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DINAKARAN VELU

DINAKARAN VELU

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Technical Lead with extensive experience at TATA ELXSI Ltd., excelling in new product development and project management. Proven expertise in refrigeration, cooling expertise, FMEA analysis, and competitor benchmarking, driving product performance optimization. Adept at cross-functional collaboration and effective communication, delivering innovative solutions that meet stringent ISO and IEC standards.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Lead (R&D-Refrigerator)

TATA ELXSI Ltd. (for Panasonic Refrigerator R&D)
Bangalore
02.2019 - Current
  • Responsible for the new product development on Panasonic refrigerators for the Indian market.
  • New product development, project management, managing the BOM (Bill of Materials and Cost), component release, and product release.
  • Product performance testing, cooling testing, heat load testing, condensation testing, and electrical safety testing.
  • Competitor benchmarking analysis (teardown analysis and performance testing).
  • Product development and testing on refrigerators as per JIS, IS 17550, IS 15750, IS 1476, IEC 62552, ISO, German, and global standards.
  • Coordinating with the design team and providing input or suggestions for the design change to improve the product's performance based on test data analysis, product knowledge, and experience.
  • FMEA, DFMEA, 8D problem solving, HHT, commissioning, and validation, etc.
  • Heat load calculation, condenser length calculation, and compressor selection, etc.
  • Documentation such as test report, quality reports, standards, etc.
  • Standards followed: JIS, IS 17550, IS 15750, IS 1476, IEC, and Global Standards.

Cooling- Application Engineer (R&D-Refrigerator)

BSH Household Appliances Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
08.2016 - 02.2019
  • Product development and testing on refrigerators as per IS 15750, IS 1476, IEC 62552, ISO, German, and global standards.
  • Interacting with cross-functional teams and giving inputs to the design team based on test results and knowledge.
  • Developing new concepts, test specifications for the upcoming and ongoing projects.
  • Developing new logics with algorithm controls for the new concepts.
  • Ensuring and verifying the new logics through testing with the LabVIEW setup.
  • Energy consumption test, pull-down test, volume measurement, temperature raise test, vapor condensation test, storage test, air tightness, and door opening test, etc.
  • Investment and budget planning for the equipment of refrigerator laboratories.
  • Managing the lab assets. As a controller for the overall capital investments.
  • New R&D lab infrastructure development for 5 product categories in a package of 47 laboratories (refrigerators, washing machines, cooking goods, dish care, and consumer products).
  • Chief Co-Coordinator for the R&D Lab Infrastructure Development Project.
  • Maintenance of measuring instruments such as environmental chambers, RTD thermocouple sensors, power meters, data acquisition systems, and multimeters, etc.
  • Preparing appliances for testing, such as installing refrigerators, mounting RTD thermocouple sensors, and bypassing or disconnecting the thermostat heater, etc.
  • Associating periodic calibration, validation, and NABL activities.

Diploma Engineering Associate (Testing of Refrigerator & Air Conditioner)

Central Power Research Institute
Bangalore
07.2014 - 07.2016
  • Refrigerator performance testing as per IS, AS/NZS standards.
  • IS 15750:2006 and AS/NZS 4474-1:2007 for household frost-free refrigerators.
  • Energy consumption test.
  • Pull down the test.
  • Volume measurement.
  • Maintenance of measuring instruments, such as RTD thermocouple sensors, power meters, data acquisition systems, and multimeters, etc.
  • Preparing appliances for testing, such as installing refrigerators, mounting RTD thermocouple sensors, and bypassing or disconnecting the thermostat heater, etc.
  • Associating periodic Calibration & Validation activities.
  • Air Conditioner performance testing as per ASHRAE, IS Standards.
  • Conducting tests as per IS 1391 (Part 1): 1992 for window air conditioners.
  • Conducting tests as per IS 1391 (Part 2): 1992 for split air conditioners.
  • Cooling Capacity Test.
  • Maximum Operating Temperature Condition Test.
  • Energy Consumption Test.
  • Maintenance of measuring instruments, such as RTD sensors, power meters, barometers, differential pressure sensors, multimeters, clamp meters, etc.
  • Preparing appliances for testing like Installing Indoor & Outdoor units of Air Conditioner, Nitrogen gas Charging, Piping and electrical connections etc.
  • Associating periodic Calibration & Validation activities.
  • Testing for protection against ingress of access to hazardous parts (IP 1X to IP 4X).
  • Testing for protection against the ingress of dust (IP 5X and IP 6X).
  • Testing for Protection against ingress of water (IP X1 to IP X8).
  • Functional test.
  • Insulation resistance measurement test.
  • Power frequency high voltage withstand test.
  • All types of electrical equipment enclosures, as per IEC 60529 Edition 2.2 (2013-08).
  • Rotating electrical machines, induction motors, as per IEC 60034-5 Edition 4.1.
  • Low-voltage switchgears and control gears, as per IEC 61439-1 Edition 2.0 (2011-08), IS/IEC 60947-1:2007.
  • Luminaires, as per IEC 60598-1. Edition 8.0 (2014-05).
  • Energy meter as per IS 13779:1999 (Reaffirmed 2004), IS 14697:1999 (Reaffirmed 2004), IS 12063:1987.
  • Engineering drawings and dimensional verifications, as per the test conditions mentioned in the following standards, which are requested by the customer.
  • All types of electrical equipment Enclosures, Rotating electrical machinery equipment enclosures, luminaires Such as Indoor/outdoor distribution boards, Control Cubicles, Relay panels, HT metering and switching panels, AC/DC Distribution Board panels, Dry Type Transformer Enclosure, Bus Ducts, Surge monitors, Marshalling box, Induction Motor enclosure, Actuators, Street Light Fitting Enclosures, Domestic and Industrial Light Fitting Enclosures etc.
  • Fan performance testing as per IS standards.
  • IS 374: 1979 (RA 2007) for Ceiling fan and Regulators
  • IS 555: 1979 (RA 2005) for table fans and regulators.
  • Air delivery, temperature rise, leakage current, suspension test, etc.
  • Testing of tubular batteries as per IS 13369:1992 and IS 1651:2013.
  • Testing of VRLA batteries as per IS 15549:2005 and JIS C8702-1.
  • Testing of automotive batteries as per IS 7372:1995.
  • Ah capacity test, ampere hour/watt hour efficiency test, loss of capacity test, and high rate discharge test, etc.
  • Preparing test reports.
  • Maintenance of registers and data as per IS/ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
  • NABL audit-related works as per IS/ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
  • Scrutinization of calibration reports.
  • BEE Check testing activities (Bureau of Energy Efficiency).
  • ILC testing activities (Inter-Laboratory Comparison).
  • Participated in OSHA training (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and related documentation work.

Government Apprentice Trainee

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
03.2013 - 06.2014
  • I am the responsible person for the Equipment Store.
  • Inventory maintenance of machinery equipment.
  • Inventory maintenance of consumable items.
  • Material is being issued to the production team and the maintenance team.
  • Associated vendor follow-up and vendor development.
  • Associated with purchase activities, such as taking quotations, placing purchase orders, and billing.
  • Associated with machinery maintenance.
  • Maintaining 5S.

Diploma Engineering Trainee

Iljin India Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
05.2012 - 03.2013
  • Machine operator on the assembly line.
  • Maintaining 5S.

Education

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

Thanthai Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Government Polytechnic College
01.2012

Skills

  • New product development
  • Product design development & optimization
  • FMEA analysis
  • 8D problem solving
  • Project management
  • Product performance testing and optimization
  • Validation, verification, and commissioning
  • Competitor benchmarking analysis
  • Energy verification testing
  • Test report documentation
  • Bill of material management
  • Standards compliance
  • Quality assurance
  • ASHRAE, IS, IEC, ISO, AS/NZS, JIS, German, and global standards
  • ISO 17025 compliance
  • NABL accreditation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Cross-functional team collaboration
  • R&D lab infrastructure development
  • Internal audit, NABL audit, ISO, and OSHA's
  • Investment budget planning for R&D lab
  • Refrigerator cooling expert
  • Effective communication & leadership
  • Design concepts creation for patent filing

Awards

1. Initiative and Determination, 2. Customer Appreciation, 3. Project Excellent, 4. Spot Award.

Affiliations

1. Patent No: P7660299

Registered date: April 3, 2025

title: blower fan concept

2. Patent No: P7660299

Registered date: April 3, 2025

Title: Blower fan concept

Certification

  • Project management

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Kannada
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Hindi
Beginner
A1

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timeline

Technical Lead (R&D-Refrigerator)

TATA ELXSI Ltd. (for Panasonic Refrigerator R&D)
02.2019 - Current

Cooling- Application Engineer (R&D-Refrigerator)

BSH Household Appliances Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd.
08.2016 - 02.2019

Diploma Engineering Associate (Testing of Refrigerator & Air Conditioner)

Central Power Research Institute
07.2014 - 07.2016

Government Apprentice Trainee

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
03.2013 - 06.2014

Diploma Engineering Trainee

Iljin India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2012 - 03.2013

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

Thanthai Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Government Polytechnic College

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