Curricular Vitae

Career Objective: To contribute in the technological initiatives in the organization for profitability & growth; leveraging technology, creativity & new ideas thus ensuring personal & professional growth. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact details: Name: Mrigandra Singhai E Mail: mrigsinghai@gmail.com Cell No: +91 8108152201 Address: 602, Aum Sai, Plot No C23, Sector 7, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India 420210 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Profile Summary
_____________________________________________________________ Present Status: Company Department Joined in Oct 2010 Jun 2009 March 2003 as MT (Management Trainee) Current status Working Manager as Duration Senior Presently working JSW Ispat Product Steel Limited development Tata Steel Crompton Greaves Ltd Global RD&T CG Global R&D Centre

Worked as researcher 1 yr 4 (Senior Manager) months Worked as Manager 6 yrs 2 months

Qualification: 1. Masters of Engineering in Metallurgy (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India) , 2. Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgy (Government Engineering College Raipur, India) 3. All India 21st Rank in GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2001

Professional experience
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Hands on experience on following domains: 1. Research & Development 1. New product development as per marketing or strategic requirements 2. Improvement in existing products & processes 3. Continuous annealing furnace commissioning & heat Treatment process establishment 4. Support to marketing on various technical issues and business development 5. Project management, NPD & various R&D processes

2. Steel grades worked on 1. Electrical Steel, 2. HSLA Steel, Line pipe steel 3. Boron micro-alloyed steel, EDD grade steel,
4. Spring Steel 3. Processes worked on
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1. Worked on Indias first Thin slab caster/ compact strip process (CSP)
2. Batch type decarburization furnace for electrical steel 3. Continuous annealing furnace for electrical steel 4. Advanced characterization 1. Fatigue of automotive steel 2. Magnetic characterization 3. SEM & Texture 5. Metallurgical lab 1. Metallographic analysis 2. Failure Analysis of various metallic components 3. Chemical, mechanical & magnetic testing 4. ISO17025 (NABL) accreditation of lab 6. Quality improvements 1. Quality improvement projects 2. Hands on experience with FMEA, QFD & MINITAB 3. Use of in depth metallurgical concept in synergy with statistical methods in quality improvement projects Highlights of work at JSW ISPAT Steel Limited (presently working since Oct 2010): 1. Working on Indias first thin slab caster process 2. Working on Low carbon Boron micro-alloyed steel for improved formability, API, EDD & electrical steel 3. Resolving various quality issues in caster related to crack generation 4. Micro structural characterization from caster to coil 5. Development of specific grades as per customer requirement Highlights of work at Tata Steel (Jun2009 to Sept 2010): 1. Fatigue characterization (HCF & LCF), in Tata Steel 2. Coordination for fatigue characterization of various grades between academic & research institutes and overseas counterpart (CORUS UK & Netherlands) 3. Product catalogue for company (incorporating FLD, weldability, fatigue, paintability alongwith regular product information) Highlights of work at Crompton Greaves Limited (March 2003 to May 2009) 1. Research projects in electrical steel domain 2. Quality improvement & productivity improvement projects 3. Heat treatment process establishment of continuous annealed furnace 4. Lab coordinator for NABL accreditation of R&D metallurgical lab. 5. Failure analysis of various ferrous components 6. Six sigma project and one year deputation to newly built plant in Ahmednagar as in charge of heat treatment shop Patents Applied 1. Design of a suitable fixture to avoid warpage of stator packs during heat treatment of electrical steel 2. A method for improving the magnetic properties of fully processed non-oriented electrical steel
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Academics
______________________________________________________ Academic qualifications
S.No Degree Board/University Year Subjects/Discipline 1. ME Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 2003 Metallurgy 2. 3. 4. BE 12 10
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Pt.R.S.S.U. Raipur (Chhattisgarh) MP Board, Bhopal MP Board, Bhopal

2001 Metallurgy 1996 1994 Physics, Chemistry, Maths Maths, English, Science

Trainings attended: Project management & benchmarking (3 days residential course at Crompton Greaves) IPR specialist (2 days residential training at Tata Steel) Six sigma green belt (3 days training at JSW ISPAT) Scanning electron microscopy (One week course at IISc Bangalore) Texture and OIM (4 days course at IITB) ISO 17025- NABL (4 days course at IDEMI, Mumbai) Safety at work place (3 days training at Tata Steel) Course Projects: i) BE: Effect of Aluminum on the properties of gray cast iron ii) ME: Removal of arsenic from industrial wastewater using fly ash & optimization of parameters by statistical analysis. Exposure to systems & processes: 1. Internal auditor for ISO9001: 2000 2. Internal auditor for ISO 17025 (NABL accreditation) 3. Adherence to ISMS (ISO 27001) 4. Extensive use of QFD & FMEA 5. NPD process 6. Six Sigma

E mail: mrigsinghai@gmail.com Cell No: +91 8108152201