Expertise:• Work experience on Heat treatment of steel, Foundry, Electric Arc Melting, Metallurgical process control,corrosion engineering, surface engineering, including paints & coating especially related with Railway components, Alternative materials for Indian Railways like composite, rubber , polymer, bio-diesel etc besides the uses of regular conventional materials and Railway business• Familiar with the rules and regulations applicable for Rail Business in India.• Collaborated with different international agencies and visited countries like China, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Spain etc in connection with different projects of the Indian Railways• Knowledge in procedures for development, standardization & implementation of new materials in Indian Railways • In-depth working experience in steel foundry (specially related to Railway products) & heat treatment• Special work in the field of end forging of asymmetric rail• Associated with different national agencies & academic institutions like NML Jamshedpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Khargpur, IIT Roorkee, BHU Varanasi etc. in connection with different research projects for Indian railways.Major Contributions:Tata Steel Ltd ( New Materials Business):• Developing a new team in the Rail business sector, initiation of the business from the scratch, bringing the business to a state of progressive growth, outlining a future growth strategy Indian Railways:• Development of Micro-alloyed wheels for LHB Coaches • Development of Composite development Center in RDSO• Development of Fire Testing Lab & Standardization of Fire retardant materials for Indian Railways• Standardization of different composite & Polymeric materials for the coaches of Indian Railways• Standardization of specification for end forging of asymmetric rail
