space research organisation) for rocket launch pad.

Ø Vacuum Circuit Breaker valve for AD Tranz (locomotive division of ABB). Ø Anti-collision Device (automated braking system) (popularly known as Suraksha Kavach), designed for Indian railway.

Ø High pressure valve for artillery tank turret and steering control system for Defence an import substitute

Ø Valves for coffee vending machine.

Ø Valve to with stand shock resistance of 50g for sea vessel (Submarine). Ø Converted major component of valves to castings using Pressure Die Cast (For Aluminium), Investment Die Cast (Stainless Steel grades CF8M, CF3M) from design of castings to final production.

Ø Build more than 150 special application valves during my tenure at Rotex. Þ Siemens Limited, Maneja, Baroda-India

July 2010-October 2012 (2 years 3 months)

Designation: Senior Manager (Factory Quality)

Responsibilities: Quality of steam turbine and condensers and customer inspections. Ø Responsible for quality of steam turbine and condenser components through verification of the NDT of Castings, Forgings and Dimensional checks. Ø No. of subordinates: Team of 15 quality control engineers. Ø Vendor rating from quality perspective for annual vendor rating programme. Ø Approval of ITPs ( Inspection and test plans)

Ø Technical assistance in NCR resolution.

Ø Analysis of repetitive NCRs to plan out preventive measures in coordination with manufacturing and engineering.

Ø Facilitate customer inspection for steam turbine and condensers in line with approved quality plan.

Ø ISO 9000 related activities and KPI reporting to management. Unrestricted Page - 6 - of 6

Þ Siemens Limited, Maneja, Baroda-India

October 2012-onwards: (~7 years)

Designation: Senior Manager (Hex Engineering)

Responsibilities: Proposal engineering of steam condenser, cost and delivery optimization.

Ø Formulated systems to collect detailed design inputs from sales lead responsible for making proposal most effective.

Ø Arrange for systematic review of customer engineering specifications and issue deviations and arrange to reach agreeable specification. Ø Responsible for the proposal engineering of the steam condensers to the sales team inline with heat and mass balance diagrams (HMBD’s). Ø Arrange for latest and relevant national and international design and material standards to meet customer and statutory requirements. Ø Plan and monitor progress of thermal design as per latest HEI standard and mechanical design as per ASME Section VIII or other relevant codes (DIN, AD mark blatter).

Ø project kickoff/ review meetings.

Ø Made systems for handover of project technical details to engineering team in prescribed format to carry out detail engineering on award of order. Ø Actively participate in cost reduction drives for relevant commodities. Ø Handling site issues related to steam condenser of the operating power plants, create lessons learned forum to mitigate similar issues on ongoing projects. Ø ISO 9000 related activities and KPI reporting to management.

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