Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Hobbies and Interests
Accomplishments
Training
Disclaimer
Timeline
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Krishnaprakash Bhatt

Vadodara,GUJARAT

Summary

Experienced welding and metallurgy professional with over a decade of experience in heavy engineering. Specializing in material evaluation, welding development, and quality assurance for oil & gas, petrochemical, and fertilizer industries. Proven expertise includes reviewing over 50 vendor weld maps, WPS, PQRs, and manufacturing procedures. Leading welding development and heat treatment planning for 200+ projects. Developing 100+ new welding procedures for advanced materials and productivity gains. Conducting failure analysis, material studies, and welding process reviews. Interpreting client specifications from major licensor and identifying critical quality points. Driving innovation in fabrication of exotic materials like titanium and zirconium. Sharing knowledge through continuous internal training sessions.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager – Welding & Metallurgy

Larsen & Toubro Limited – Vadodara Heavy Engineering Works
07.2015 - Current
  • Material Requirement Review, Failure Analysis, Welding Process Review, New material Study for potential business opportunities
  • Reviewed more than 50 Vendor Weld Map, WPS, and PQR and Manufacturing related procedures.
  • Planned & Estimated Welding Consumable for more than 200 projects.
  • Developed more than 100 New Welding procedures covering new material qualification and productivity enhancement.
  • Developed competencies in various aspects of fabrication of Titanium, Zirconium such as welding, forming and Metallurgy.
  • Conducted Knowledge Sharing on Lessons Learned for 4+ years.

Product Development Engineer – Welding

EWAC Alloys Limited
07.2012 - 07.2014
  • Developed Impact-Abrasion Resistant Wear Plates.
  • Developed MCAW wires for hardfacing and robotic welding procedures.
  • Developed cladded plates for safes and safety lockers.
  • Developed nano-technology based MCAW wires and wear plates for high-temperature abrasion resistance.

Education

Master of Engineering - Welding Technology

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara, Gujarat
05.2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology
Vasad, Gujarat
05.2012

MBA -

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, India
08-2025

Skills

  • Goal oriented
  • Creative Thinker

  • Good communication skill
  • Future focused

Hobbies and Interests

Singing, Reading, Sports (Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis), Blogging

Accomplishments

  • Material Expertise: Zirconium, Titanium, Incoloy 800H, Duplex & Super Duplex SS, Austenitic SS (304, 316, 321, 347), Urea grade, Tantalum, Inconel 600/625, Ferritic SS (410S), Carbon Steel, Low alloy steel, Nickel Aluminum Bronze, Aluminum, Hastelloy.
  • Developed Fusion Arc Spot Welding process for Austenitic SS including A-TIG & AA-TIG.
  • Developed double-layer Stellite-6 Hardfacing by PTA welding on Austenitic SS.
  • Developed thin-wall (0.9 mm) Titanium Grade-2 Tube to Tubesheet joint using manual pulsating GTAW.
  • Developed Automatic GTAW process for process plant internals.
  • Developed thin wire (1.2 mm) SAW process for Nickel & Nickel Alloys.
  • Developed Auto-GMAW process for Aluminum Grade 1100.
  • Developed SAW AC Square Wave process for Duplex SS.
  • Developed Laser Beam Welding Overlay of Stellite#6 on Low alloy and Stainless steel.
  • Developed mechanized GTAW process for Tube to Tubesheet joints.

Training

  • Thorough knowledge of ASME BPVC Section II Part A, B, C, Section VIII Div. 1 & 2, IBR-1950, PED/2014/68/EU, and EN standards.
  • Fabrication of TEMA type Heat Exchangers.
  • Fabrication of Titanium and Zirconium Cladded Vessels for PTA Plant.
  • Manufacturing of process plant internals for licensors like ExxonMobil, Shell, IJOP, Axens.

Disclaimer

The above information is correct to the best of my knowledge. Krishnaprakash Bhatt

Timeline

Manager – Welding & Metallurgy

Larsen & Toubro Limited – Vadodara Heavy Engineering Works
07.2015 - Current

Product Development Engineer – Welding

EWAC Alloys Limited
07.2012 - 07.2014

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology

Master of Engineering - Welding Technology

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

MBA -

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Krishnaprakash Bhatt