B B Virdi

Deputy General Manager (Mechanical)

IFFCO

1. Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Institute of Engineers, India.
2. PGDOM (Post graduate Diploma in Operational Management from IGNOU, India.
3. ASNT Level II in UT, Radiography, Dye Penetrant Testing, MPT, Visual Inspection and Level II in Vibration Monitoring.

Current Employment:

1. “Deputy General Manager (Mechanical)” in IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd)
2. “Inspection Engineer in OMIFCO (Oman India Fertiliser Company)” in OMAN
3. Worked as a “Certified Competent Person” of Indian Factory Act 1948 by Government of India.

Achievement:

1. 34 years’ experience in Inspection, NDT & Condition Monitoring Field as well as Mechanical Workshop and Mechanical Maintenance Area.
2. Risk Survey Audit as per RBI guidelines in OMIFCO
3. Inspection of large Static Equipment like Pressure Vessels, Reactors, Vessels, Exchangers, Columns, Drum, Boilers, Pressure Relief Valves according to API,ASTM,ASME,ANSI,TEMA standards.
4. Inspection of Pipings and Pressure Vessels as per ASME,ASTM,API, Nace Standard and maintaining their records
5. Thermography and Temperature Monitoring of furnace from inside and outside.
6. RBI of Ammonia Storage Tank at IFFCO Kalol Unit.
7. Complete involvement in New Urea Reactor, HP Stripper and HP Condenser procurement and manufacturing activities at works of M/s L&T and M/s. ISGEC.
8. Complete establishment of Inspection and Condition Monitoring Department in IFFCO Paradeep Plant in Orissa, India.
9. Prepared and maintained SOP (Standard Operating Procedures ) of Inspection department.

Nikhil Sabhaya

Manager – NDT & RLA,

TCR Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Nikhil Sabhaya holds a Master’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering and has over 10 years of hands-on experience in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Remaining Life Assessment (RLA) of static equipment in the petrochemical, fertilizer, power, and chemical industries.

He is certified as ASNT NDT Level III in VT, PT, MT, UT, and ET, as well as API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector and CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector.

At TCR Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd., he currently works as Manager – NDT & RLA, specializing in the inspection of boilers, reformer tubes, pressure vessels, piping, and storage tanks. His knowledge extends to in-situ metallography, creep analysis, life assessment, and a wide range of conventional and advanced NDT techniques, including Acoustic Emission (AE), Eddy Current Testing (ECT), Videoscopy, Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT), Time of Flight Diffraction (ToFD), Eddy Current Array (ECA), Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL), Leak Testing (LT).

Mr. Nikhil has successfully led numerous critical shutdown inspections across India, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, contributing to enhanced asset integrity, operational safety, and life extension through his strong technical leadership, meticulous project planning, and accurate reporting.

Prof. Vladimir Syasko

President

The Russian Society for Non-Destructive Testing & Technical Diagnostic - RSNTTD

Professor of the D.I. Mendeleev All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Metrology.

President of RSNTTD

Deputy Chairman of the Technical Committee TC 371 "Non-destructive testing".

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Russian Journal for NDT"

General Director of Constanta LLC (Russia) and NDT1 Kraft (Czech Republic)

Member of the Academia NDT International

Shilpi Saha

Senior Scientist

B.A.R.C

Ms. Shilpi Saha is a Senior Scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) with over 29 years of experience in the developing NDT instruments, ultrasonic sensing systems and embedded technologies for nuclear and industrial applications.

An Electrical Engineering graduate from NIT Jamshedpur and alumnus of the BARC Training School (39th batch), she has received the Homi Bhabha Award for her academic excellence and the Scientific and Technical Excellence Award for her pivotal in the development of low-power electronics and NDT data analysis software for Instrumented Pipeline Inspection Gauges (IPIGs). The software, developed under her leadership, is used alongside these IPIG tools developed by BARC, to generate health assessment reports for more than 20000kms of buried cross-country oil pipelines—a vital component of the nation’s energy infrastructure.

Her work in signal processing, sensing, and precision measurement has supported critical infrastructure and earned multiple team achievement awards.

V N RAO

Managing Director,

Physical Acoustics India Pvt Ltd.

Years of Experience: 30

Educational Background: Engineering Degree in Electronics

Brief Job Profile: Managing Director of Physical Acoustics India Private Limited

Professional Expertise: Acoustic Emission Testing and its field applications.

Akkala Ramu

Executive Director (QA)

NPCIL

1. He is an “Outstanding Scientist” belongs to 2nd batch of NPC-training school Mechanical Engineer (equivalent to 34th Batch of BARC), joined TAPS-1&2, Tarapur Maharashtra Site, NPCIL in the year 1990.

Service Record:

1. Superintendent (QA) at BHAVINI-Kalpakkam

Current Assignment:

Executive Director (Quality Assurance), NPCIL

Admirable Achievement or Contributions in:

1. Light Water Reactors (Tarapur-BWRs) for about 20 years (1991-2010) in various critical activities in the field of Welding Technology.
2. Condition Monitoring, Import Substitution of Reactor core components
3. Reverse Engineering as part of plant ageing management, Condition assessment of SSCs using various NDE techniques.
4. Engineering modifications, Development of special welding mock-ups for Austenitic Stainless Steel BWR-Reactor coolant piping repairs/replacements and developing unique NDE facility to support the O&M activities at TAPS-1&2.
5. His significant contribution & achievements in the field of engineering, welding technology development he is in receipt of awards (Unit Recognition Award (2000), Group AchievementAwards (2010,2015 & 2020), INS Medal-2007, NPCIL Excellence Award in 2006 and NDT National Award-2010.

Dr. Alok Mishra

Country Director,

Westinghouse India

1. BTech in Chemical Engineering, Master’s in Energy Systems Engineering and PhD from IIT Bombay
2. MBA with specialization in finance from the University of Mumbai

Service Record:

1. Director and Country Head in Westinghouse India.
2. has over 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry globally
3. principal consultant for consulting firms, focused on new build nuclear power plants safety analyses and licensing
4. a consultant to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for their Aging PRA studies and the OPG for its technology evaluations for the LWRs.
5. a trainee scientific officer with the Department of Atomic Energy
6. Also, worked at NPCIL.

Admirable Achievement:

1. UNENE (University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering) post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Risk Research, University of Waterloo, Canada
2. a recipient of the IAEA fellowship for advanced training in nuclear power plant design and licensing at Argonne National Laboratory Chicago, USA
3. many publications in international referred journals and has received several awards and recognitions. He was a National Talent Search Scholar.
4. He has contributed significantly for the development of several thermal hydraulic safety analysis computer codes for the Indian PHWRs.

Goran Pereš

Director & Co-Founder

RoboSpect Ltd.

Goran Pereš is the Director & Co-Founder of RoboSpect Ltd., a company specializing in advanced robotic systems and non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions for the nuclear industry. He has over seven years of experience in nuclear inspection projects and has led the development of complex robotic manipulators and automated inspection systems for reactor pressure vessels and other critical nuclear components.

Throughout his career, Goran has held key leadership roles such as R&D Manager, Project Manager, Team Lead, and Production Manager. He has successfully managed multidisciplinary engineering teams and led in-service inspections, pre-service inspections, and full product lifecycle development—from concept and design to qualification and on-site deployment. He has coordinated international collaborations across Europe, Russia, and India, consistently improving operational efficiency and safety in demanding technical and regulatory environments.

As the founder of multiple engineering companies, he combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership, innovation, and business development. Goran has also been invited as a speaker at industry conferences, sharing his expertise in advanced engineering and inspection technologies. His ongoing mission is to advance nuclear inspection capabilities and support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power plants worldwide.

Roman Fernandez

Deputy CEO,

Extende Civa

Nuclear

Roman FERNANDEZ received his Master of Physics and New Energy Technologies Engineering from Paris-Saclay University in 2006.

From 2007 to 2010, he has been working as a research engineer of the Validation and Test Laboratory of CEA-LIST, which holds the software engineering and development of the CIVA platform.

Since 2010 he is working at EXTENDE company, exclusive distributor of the CIVA simulation and analysis software, and developer of TraiNDE simulators. He started as a business engineer and is now deputy CEO.

Dr. P Sampathkumaran

Ex - Central Power Research Institute,

Ministry of Power, Govt. of India Society

Bangalore

Thermal

Professor - Department of Mechanical Engineering Sambhram Institute of Technology Bangalore 560097
Technical Advisor - Materials Science & Engineering National Design Research Forum The Institute of Engineers India Karnataka State Centre Bangalore 560080
Technical Director, M/s. Vision Innovation Research Laboratory, Bangalore Technical Advisor to M/s. Rama Engineering and Consultancy Services, Bangalore Technical Advisor cum Consultant, M/s. Greenotronix, Bangalore
Executive Member, Indian Ceramic Society, Karnataka Chapter Executive Member, Indian Carbon Society, Bangalore Chapter (NAL)
Executive committee member of Society for Failure Analysis, Bangalore Chapter
Member in the School Management Committee of VidyaNiketan, Ullal, Bangalore
Former Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engg., BMS Institute of Technology & Management, Bangalore
Former Executive Member, Indian Society of Systems in Science & Engineering (ISRO)
Former Governing Council member, Raja Rajeshwari College of Engineering, Bangalore.
Worked for 35 years in CPRI
Retired Joint Director & Head
Materials Technology Division
Central Power Research Institute
Ministry of Power, Govt. of India Society
Bangalore 560080

Educational Qualifications
Bachelor's Hons. Physics
Master's Electronics, Materials Engg.
Ph.D Materials Science

Achievements

1. Design and development of the facility for simultaneous detection of dissolved gases in liquid dielectrics by gas solid chromotographic technique.
2. Modified design and development of abrasion potential of of coal of various grades.
3. Technology transfer in respect of design and development of high mass flux regime solid particle erosion test set up.
4. Failure Analysis investigation studies of various engineering components.

Ramaswamy Sivaramanivas

GE Vernova

Wind

"SIVARAM" is a Senior Scientist, NDE Laboratory at GE Vernova Advanced Research Centre, Bangalore

Sivaram is an expert in quantitative nondestructive evaluation of materials. His area of specialization includes ultrasonic Non-destructive evaluation, Customizing Infrared and Terahertz technologies for Gas Power, ultrasonic imaging for Healthcare applications and Machine Learning. He has successfully launched a Digital Twin product for Thermal Power Plant Maintenance.

He has 21 US Patents to his credit and 35 conference and journal papers

Adwait D. Paranjpe

Plant Head – SS - welded products

Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd

BE- Mechanical MMS – Operations

Service Record:

1. Plant Head – SS - welded products Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd.
2. L&T : Heavy Engineering – 34 years in various functions – Welding engineer, Marketing , Material mgmt., Project management, Manufacturing, Design and estimation, Quality , Business Head.
3. Technoforce Solutions : 3 years Director – Operations
4. Ratnamani Metals and Tubes Limited – 5 years – Plant head – SS -welded products

Balamurugan Srinivasagan

Head, NDT & Sensors Research Group

Tata Steel Limited

1. undergraduate in B.E. in Mechanical Engineer from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
2. graduation in Non-Destructive Testing from NIT, Tiruchirappalli
3. lead engineer for M/s ALSTOM
4. He is instrumental in the in-house development and commercialisation of NDT technologies for the condition assessment of cooling staves and hearth refractories in Blast Furnaces for steel industries.

Current Assignment:
Head, Non-Destructive Testing and Sensors Research Group in R&D, Tata Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur

Admirable Achievement:

1. Has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Non-Destructive Testing and Sensors.
2. His area of research interests include Non-destructive evaluation in process control, product quality assurance and predictive maintenance for steel industries.
3. He is the recipient of “National NDT award for excellence in Industrial Applications” and “International Recognition” in 2018 and 2024, respectively from Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ISNT).
4. he was recognised consistently for his contributions of innovations in “TATA INNOVISTA”, where he won two awards in 2022”, and a Regional Award in 2015.
5. He has published more than 15 technical papers in national and international journals /conferences, filed 15+ patents in the area of Non-destructive evaluation.

Dr. Dipak Chandiramani

Independent Consultant

Served as Junior/Senior Engineer in the Offshore R&D Department, Mazagon Dock Ltd., India from December 1980 to June 1985

Lloyds Register Asia from July, 1985 to January 2015.

Qualifications

Academic

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Underwater Welding), IIT Kharagpur, 1980
• Master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Production Science and Technology), 1st Class, IIT Kharagpur, 1976.
• Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) in Mechanical Engg. 1st Class, IIT Kharagpur 1974.

Professional

• International Professional Engineer, Institution of Engineers (India)
• Chairman of the International Working Group (India) of ASME Section VIII
• Chairman of ASME PVP Division India
• Chairman of the Certification Scheme Committee, Indian Institute of Welding ANBCC

Haradhan Pal

MANAGER – NDE

ISGEC Hitachi Zosen Limited

Education: Bachelor of Science (PCM)

Technical Qualification:

1. ASNT NDT Level - III (Ultrasonic Testing)
2. ASNT NDT Level - III (Radiography Testing)
3. ASNT NDT Level - III (Magnetic Particle Testing)
4. TOFD & PAUT – Advanced Technique
5. BARC Level- II – (RSO)
6. PCN LEVEL-II (RT)
7. NDE Level- II (PT)
8. NDE Level- II (HLT)

Having vast Experience in nde technique involving,

1. Radiography of heavy wall equipment to tubular joints Refractory, component & Tube to tube sheet joints.
2. Manual UT, TOFD & PAUT expertise in various category of joints involving girth seam (LS, Circ seam), nozzle to shell & head joints (lip & corner joints), tube to tube sheet joints & liner welds.
3. MT of all category joints involving visible dry, wet fluorescent, wet non fluorescent, Hot MT.
4. PT of all category joints involving visible, fluorescent & Hot PT.
5. Helium leak testing of liner welds & tube to tube sheet joints.

In Equipment such as Coke drum, Ammonia converter, Basket, Reactor (Cr-Mo-V) Urea stripper, Reactor, Hydrolyzer, Colom & various heat exchanger

Parthapratim Brahma

Mentor

TWI India

Professional with more than 42 years of experience in shipbuilding, fabrication, boiler, pressure vessel and other engineering Industry.

Post Graduate (MTech) by education in Mechanical Engineering, having rich experience in the field of manufacturing, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Testing, Inspection & Certification in various industry sectors. Currently associated with TWI India as Mentor. Independent Director at Fives Cail- KCP.

Member Central Boiler Board, ASME International Working Group (Sec I), Member National Governing Council of Indian Society for Non-destructive Testing, life membership IIW.

Started as a welding engineer in a shipyard building naval ships. Later joined Lloyd’s Register, worked in various leadership roles in operations, sales and technical management. The last position held was Area Technical and Quality Manager, South Asia Middle East and Africa for Lloyd’s Register inspection services.

ASME qualified Authorized Inspector Supervisor with about 30years of experience in ASME code inspection. Experienced Quality Management System Lead Auditor. Led the LR Sales & Marketing team as Head Business Development in South West Asia for 3 years expanding the third-party inspection business, developing new services like training, promoting ASME/IBR business.

Pradeep Kumar

Manager -PGS QA

Kirloskar Pneumatic Ltd.

Experienced NDE professional with over 13 years of expertise in Non-Destructive Evaluation and Quality Assurance. Currently serving as Manager – PGS QA and NDE Level III at Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd., with strong proficiency in ASME codes and standards, NDE procedure qualification, personnel training, and QA leadership for compressor packages.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

• B.E. – Mechanical Engineering
• ASNT NDT Level III – RT, UT, PT, MT, VT

Dr Ramesh Kumar M

Chief Scientist and Head Advanced Composites Division,

CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru

Dr. Ramesh Kumar M is a Chief Scientist and Head of Advanced Composites Division, also accomplishing the Quality Assurance of Aircraft Composite Structures as Head of Quality Assurance approved by DGAQA. He has obtained Ph.D in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Master degree by research (M.Sc Engg) at Visveswarya University, Belgaum and B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Anna University.

He has joined CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories in 1991 and worked extensively in Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) of aircraft composite structures. Large volume of double curved complex structures are analysed and evaluated to meet the quality assurance requirements.

Development newer manufacturing process in Thermoplastic Composites, Development of Composite Radome structures. 3D composites for aircraft applications etc. His research interests pertaining in development and analysis of NDE of porosity in composite monolithic and secondary bonded aircraft structures. Advanced NDE method like Air coupled Ultrasonic, Guided wave ultrasonic, Eddy current for inspection of Composite Structures.

Other research area is Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of aircraft structures in online and offline monitoring of defects. He has to his credit of twenty-five publications in International journals, International and National Conferences.

Dr. D. Uma Maheswar

Chief Consulting Engineer, India Engineering Center

GE Aerospace

Uma Maheshwar is the Chief Consulting Engineer for 800+ member GE Aerospace India Engineering center at Bangalore. The team is involved in design & development of Next Generation Aircraft Propulsion Systems, support of aircraft engine fleet and development of customized digital and engineering software. Uma has ~33years of experience in setting up & leading large organizations in Engineering, Research & Development sector.

Uma joined GE Aviation in 2001 and since then held many leadership positions in Aviation Engineering. He was instrumental in setting up & leading 200+ member world-class Advanced Technology teams at Bangalore for GE Aerospace. Uma played a key role in technology development, design & development of 7 new aircraft engine programs covering full life cycle engineering from conceptual design till certification.

Prior to GE, Uma held positions with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for 8years. During his association with L&T, Uma lead engineering of 25 mega plants for Oil& Gas, Fertilizer, Power, Petro-chemical, Defense, Nuclear sectors involving design, manufacturing, and commissioning. Uma has set up and lead Advanced Design & CAE team at L&T’s largest manufacturing plant-Hazira works. He was one of the Management Representative to set up Engineering Services Company of L&T.

Uma holds Aerospace holds three Master’s degrees - M.E in Mechanical Engineering, MBA from Toulouse Business School- France and Master’s in Aerospace Law from NALSAR university. He is a certified LEAN Six Sigma Black belt. He was a keynote/guest speaker in 300+ National & International conferences. Uma holds 4patents and several professional affiliations as member of Global ASME Gas Turbine magazine Communications Committee, SAE India Aerospace Board, NASSCOM Engineering, R&D Council, NAFEMS India Chair, Aerospace Skill Council and academic councils and policy advocacy for various Government/Industry bodies.

Devarshi Kumar Gaur

Executive Director

Metallurgy, RDSO

• Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgical Engg in 1992
  College: IIT Roorkee, ( then University of Roorkee)
• Master in Technology in Materials & Metallurgical Engg in 1994
  College: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Service Record:

• Served in Private firm at M/s D&H Secheron and D&H (I) at INDORE
• Joined Indian Rlys in 1998 as Group A officer.
• Worked at senior level in different production units of Indian Rlys

Current Assignment:
Head of Metallurgy & Chemical Department in RDSO, Lucknow, Min of Rlys

Admirable Achievement:

• Develop the Production & Ultrasonic methodology for Vande Bharat axles & wheels which is first time in IR.
• Introduced PAUT in testing of Rly critical components.
• Author of two books on manufacturing & testing of Cast wheels and forged axles.
• More than ten technical reports on metallurgical testing and NDT methodology used in Indian Rlys.

Ulhas S Kalghatgi

Senior VP,

IRCLASS

Joined IRS in 1988 after a successful sea career lasting for 12 years in SCI and rose to the top position as Chief Engineer.

Served for 33 years in IRS, the last position being Chief Surveyor and Senior Vice President, before becoming Technical Advisor to IRS Chairman. The period in IRS was spent in garnering wide experience, covering ships’ surveys, both periodical and new buildings, industrial inspections, auditing, wide exposure at international level, resulted in acquiring knowledge and imparting same by conducting training within the organization and to the marine fraternity.

Represented IRS in IACS General Policy Group and IACS Machinery panel.

Also a member of Government of Indis delegation to IMO MEPC Meetings in mid-2000

Academically well qualified having obtained master’s degrees in:

1. Extra 1st Class Certificate of Competence
2. MS in Quality Management System from BITS Pilani
3. Executive management programe from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research

Presented and delivered over 25 technical papers at various National and International seminars and has been awarded H.S. Rao memorial and Institute of Engineers (Marine division) prize for the best technical papers.

The last paper - Creating Value for Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) in Ship Machinery Maintenance from BIG Data and Artificial Intelligence – Paper published in Institute of Engineers Journal, series C – Springer Publications, has received rave reviews from international journals and various authors.

Arvind Bhide

Bhide's Institute Of Testing Technology (B.I.T.T.)

EDUCATION

1. B.Tech. (AERO) FROM I.I.T., MUMBAI IN 1972 WITH FIRST CLASS HONORS.
2. B.Tech. (MECH) FROM I.I.T., MUMBAI IN 1973 WITH FIRST CLASS HONORS.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

1. MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP.
2. NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE S.S.C. EXAMINATION.
3. GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA MERIT SCHOLARSHIP.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
ASNT LEVEL – III (CERTIFIED BY ASNT) IN ULTRASONIC TESTING, MAGNETIC PARTICLE TESTING, LIQUID PENETRANT TESTING, RADIOGRAPHY and VISUAL TESTING.

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE

1. INTEGRATED TRAINING CENTER, AL KHOBAR, SAUDI ARABIA Conducted several classes in Saudia from 2003 till 2009 For participants from ARAMCO and SABIC
2. ASNT LOCAL CHAPTER – UAE ( L III CLASSES ),
3. SIEVERT LLC. , MUSCAT ,OMAN
4. TUBULAR SERVICES, TEHRAN, IRAN
5. MEGARME, UAE
6. ASNT LOCAL CHAPTER, KUWAIT ( L III CLASSES )
7. AIR MONGOLIA, MONGOLIA
8. D.N.V., ABU DHABI

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

SINCE 1989 I HAVE BEENS EF EMPLOYED AND STARTED MY OWN INSPECTION AND TRAINING ORGANIZATION. MY CURRENT ACTIVITIES ARE:

• IDENTIFYING TECHNIQUE, PROCEDURE AND INSPECTION PERSONNEL FOR NDT JOBS.
• ASSISTING IN SETTING UP ACCEPTANCE STANDARDS.
• ASSISTANCE IN SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL.
• TRAINING IN NDT AND WELDING INSPECTION
• DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL WRITTEN NDT PRACTICE AS PER ASNT DOCUMENT SNT – TC – IA.
• EXECUTION OF THE WRITTEN NON – DESTRUCTIVE TESTING PROGRAM TRAINING OF NDT PERSONNEL.
• INSPECTION OF VARIOUS PRESSURE VESSELS, FABRICATIONS, COMPONENTS, ETC. BY DP, MPT, UT, ECT, LT AND RT.

P.Rajarethinam

Quality Head,

L&T GHAVP 1&2 NI Package

L&T Construction

B. Tech (E&T)
Currently holding position of QA Head, GHAVP 1&2 Nuclear Power Project - Mumbai.
35+ Yrs of Construction Industry experience in Quality
Assurance field.
Specialized in Welding & NDT in Nuclear & other Mechanical Projects.
Professional membership in ISNT & IIW, ASME & ASNT
ASNT NDT Level III in VT,MT,PT, UT & RT,ET & LT Methods
Technical Lectures delivered - 4
Technical Papers published - 2

S. Ponnappan

Senior Deputy General Manager – QA Head

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

L&T Construction

Nuclear

1. a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
2. a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Service Record:
He is a seasoned Quality Assurance and Quality Control professional with over 30 years of experience in heavy structural fabrication, third-party inspection, and the construction industry, with core expertise in fabrication, welding, heat treatment, and non-destructive testing (NDT).

Current Assignment:
Senior Deputy General Manager – Quality Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction

Admirable Achievement:

1. He is an active Member of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
2. a Member of the ASME Indian Working Group (IWG) on Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Code, Section III Division 1.
3. His career is marked by a consistent focus on innovation, safety, and reliability in quality practices, contributing significantly to the successful delivery of nuclear and industrial projects of national importance across both domestic and overseas projects of L&T.