Indian Oil Corporation Limited (India's largest state owned oil and gas company, Maharatna central public sector undertaking under the Government of India) | Panipat

Process Engineer

• Commercial Strategy & Cost Optimization
• Governed a ₹130 Cr annual procurement portfolio across 35+ chemicals through SAP workflows, delivering 10% savings against estimate through internal cost estimation, competitive tendering and techno-commercial negotiation with bidders.
• Created ~₹1 Cr in annual incremental waste-to-revenue transformation by identifying buyers for three byproduct streams, validating specifications and securing commercial agreements.
• Delivered ₹50L one-time savings and avoided ~6 months procurement lead time by redeploying redundant pumps, while generating ₹20L annual savings by substituting an internal waste stream instead of an alternative solution.
• Owned planning for ~₹78 Cr annual chemical spends through monthly material balances, RE/BE budgeting, and quarterly stock verification, establishing consumption and cost baselines for annual operating plans.
• Mentored 4+ new engineers into procurement and plant operations, guiding cost estimation, specification preparation and SAP purchase workflows to accelerate their independent readiness.
• Strategic Project Leadership & Stakeholder Management
• Strengthened design assurance for ₹36,225 Cr Panipat Refinery Expansion Project by reviewing engineering designs, safety studies and 3D models across 5+ process units, identifying 100+ process, operability, and maintainability gaps.
• Secured 95% acceptance of 100+ design observations across 5+ process units by influencing licensors and EPCM/LSTK partners, carrying the accepted changes through to issued-for-construction drawings.
• Commissioned ₹1,738 Cr of first-of-their-kind biofuel units, driving Asia’s first 2G Ethanol unit to 60% throughput in 18 months and IOCL’s first 3G Ethanol unit to 40% in 24 months, resolving start-up constraints.
• Secured zero schedule impact by coordinating 3 global technology partners across France and the US, navigating ministry approvals and site clearances for uninterrupted project execution.
• Coordinated launch readiness for ₹984 Cr first-of-its-kind project, aligning refinery, ministry and external stakeholders to deliver the Prime Minister-led inauguration against a fixed deadline.
• Performance Improvement & Value Creation
• Owned ₹4 Cr process package end to end, resolving a critical operational bottleneck through vendor selection, procurement, installation, safety reviews and trials, achieving ~85% of the removal efficiency.
• Developed 50+ process modifications using CHEMCAD / PRO-II based simulation across the multiple process units to eliminate recurring bottlenecks, thereby cutting unplanned downtime by 50%.
• Designed and enforced quality-inspection controls across 30+ process chemicals, validating COA and tender-specification compliance with Quality Control and other internal teams, preventing 10+ off-spec batches from entering operations.
• Built the business case for a steam-availability fix by modelling 3 options using simulation tools and selecting a 3-km pipeline reusing redundant infrastructure, executed over three weeks and cutting trial downtime from steam failures by 100%.

Reliance Industries Limited (A Fortune 500 company and the largest private sector corporation in India) | Patalganga, Navi Mumbai

Graduate Engineer Trainee

• Led a 4-member frontline operations team during routine and shutdown activities, ensuring zero safety incidents and permit violations through structured task allocation, field supervision, and SOP compliance.
• Sustained 95% uptime and zero quality deviations across three 24×7, 40 tonnes/day Continuous Polymerization units via Distributed Control System monitoring-led fault resolution with quality, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation teams.
• Averted a 2-day shutdown, ~80 tonnes of finished-product loss and ~₹12 lakh revenue impact by diagnosing and executing time-critical corrective action during unit-wide operational failure.
• Strengthened risk management across process units, issuing 100+ SAP based work permits for high-risk jobs, assessing site hazards and ensuring zero permit violations and delays during operations and planned shutdowns.

• Secured Gold Medal as Chemical Engineering departmental topper at MANIT Bhopal (2016–20) and AIR 28 in GATE Chemical Engineering 2021, demonstrating academic excellence and strong analytical aptitude at national level.
• Promoted to Process Engineer within 9 months, 25% faster than the standard 12-month Graduate Apprentice Engineer timeline, with Excellent rating for accelerated performance readiness.
• Earned “Outstanding” appraisal rating for two consecutive years, FY24 and FY25, as a Process Engineer, demonstrating sustained performance excellence, execution ownership, and delivery across initiatives.
• Contributed to a team selected from hundreds of ideas across Indian Oil’s refineries to present a 2G Ethanol byproduct initiative at India Energy Week 2026, Goa, highlighting waste to value innovation and revenue generation potential.
• Accelerated operational readiness through Reliance Industries’ Competency Assurance System (CAS), assuming independent charge in the Continuous Polymerization unit within 3 months, reducing the standard 6-month training timeline by 50%.

• B. Tech (Chemical Engineering), Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal

• KPMG - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
• BCG - Introduction to Strategy Consulting Job Simulation
• CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun - Petroleum Refining Technology

• Core Committee Member, Profile Committee, PGPX, IIM Ahmedabad - Contributed to shaping and managing external branding, cohort representation, and stakeholder engagement for one of India’s most prestigious MBA programs.
• Events & Competitions Cell Head, Optima - Operations Club, IIM Ahmedabad - Led end-to-end planning and execution of flagship events and competitions, enhancing student engagement.
• Served as Event Coordinator for the Street Play Society - Ae se Aenak, MANIT and Think India MANIT Chapter, supporting event execution, communication, and student engagement initiatives.
• Supported end to end campus placements as a Training & Placement Student Volunteer at the Training & Placement Cell, MANIT Bhopal, assisting in overall coordination, documentation, and process execution during the 2018-19 placement cycle.