Professional Profile
Professional Overview
Superannuated as Group General Manager and Head of Materials & Corrosion Section, IEOT after 35 years of service in ONGC. He has executed, coordinated, and supervised more than 200 projects on various aspects of corrosion, including material selection, failure analysis, paint & coating, MIC, CP, corrosion monitoring, and corrosion audit.
Publications and Contributions
He has published and presented more than 100 papers and has contributed to the editing of three books:
- Internal Corrosion of Pipelines – Published by Narosa Publications
- Corrosion Case Studies – Published by NACE International Gateway India Section
- Learning from Failure Case Studies – Published by ONGC
He also wrote a chapter titled “Petroleum fluids properties and production schemes: Effect on Corrosion” in the book Trends In Oil and Gas Corrosion Research and Technologies: Production and Transmission, published by Elsevier.
Patents
He is a co-inventor of three patents awarded in the USA and Canada and has five patent applications pending in India.
Teaching and Awards
He has served as a faculty member in several corrosion courses in the oil and gas industry. He has received multiple prestigious awards, including:
- NIGIS Meritorious Contribution Award – 2016
- Corrosion Awareness Award – 2000
- NCCI Meritorious Contribution Award – 2016
