Vidya Chavan
VP - Academic
A dynamic professional with around 18 years of rich overseas & indigenous experience in leading teams for Power Plant / Oil and Gas / Electric Vehicle Charging Stations projects ensuring business functionality adherence & enhancing competitive advantage.
Excellent in managing design of mechanical services for entire plant with designs encompassing preparation, submission & getting approval of engineering drawings & material submittals.
Skilled in deploying various methodologies to analyze various pipe routing projects, steering modifications to minimize wastages in design and detailed engineering operations, reduce rejection & realize operational efficiencies for the whole organization towards loss management process through quality standards.
Strong relationship management skills with ability to network with project engineers, / external agencies / consultants / clients / suppliers / government agencies with consummate ease for negotiations as well as obtaining necessary licenses & approvals.
Comprehensive experience in erection, testing, commissioning and troubleshooting of numerous Piping Systems; deftness in executing cost saving techniques and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and work within a budget.
Expertise in evaluating bids/tenders and competitive bids for startups, analyzing technical deviations from the tender documents in contractual matters with suppliers and manufacturers for procurement of various equipment & services.
An effective leader with distinguished abilities in recruiting, directing, leading & training cross-functional teams of and Engineers; imparting continuous training for accomplishing greater operational efficiency and achieving operational excellence.