Anil Kumar Pillai Email and Phone Number

In my current role I advise Companies like M/s Premji Invest in the Industrial space on the following.1) Strategic Planning & Risk Mitigation2)Business Process Improvements 3) Cost Leadership & Safety

As CEO of the Company I had the privilege of turning around a loss making Company to Profitability. Few of the important initiatives taken is listed for your information and perusal.1) Reduced Variable Costs by around 18% .2) Reduced electrical energy consumption by around 30% due to which JSW Cement received the Bureau Of Energy Efficiency award for 2016 for the Cement Sector.3) Improved Product Quality and Brand Perception.Improved Product pricing. 4) Rationalised marketing cost thereby saving around 10% of the marketing spend. Also Increased sales productivity which in turn help us control our marketing staff spends.5) Increased the Blended Cement ratio from 45% to around 90% .6)Reduced Logistic Costs by rationalisation of dumps/ modes/routes.7) Operated the Cement Grinding RollerPress in the Finish Mode a first in the world thereby improving product quality and reducing variable costs.As a consequence of the above actions the EBIDTA per ton increased from Rs 25 in the FY 13-14 to Rs 900 in the FY 16-17. EBIDTA as a percentage of sales was ranging between 19% on the lower side to 23% on the higher side.The absolute EBIDTA figures also increased from Rs 45 crores in FY 13-14 to Rs 315 crores in the FY 16-17.8) During this period the Company undertook a large capacity expansion by adding 4 units of 1.2 million tons per annum at various locations in South and East India thereby increasing the installed capacity to 12.0 million tons .One grinding unit of 1.2 million tons per annum capacity was constructed and commissioned in a record time of 15 months .At the end I would like to state that none of the above could have been possible without the backing of a motivated and energetic team of professional who wanted to do the Impossible.

Head of Manufacturing function at Kuwait Cement . Commissioned a new 3.3 Million Tons per annum clinkerising unit that was supplied by FLS.By carrying out Process Optimisation the plant's Cement production was increased by around 20% ie by around 2000 tons per day . This was achieved without the Company making any investment in new plant and machinery.Helped the plant to improve run factor ,improve energy efficiency ,reduce manufacturing cost thereby improving the Company's profitability .

As Executive President of UTCL Tadipatri I was responsible for Tadipatri Cement Unit, Arrakonam Grinding Unit, Ginigera Grinding Unit, and the Cement Bulk Terminal at Hyderabad. Total cement capacity under my charge was around 11million tons per annum.During my tenure I successfully commissioned the 10000TPD clinkerising unit helped reduce manufacturing cost to one of the lowest in the Company by implementing Process Optimisation and manpower rationalisation.

During this period I was the Unit Head of Grasim Industries largest Cement unit located at Malkhed which had a clinkerising Capacity of around 4.2 Million tons per annum and a cement capacity of around 7.0 million tons per annum. I was instrumental in increasing the plants clinkerising capacity by around 25% without any investment by carrying out the debottlenecking / process optimisation. Thermal and Electrical consumption was reduced by around 10% resulting in substantial cost savings.

During the above period i was instrumental in ensuring that the Company which was perrinneally loss making became profitable and came out of BIFR due to which it was merged with M/s Ultratech Ltd. The following initiatives helped us achieve the desired results 1) Process Optimisation led the plant to improve the clinkerising capacity from 3300tpd to 4500tpd and also reduction in Thermal and electrical consumption.2) Improving the plant run factor from 250 days to 330days of continuous operations.3) Reduced the Company's workforce from 1200 nod to 150nos ( Workmen + Officer's & Supervisors)The above initiatives took six months to fructify and from the seventh month onwards the plant started breaking even.Due to the success achieved in turning around the Company , I was awarded the Chairman's Award for Outstanding Contribution in the year 2005.

I was Head of Operations of Gujarat Cement Works.Carried out plant Optimisation due to which the plants clinkerising capacity was increased from 6000tpd to 7500 tpd.Reduced Thermal consumption from 700kcal/kg to 680kcal/kgReduced variable and fixed costs.Developed Systems to export +55 C3S clinker to the Middle East. (Conforming to ASTM standard)Developed Systems for export of Cement to Srilanka ( conforming to SLS standards)

As Head of Production & Quality Control established the production potential of the India's largest Cement plant.As head of Commissioning team commissioned the second clinkerising unit at Awarpur in the year 1988 with a Capacity of 3850 TPD.Developed Process standards for producing OPC 53grade Cement and IRS -T40 cement for Railways and high strength PPC Cements.As Head of Production was responsible for maintaining Variable Cost to benchmark levels.Carried out the first Project in Indian for increasing the plant capacity from 1.2million tons per annum of clinker to 1.5 million tons per annum of clinker by Process Optimisation and asset sweating.