Bishan Debnath

Bishan Debnath

Impact-driven professional with cross-sector experience in automotive quality assurance and renewable energy. Skilled in strategizing and implementing digital transformation to modernize legacy operations, and in delivering commercial and industrial solar energy solutions. Proficient in leading cross-functional teams and fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Work Experience:

4.6 Years

Industry:

Aviation & Automotive | Energy & Utilities

Function:

Data Science & Analytics | Engineering & Maintenance | Project & Program Management

Work Experience

Maruti Suzuki India Limited | Gurugram, Haryana

 

  • Assistant Manager, Digitalization (Quality Assurance Vertical)
    • Led 16+ digitalization initiatives integrating emerging tech with domain operations, boosting process efficiency and reducing costs across QA divisions. Enabled 250 man-hour savings/month, leading to faster defect resolution by deploying a supplier quality analysis platform, integrating 20+ datasets and 18 KPIs.
    • Led pilot on lifecycle analysis, delivering a carbon accounting platform to identify emission hotspots across MSIL plants and value chain stakeholders.
    • Saved 550 man-hours annually and reduced reliance on external teams by developing a transformation pipeline to democratize big data analysis by summarizing millions of rows into actionable spreadsheets.
    • Derived 2 new KPIs to monitor and enhance the adoption and utilization of deployed digital projects. Automated the KPI reporting process, removing dependency on 6 resources for KPI reporting.
    • Facilitated digital upskilling by organizing emerging tech webinars and analytics hackathons, driving innovation and engaging 100+ participants across 5+ annual events. Formulated 20+ GenAI use-cases across QA by leading design thinking sessions

       

Tata Power Renewables Engineering Ltd, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
 

  • Lead Engineer, Engineering (Solar Rooftops)
    • Engineering lead for key accounts (NIFTY 50, multinational OEMs, govt, and non-profit clients); supported BD teams, evaluated new business prospects, and strengthened business relations. Delivered ₹150 Cr revenue by winning competitive bids of 40+ MWp worth Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar projects.
    • Achieved feasibility of an 8 MW (₹30 Cr+) solar project by implementing a novel IEC/IS-compliant inverter mounting solution. Consistently controlled project design-driven costs to <1% by collaborating with client and internal stakeholders during execution planning.
    • Recommended improvements with an estimated ~20% cost reduction for up to 300 kWp projects by assessing 5 MWp+ sites across North India.
    • Enabled 43% Turn-Around-Time reduction (7 to 3 days) by fostering AI assisted design tool adoption among channel partners.
    • Contributed to a 35% Turn-Around-Time reduction in B2C projects by addressing design queries and upskilling 55+ channel sales executives. Prepared PVSyst (simulation tool) SOP, improved design docs, maintained knowledge repository, and supported CFT for equipment design approvals.
Accomplishments
  • Appreciation for filing four copyrights, Contribution to copyrights filing, Maruti Suzuki’s IP meet (Maruti Suzuki)
  • Platinum Award, CII National Competition on Digitalisation Robotics and Automation 9th Edition (CII, Feb 2024)
  • Quarterly Rewards & Recognition – Q1 FY 2023-24 (Maruti Suzuki), Illuminous Award – Q3 FY 2021-22 (Tata Power Solar)
  • Publication: “Active Upper Arm Exoskeleton – Design and Kinematic Analysis”, IEEE Region 10 Symposium (2019)
Education
  • B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) – Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
Certification
  • Machine Learning Specialization, Coursera (Stanford University and DeepLearning.AI)
  • Driving business towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Coursera (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  • Data Analytics for Business Decision Making, All India Management Association (AIMA)
Extra-curricular
  • Vertical Head (Auto/ Aviation/ Manufacturing) - IIMA Placement Committee
  • Photography, Photographer for Voice of PGPX LinkedIn page (IIMA)
  • Photography, Photographs showcased during internal exhibitions (Maruti Suzuki)
  • Videography and Co-director, Theme song, Quality Conclave (Maruti Suzuki)
  • Event Coordinator – Instruo 2018, Annual Tech fest (IIEST)
  • Research Assistant, School of Mechatronics and Robotics (IIEST)
  • Mentored ASME HPVC (Human Powered Vehicle Challenge) Team of IIEST Shibpur (IIEST)
  • Team Head, Roll-cage Design SAE IIEST Chapter (IIEST Shibpur)
  • Represented IIEST Shibpur at BAJA SAE India 2018 (ATV Design Competition)