Alok Nayar

Experience

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  Tata Motors

  Jun 1979 - May 1981

  Graduate Engineer

  Prepared material supply specifications and heat treatment process sheets.

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  Tata Steel

  Jul 1983 - Jul 1985

  Product Development Engineer

  •Tested vacuum degassed and continuously cast steels.•Organized training on “Continuous Casting of Steel” on behalf of “The Indian Institute of Metals – The Iron and Steel Division”•Analyzed “Defects in Continuously Cast Steels – Their Causes and Remedies”

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  Escorts Limited

  Aug 1985 - Oct 2015

  General Manager

  •Selection and approval of metallic materials and processes for tractor components.•Component material standardization.•Preparation of Escorts and Indian Standards on metallic materials.•Component cost reduction through material and processes substitution.•Testing of raw materials and components.•Failure analysis of tractor components.•Steel source approval•Implementation of ISO 9001, ISO 11799, ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC 17025 and 5S.•Internal audit of the quality management system.•Specialist advice to Design, Quality Assurance, Production, Materials and Vendors in the area of Metallurgy.•Creation of the Escorts Digital Library.•Creation of the Escorts E-Learning Centre.•Training of design engineers in the area of metallurgy, selection of materials for components, ISO 9001, DFMEA and 5S.•Creation of a paperless Record Room.•Creation of Electronic Document Control Systems for Engineering and Administrative Processes.•Improve quality of service in the area of maintenance and housekeeping.•Waste reduction. Show less

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  The Metals Information Company

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2023

  Principal Consultant

  1) Metallurgical consulting.2) Imparting training on metallurgy of cast iron and steel, and testing of metals.3) Value engineering.4) Quality management.

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  ASM International

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2023

  Editor, Alloy Digest