Dr. Ramachandra Rao B

Experience

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  SRPM

  Aug 1987 - Dec 1989

  Engineer- Production
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  Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

  Jan 1990 - now

  - Management and Leadership of the Research & Development activities at HP Green R&D Center.- Process, design and scale-up of Biofuels, Renewables, Green Hydrogen and Net Zero technologies.- Commericialisation of Products and Technologies.- Developing Patent Portfolios and tailoring IP strategies to ensure efficient IP protection of R&D Assets. • Idea Management Office• PIMS LP based Backcasting of Refinery Operations• PIMS Planning Model Management• Term crude and Spot Crude Evaluation• Crude Assay Management • In-charge of all Process Units in Fuels as well as Lube Oil Base Stocks including 2 crude units, 2 FCCUs (UOP + Exxon) 2 Diesel Hydro-treaters, 3 vacuum distillation units, 3 Lube NMPs, 4 Sulfur Recovery Units (KTI + ORTLOFF), Lube MSDW (EMRE), Light-end units, Hexane Recovery, Propane Recovery, CCR, Prime-G, ISOM, PDU, PDA etc. • Total no. of subordinates, both Engineers and non-Engineers is around 300. • Lead the entire commissioning team of DHT Project consisting of 2.2 MMTPA DHT unit, 2 ORTLOFF SRU trains (65 tpd each), SWSU and ARU.• Commissioned the units in time as per plan without any incident. • Lead the entire pre-commissioning team of DHT Project consisting of 1.8 MMTPA DHT unit, 2 KTI SRU trains, SWSU and ARU.• Coordinated pre-commissioning activities of the units in time as per plan without any incident. • Lead the entire commissioning team of Clean Fuels (Motor Spirit / Gasoline) Project consisting of UOP CCR Platformer, Axens’ Prime-G, Naphtha Hydrotreaters, Axens’ ISOM etc.• Coordinated pre-commissioning and commissioning activities of the units in time as per plan without any single incident. • As a plant manager, operated 3 crude distillation units, 3 vacuum distillation units, Viscosity Breaking Units, Merox units. • Monitored and carried out trouble shooting of DHDS, SRUs, CDUs, FCCUs, MEROX etc. • Actively involved in the study, development and implementation of Advanced Controls and Optimization strategies for CDUs & FCCUs using SetPoint /DMCplus Technologies. • Worked in Oil Movement & Storage as plant in-charge • Operated and monitored DCS controls of Esso-IV FCCU

  • Chief General Manager

    May 2017 - now

  • Chief Manager – Integrated Margin Management

    Apr 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Chief Manager - Operations, Mumbai Refinery

    Apr 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Chief Manager – DHT Project Commissioning, Mumbai Refinery

    Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Chief Manager – DHT Project Commissioning, Vizag Refinery

    Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Senior Manager – Clean Fuels Project Commissioning, Vizag Refinery

    Apr 2007 - Mar 2012

  • Manager – Operations, Vizag Refinery

    Apr 2003 - Mar 2007

  • Deputy Manager –Technical (Process), Vizag Refinery

    Apr 2000 - Mar 2003

  • Senior Engineer –Technical (APC), Vizag Refinery

    Apr 1994 - Mar 2000

  • Engineer – Operations (Production), Vizag Refinery

    Apr 1992 - Mar 1994

  • Engineer –Operations (Production), Vizag Refinery

    Jan 1990 - Mar 1992