Structural Engineer

Senior Engineering Professional

I had worked with Saipem, Technip in Europe, Middle East & Indonesia on a broad range of projects both in the Europe, Africa and South East Asia; previous projects include: the design of large offshore template type structures, Pipelines, Subsea Structures and for the Upstream Oil & Gas industry, design of Power, Petrochemical, Onshore Oil & Gas plants in India, Middle East, Europe, Africa, South America and South East Asia. Prior to start working for Aker Solutions, I was the Lead Structural/Pipeline Engineer with Arup Energy, Saipem & PT Technip, Indonesia working for clients like BP, Conoco Philips and Total. I am conversant with offshore packages like SACS, SESAM and ASAS and has done numerous analysis for offshore structures like various in-service related structural analyses such as in place with dynamic response, Eigen-value, wave response, spectral fatigue and pushover, various installation related structural analyses viz., lifting, load-out, transportation, floatation, upending, on-bottom stability, mud mat design and pile drivability. My main experience is in structural and pipeline engineering, but during my career I had worked on and led a wide variety of projects in the sectors of offshore Industry, Oil & Gas Plants, Coal, Diesel and Nuclear based Power Plants in the capacity of Engineering Manager and QA Manager. I have lived and worked in India, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia.

Qualifications  MSc(ICM), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2005  BEng, (Structural Engineering), Annamalai University, 1989

Professional Associations Member Institution of Engineers, India (MIE) Member of American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) (No: 498356) Adjunct Associate Professor (external) in Indian Institute of Technology Madras since 2009 (Lecture on call basis)

Other Skills  ISO 9000 trained Auditor (External & Internal).  Certified PRIMAVERA user  SACS / SESAM / STAAD Trainer  Professionally trained & experienced in Value Engineering Methods & submitted papers and presented seminars.  Organised training sessions for Junior Engineers on Various aspects of offshore/onshore Engineering Design and applications