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K AJEY KUMAR SHETTY

K AJEY KUMAR SHETTY

Section Head Annealing Operations & Capex Projects
Mangaluru

Summary

Experienced leader with a strong background in team management and departmental oversight, ensuring seamless operations and consistent goal achievement. Skilled in strategic planning and process optimization to drive operational efficiency. Proven ability to operate in multi-functional roles across Operations and Maintenance, with a deep understanding of cross-functional collaboration and alignment.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Section Head Annealing Furnace & Lead Capex Projects-DIP

Vedanta- ESL Steel Limited
01.2022 - Current
  • Handling Annealing Furnace operations
  • Leading Sustaining Capex projects for the Business Unit
  • Digitalization Project Owner: Deployment of Historian, Image feedback-based Pipe counting Mechanism & Digital Twin for DIP
  • BU Permit to Work Champion
  • AO Module Owner for Improvement Process Application


Shift Manager - Casting Operations DI Pipes

Vedanta- ESL Steel Limited
12.2020 - 01.2022
  • Focused on Casting operations, Volume, Quality control & Performance improvement.

GET- Shift In-charge Utility & EOT Cranes

Vedanta- ESL Steel Limited
12.2019 - 12.2020
  • Maintenance of Pump House, Air Compressors, Dedusting Systems & EOT Cranes.

Education

MTech - Digital Manufacturing

BITS Pilani
01.2025

B.E - Mechanical

University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
01.2019

12th - Science-PCMB

Sainik School Kodagu
01.2015

Skills

Process Improvement Strategies

Interests

Team Sports: Football- University Level Tournaments (College Football Team: 2016-2019), Hockey- Zonal Level (2015), Athletics: Track Running & High Jump, Badminton - Club, NCC- B Certificate, Portrait Sketching

Awards & Accomplishments

  • CEO Kitty Award FY22 Q2 – Achievement in Highest production in a Shift 276MT
  • Recognized as Technical Star of Business – 2021 for exemplary work in DI Operations.
  • CEO Kitty Award FY23 Q2 – Inhouse Commissioning of Centrifugal Casting Machine.
  • Product Performance & Quality Improvement. Annual Incremental EBITDA: 108$/MT.
  • CEO Kitty Award FY24 Q1 – Type Test Machine Installation & Commissioning for Product Export Order.
  • CEO Kitty Award FY25 Q4 - Best Achieved Quarterly Rejection: 4.95% & Yield: 95.1%
  • “Par Excellence Award” for Safety SGA Project – “Movable Mother-ladle System for Hot Metal Safety” at 32nd CQCC Organized by Quality Circle Forum of India
  • Attended MAS ExCo session with Vice chairman as recognized young leader.
  • Selected in Chairman's EOI Outcome: V Desire initiative. Role Enhancement as Section Head Annealing Furnace
  • Other Major Projects: Rotary Hook Installation in Hot metal Handling EOT Crane, Screw feeder system for Mould Powder, Team Member for Inhouse Chimney Fabrication & Installation, Digital Camera based Pipe tracking mechanism, Revamping of Waste Heat Recovery Recuperator Box.

Timeline

Section Head Annealing Furnace & Lead Capex Projects-DIP

Vedanta- ESL Steel Limited
01.2022 - Current

Shift Manager - Casting Operations DI Pipes

Vedanta- ESL Steel Limited
12.2020 - 01.2022

GET- Shift In-charge Utility & EOT Cranes

Vedanta- ESL Steel Limited
12.2019 - 12.2020

MTech - Digital Manufacturing

BITS Pilani

B.E - Mechanical

University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering

12th - Science-PCMB

Sainik School Kodagu
K AJEY KUMAR SHETTYSection Head Annealing Operations & Capex Projects