K N RAO

K n rao

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location of K N RAOHyderabad, Telangana, India
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  • Timeline

  • Skills

    Cement
    Design of pollution control systems
    Environment , energy and sustainability audit
    Establishing new business
    International trainer in environment, energy, sustainability, pollution control equipment and climate change
    Negotiation
    Policy advocacy and public affairs
    Procurement
    Project management
    Sales & marketing
    Strategy
    Troubleshooting
  • About me

    A post graduate chemical engineer from IIT Madras with 38+ years of experience. I am a leading authority and industry expert in the field of Air pollution control, Energy efficiency, Renewable energy, Environment and Sustainability. Also have a proven track record in starting , nurturing and consolidating businesses

  • Education

    • Indian institute of technology, madras

      1980 - 1982
      Master of technology - mtech chemical engineering
    • Andhra university

      1975 - 1980
      Bachelor of technology - btech chemical engineering
  • Experience

    • Andhra pradesh heavy machinery and engineering ltd

      Jan 1982 - Jan 1988
      Head application engineering, sale & marketing

      • Design , sales and marketing of the air pollution control systems in collaboration with Environmental elements Corporation , Baltimore USA.• Sales and marketing of heavy machinery, pressure vessels, heat exchangers &dairy equipment.

    • Voltas limited - a tata enterprise

      Jan 1988 - Jan 1993
      Head application engineering, sales & marketing

      • Design & Marketing of Air Pollution Control systems for various industrial sectors like power, steel, cement, Ferrous, Non-Ferrous, pulp & paper, chemicals and refineries in India and abroad.• Successful in obtaining more than 100 projects.

    • Acc limited

      Jan 1993 - Apr 2020

      Sustainability• Development & Implementation of Sustainability strategy and road map Develop SD teams at corporate and plant levels to drive the implementation of SD KPIs as per the road map.• Preparing and release of externally assured SD report / integrated report • Sustainability performance disclosure on global platforms like CDP , UNGC , BRR , CSI , DJSI as well Lafarge Holcim global reporting.• Lead trainer for Lafarge Holcim group in APAC region. Environment• Implementation and enforcement of compliance to Environment Management Systems• Implementation of environment projects for green field and brown field cement plants • Diagnostic & troubleshooting services for pollution control & monitoring systems• Obtaining environment permits from state and central regulators for green field and brown field cement plants, mines.• Periodical Environment Audits and implementing corrective measures to ensure compliance of all the plants and mines.• Environment impact assessment reports for all the projects. • Environment reporting and Advocacy with state and central regulators .Energy:• Driving energy intensity, CO2 intensity and energy cost reduction across all plants while ensuring compliance to RPO and PAT • Implementation of renewable energy and energy intensity reduction projects.• Sourcing of green power bilaterally from a third party on PPA model and conventional power from exchange to reduce the energy costs. Show less

      • Director – Energy, Environment & Sustainability

        Jan 2009 - Apr 2020
      • Vice President, Air Pollution Control business

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2009
      • Head Application Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Air Pollution Control Systems

        Jan 1993 - Jan 2000
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • American design and manufacturing of dry/wet esps, bag houses and scrubbers for all industries

      Environmental elements corporation(eec)
    • European design and manufacturing of dry esps, bag houses and scrubbers for all industries

      Hamon research cottrell
    • Leadership development program

      Iim calcutta
    • Strategic marketing

      Xlri jamshedpur
    • Senior leadership development program

      Imd
    • Design & manufacturing of gas cooling systems

      Lechler gmbh
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Chairman for PAT Normalization Committee for cement sector -
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Co Chair for Environment and Climate working group- WBCSD CSI India -
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Co chair for CII-Green Cement tech -
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Co-Chairman for BEE-PAT technical committee under Ministry of Power -
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Core committee member on Environment, Energy & Sustainability of CII, FICCI, PHD Chamber of Commerce, IMC, CII-WR -
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Managing Committee member of Bombay Chamber of Commerce, CII GBC(Hyderabad) -
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      National corporate sustainability award CII-ITC
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Represented government of India in COP 21, Paris - Presented India's low carbon road map for cement sector
    • Awarded to K N RAO
      Top 10 Sustainability Champions of India -