Sudhir Mhetre - Consultant – Apex Consultants, Mumbai

Education/Qualifications

A Chemical Engineer from Mumbai, India passed in 1984.

Additional qualifications include Computer Management from Ahmedabad and AMIE in Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

Professional Affiliations:

Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Kolkata, India.

Over 23 years experience in the field of water treatment industry.

Major work experience (more than 15 years) in Ion Exchange India Ltd., a renowned Company in the field of water treatment in India.

Was trained at US Filter-Permutit and US Filter-Polymetrics in 1995 in connection with the technologies such as Reverse Osmosis, Condensate Polishing and other related technologies purchased by Ion Exchange (I) Ltd.

Was trained at Romicon BV at Holland and Germany in 1991 in Ultra-filtration technology.

Experience in water treatment industry in Project Engineering, erection, commissioning, troubleshooting, design and engineering, Computerization, ISO 9000 aspects.

Project related experience

Was involved in the design, project engineering and successful completion of projects for pharmaceutical industries such as Lupin Laboratories, Yash Pharmaceuticals in India.

Was involved in the design, project engineering and successful completion of projects for National Fertilisers Limited, Guna and Faridabad Thermal Power Station, Faridabad, Haryana in the field of Demineralisation Plant, Condensate Polishing & Pre-treatment of Water as well as Chlorination of Effluent Water.

Was involved in project engineering and successful completion of projects involving Reverse Osmosis/ DM plants for various medium scale Automobile Industries, Iron & Steel Mills, Textile Mills, Hotels in the capacity of Project Manager/Engineer.

Exposure to Quality Assurance Systems

Was the Head of Design Engineering Dept, in Ion Exchange (I) Ltd having an annual

sales turnover of over Rs. 100 crores when the Division received ISO 9001 (1994)

certificate in February 1998.

For the above, was involved in the effort in terms of creating awareness, formulating

the Quality Policy, effectively conducting the Management Review meetings as the

internal auditor, participating in pre-assessment and certification audits, and in effective follow up and proper implementation.

Publications

Has presented a number of technical papers in various seminars and conducted a

number of training sessions.