• 22 years of rich experience in Electrical maintenance in Hot Rolling mills ( Both Flat & Long products ) , Cold Rolling mills, Oxygen Plant in different Steel plants in India & overseas.( Bokaro Steel Plant & Rourkela Steel Plant in India, Ajaokuta Steel Company in Nigeria and Libyan Iron & Steel Company in Libya)• 9 years of rich experience in Projects from design engineering to erection , testing , commissioning & stabilization of a Greenfield project of Oxygen plant and a Brownfield project of upgradation of Controls & drives in all the units of Cold Rolling Mill complex (Rourkela Steel Plant )and addition of HR Slitter & HR & GP Cut to Length lines in Cold Rolling units and a 2X100TPD Lime Plant projects of Uttam Value Steel ( unit of Uttam Galva at Wardha)• 2 years experience in Electrical Testing & Commissioning of different equipments in Hot & Cold Rolling mills (Bokaro Steel Plant )• 2 years experience in Reactivation & Stabilization of Bar mill & Wire Rod mill for commercial production (Ajaokuta Steel Company,Nigeria)• 2 years experience in Operation of Hot Strip Mill and Bar & Wire Rod Mills (Nigeria & Libya ) . • 5 months experience in automation projects from designing, fabrication,erection & commissioning in small and medium scale industries.• 7 months experience as Project Incharge at Avon Steel & Power Ltd.,Ludhiana. Did a project of Reheating furnance alongwith Coal Gasifiers.• 3 years experience as Senior General Manager (Projects) in Uttam Value Steel Ltd., Wardha ( Uttam Galva group company) in Cold Rolling mills & Lime plant projects.
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Senior General Manager ProjectsUttam Value Steels Ltd (Uttam Galva Group) Oct 2012 - Aug 2015Wardha,Maharashtra,IndiaHave installed HR Slitting Line, Cut-to-Length Lines, Box Annealing furnance and EOT Cranes ,GPCTL & GP Slitter in Cold Rolling Mills . Handled project of Lime Plant with 2X350 TPD Kilns .
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Projects InchargeAvon Steel & Power Ltd Dec 2011 - Sep 2012Ludhiana , India• Done a project of Coal Gasifier and Reheating furnance at Avon Steel & Power Ltd, Hot Rolling Mill, Ludhiana• Reheating furnance with Regenerative burner technology using cold & clean gas produced from double stage Gasifiers
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General Manager ProjectsAutomation Systems (Si Of Schneider Electric) Apr 2011 - Aug 2011Ludhiana• Entrusted with overall responsibility of system integration projects.• Led engineering & execution teams• Freezing of requirements, preparation of drawings & Bill of materials• Fabrication of panels, testing,. Erection & commissioning• Monitoring of all the electrical & automation projects• Automation projects covered various industries like paper,textile, tyre, steel, sugar, machine builders etc.
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General Manager (Rolling Mills)Global Steel Holding Ltd (Ispat Group) Jul 2008 - Oct 2010Libya• Posted at LISCO, Misurata,Libya site in July 2008 as GM (Electrical) - Was Heading Electrical & Automation team of entire Steel complex till Feb’2009- Was responsible for improvement in production, maintenance systems and development of local staff- Handled successfully repair of 45 MVA, 30 KV ,Arc Furnance transformer insitu. • Worked as GM ( Rolling Mills) from Feb’2009 till Oct’2010-Was responsible for improvement in production , quality & systems of Bar mills & Wire Rod Mill. Production in Bar Mills and Wire Rod Mill was improved by 15 % over previous period.-Was responsible for improvement in production, maint. systems, quality of HR Coils and development of local staff. Production & quality of HR Coils significantly improved. First Half yearly average production in 2010 was highest since inception. Many improvements done in Maintenance management system.
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General Manager (Maintenance)Global Steel Holding Ltd ( Ispat Group) Dec 2004 - Apr 2008Nigeria• Entrusted with the responsibility of reactivation & stabilization of Bar mill and Wire Rod mill which were down for past 10 years.• These Rolling mills were reactivated, stabilized and commercial production started • New Straightening machines were installed & commissioned.• Both Rebars and Wire Rods were certified by SON ( Standards of Nigeria).• Both products were exported to neighbouring countries as well.• Operation & Maintenance systems were streamlined.• Managed administration & development of local staff.
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Deputy General ManagerSteel Authority Of India Ltd Oct 1989 - Dec 2004Rourkela Steel Plant• Was selected in Core Group for Modernisation of SAIL plants and posted at Rourkela Steel Plant as Manager in 1989. • Was responsible as a part of 3 member team for Greenfield project of Air Separation Plant ( 2X180 TPD) producing Oxygen,Nitrogen & Argon . Handled the project from ground zero to Commissioning & stabilizing with full involvement in design engg., interface with Consultants , Contractors and Vendors, staff selection & development, erection, testing, commissioning, performance guarantee tests, stabilizing , rated production with quality , developing systems and finally maintaining the plant for 4 years• Worked as Head of Heavy Maintenance( Electrical) deptt. for 2 years and was responsible for dismantling, assembly, alignment of large motors in all units of this integrated Steel plant. • Worked as Deputy General Manager & Head of Section of Electrical Maintenance of Cold Rolling Mill complex for 5 years. This complex has two Pickling lines, a Tandem mill, a Reduction mill, Batch & Continuous Annealing lines, two Skin Pass Mills, two Shearing lines, Electro-Tinning line and two Galvanising lines.• Handled a Brownfield project of automation & replacement MG Sets with Digital drives in all the units of Cold Rolling Mill complex. -
Deputy ManagerSteel Authority Of India Limited Aug 1975 - Oct 1989Bokaro Steel Plant• Worked in Electrical Maintenance section of Hot Strip Mill for 12 years upto Deputy Manager level. Handled all type of electrical equipments in this mill viz. AC/DC drives, HT/LT AC/DC motors, Switchgears & MCCs, Control and Automation systems, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Utilities, EOT Cranes etc.• Worked as Asstt.Divisional Engineer in Electrical Testing & Commissioning Group and commissioned a no. of DC drives, LT/HT motors in Hot Strip Mill and Cold Rolling Mills from 1975-1977.
Rakesh Handa Education Details
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Guru Nanak Engg.College,Ludhiana (Punjab)Honours
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