Vasanth Praveen Kumar

Experience

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  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

  Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  Student Intern

  Did a course in NDT with on-hand practical experience

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  NDTS India (P) Ltd

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2016

  My Experience as Lead Trainer – Advanced NDT and Welding Inspection:Prepare the Employer Written Practice as per SNT-TC-1A & CP 189 and Conduct training to NDTS employees, outsiders and corporates, then certify them according to SNT-TC-1A & CP 189.Prepare number of Question papers, Training assessments and Answer keys.Prepare Training Course notes, PowerPoint Presentations for different methods/techniques.Provide Preparatory classes for CSWIP 3.1 welding inspector course.Highlights – Training PROVIDED FOR CORPORATES:ICO Asia Pacific, Singapore – PAUT & TOFD L IIRDA (Road Development Agency), Zambia – PAUT & TOFD L IIFlow Technology International, Dubai - PAUT & TOFD L IISA International, Egypt – PAUT & TOFD L IIAFCONS Infrastructure, (Chenab Bridge Project), Jammu & Kashmir – PAUT L IIThermax, Pune – TOFD L IIBureau veritas, Mumbai - PAUT & TOFD L IITraining courses:Familiarization – PAUT & TOFD, Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing, Time of Flight Diffraction, Ultrasonic Testing, Radiography Testing, Eddy Current Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Liquid Penetrant Testing, CSWIP 3.1 - Welding Inspector.Highlights – Trainings UNDERGONE FROM OEM:Zetec, Canada : PAUT & TOFD (Zircon)Olympus, Canada : PAUT & TOFD (Omniscan MX2)Sonatron NDT, England : PAUT & TOFD (VEO, Prisma)M2M, France : PAUT & TOFD, CIVA software (Multi 2000 64x256)Sonotron NDT, Israel : PAUT & TOFD (Isonic 2008, 2009)Vidisco, Israel : Digital Radiography (DDA’s)Intron Plus, Russia : Wire Rope Testing (Intros)Newt Holdings Ltd, UK : ACFM (Lizard M8)SEMINAR/PRESENTATION DELIVERED:Had delivered many Conferences, Lectures, Seminar for many corporate companies and during Exhibitions and also for Engineering College students under the topics PAUT/TOFD and NDT Training and Education. Show less NDT Inspections carried out for various sectors like Nuclear, Power, Refineries, Oil and Gas, Petro chemical, Commercial, Automobile etc. On-site inspection services based on Advanced NDT technologies like o Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT), o Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD), o Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducers (EMAT), o Thermal/Infrared Thermography (IR) o Eddy Current Testing (ECT), o Wire Rope Testing (WRT), o Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM).Components / Job Description: Pipes, Large Vessels, Nozzles, Boiler Drum longitudinal and circumferential seam, Headers, Pressure vessels, Girth weld joints, Girder joints, Extruded Tee Weld, Stripper, Fractionator, rectifier and mounded bullets, Weld Joints Viaduct segments where thickness ranging from 10 mm to 250 mm using PAUT and TOFD techniques.Testing done for Corrosion Mapping with Wheel Probe using PAUT.Testing done on Composite materials and Stainless steel using PAUT. Review, approve, develop and update NDT procedures according to code, standard and client specification.Experience in interpreting ASME Codes (ASME Sec V, VIII, IX) and various Standards.Involved in making UT Probe datasheet using FFT for NDTS make Ultrasonic Probes.Done a Research & Development work for 6 months in 2011 at BHEL Trichy in the “Preparation of Exposure Chart for Titanium Using X-Ray Unit”. Show less

  • Lead Trainer - Advanced NDT & Welding Inspection

    Jul 2014 - Jul 2016

  • QC Inspection Engineer - Advanced NDT (PAUT, TOFD)

    Aug 2011 - Jul 2014
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  Vestas

  Jul 2016 - now

  • Sub Module Owner - Nacelle Cooling & Conditioning

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Engineering NDT Manager

    Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Team Leader - NDT

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2022