CHANDRAKANT NIMESH
Manager Digital Initiatives
Mumbai
Summary
Accomplished project manager with a proven track record of success. Adept at identification, evaluation, vendor selection, procurement, and implementation of cutting-edge technologies to drive efficiency and optimize costs across HPCL’s diverse business lines. Projects with a cumulative value exceeding Rs. 80 Crore have been successfully implemented or are currently under implementation within the past six years. Implemented projects like Pipeline Intrusion Detection System, Leak Detection System, Telecommunication system for Pipelines, PLC/SCADA logics for capacity augmentation, Drone Surveillance of Pipelines and Connected Enterprise. Demonstrated exceptional skills in product planning for dispatches through pipelines, as well as in Telecommunication and SCADA Maintenance
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager-Digital Initiatives
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
12.2014 - Current
- Spearheaded implementation of Connected Enterprise- single source of truth to 10 business verticals
- Ingestion of sales, operations, and commercial data from disparate data sources
- Implemented visualization of 200 role-specific KPIs dashboards for users
- Evaluated multiple technologies for POC implementation as a part of the HPCL Digital Transformation Team
- Onboarded vendors on successful completion of POC for implementation of projects worth Rs
- 70 Crore
- Accomplished end-to-end implementation of lubricant track and trace system on 6 blending plants, 94 filling lines, and 102 SKUs to ensure end-to-end SKU tracking, inventory visibility, anti-counterfeiting, and promo management
- Evaluated drone technology as a use case for cross-country pipelines to enhance the safety and security
- Coordinated for approval from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air Traffic Controller-Delhi for surveillance in the yellow zone
- Conducted longest-ever sortie of 52 KM with live video feed and reduced the response time to unauthorized intrusions by 75%
- Assistant Manager-Maintenance & Projects
- Implemented Pipeline Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) project with Rs 17 Crore for a 500 KM cross-country pipeline to enhance the safety and security
- PIDS system is an optical fiber-based sensing system which detects the vibrations on the field and identifies any excavation activity in the vicinity of the pipeline
- Implementation of PIDS prevented 4 instances of pilferage attempts within 6 months of implementation
- Developed, tested and implemented the PLC and SCADA logics for parallel underground cross country pipeline to increase the pipeline thruput by 30%
- Upgraded backbone telecommunication system for 500 KM cross-country pipeline with a project cost of Rs
- 10 Crore to facilitate pipeline operations
- The telecommunication system was upgraded from STM-4 to STM-16 technology with 300% increase in bandwidth
- Headed maintenance department with a team of 8 Officers to maintain, augment, and upgrade Instrumentation, telecommunication, and SCADA systems for a period of 4 years
- 100 % uptime was ensured for all systems under maintenance
- Spearheaded the upgradation of leak detection system (LDS) for underground pipelines
- Project implementation led to improvement in reduction in false positive leak alarms by 100%
- Implemented low-cost solution of converting hand-operated valves (HOVs) to Motor motor-operated valves (MOVs) with communication over GSM-based modules
- This project led to a cost reduction of 80% over a traditional OFC-based telecommunication system.
Assistant Manager
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
05.2017 - 05.2021
- Implemented Pipeline Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) project with Rs 17 Crore for a 500 KM cross-country pipeline to enhance the safety and security. PIDS system is an optical fiber-based sensing system which detects the vibrations on the field and identifies any excavation activity in the vicinity of the pipeline. Implementation of PIDS prevented 4 instances of pilferage attempts within 6 months of implementation.
Developed, tested and implemented the PLC and SCADA logics for parallel underground cross country pipeline to increase the pipeline thruput by 30%.
Upgraded backbone telecommunication system for 500 KM cross-country pipeline with a project cost of Rs. 10 Crore to facilitate pipeline operations. The telecommunication system was upgraded from STM-4 to STM-16 technology with 300% increase in bandwidth
Headed maintenance department with a team of 8 Officers to maintain, augment, and upgrade Instrumentation, telecommunication, and SCADA systems for a period of 4 years. 100 % uptime was ensured for all systems under maintenance.
Spearheaded the upgradation of leak detection system (LDS) for underground pipelines. Project implementation led to improvement in reduction in false positive leak alarms by 100%
Implemented low-cost solution of converting hand-operated valves (HOVs) to Motor motor-operated valves (MOVs) with communication over GSM-based modules. This project led to a cost reduction of 80% over a traditional OFC-based telecommunication system
Operations Officer-Pipeline Operations
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
12.2014 - 04.2017
- Daily dispatch planning of petroleum products through an underground pipeline
- Achieved average yearly pumping thruput of 3000 TMT to feed states of Gujrat, Rajasthan and Haryana with nil dry outs at 6 POL terminals
- Completed successful integration of Pipeline PLC with Terminal TAS for real time data exchange of over 1700 data points
- Over 20 interlocks were programmed and tested to ensure reliable and safe operations.
Education
BE-Instrumentation and Control - undefined
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
Class XII - undefined
CBSE (Vivekanand School)
Class X - undefined
CBSE (Vanasthali School)
Skills
Project Managementundefined
Accomplishments
- Fastest in the batch to get promoted from Salary grade B to Salary grade C (2018-21)
- Fastest in the batch to get promoted from Salary grade A to Salary grade B (2014-18)
- Outstanding Achievement Award by C&MD HPCL: A recognition reserved for the top 0.5% performers in the company. (2021)
- Among 8 selected officers from a pool of 9000 officers to drive Digital Initiatives department of HPCL (2021)
- Runner Up-Young Engineer’s Conclave by C&MD HPCL: Cost Optimization in Pipeline Operations (2018)
- Runner Up Table Tennis- All India Interunit Tournament HPCL (2018)
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
05.2017 - 05.2021
Manager-Digital Initiatives
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
12.2014 - Current
Operations Officer-Pipeline Operations
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
12.2014 - 04.2017
BE-Instrumentation and Control - undefined
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
Class XII - undefined
CBSE (Vivekanand School)
Class X - undefined
CBSE (Vanasthali School)
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