Ms. Nivedita Sarma Bhattacharyya – Professional Profile

Current Role

Ms. Nivedita Sarma Bhattacharyya is currently serving as the General Manager and Head of the Cathodic Protection (CP) department at Specialist Material and Maintenance Services (SMMS), Engineers India Ltd (EIL), New Delhi, India.

Professional Experience

With more than 32 years of experience, Ms. Bhattacharyya has worked across various disciplines, including Heat and Mass Transfer, Process & Instrumentation, Costing, Project Planning & Construction, and SMMS. She is regarded as one of the subject matter experts in the field of corrosion control, particularly in Cathodic Protection, serving industries such as oil & gas, offshore & onshore pipelines, platform structures, jetty structures, process & fertilizer plants, OIL caverns, nuclear power plants, and infrastructure projects.

Certifications and Leadership Roles

Ms. Bhattacharyya is a certified CP engineer from AMPP (Formerly NACE), Houston, USA. She holds the position of General Secretary at AMPP India (North Zone section) and is an active member of AMPP USA and ICORR Europe. She is also a technical committee member of CORCON, Asia’s largest corrosion conference.

Contributions and Involvement

She has played an instrumental role in resolving issues and evolving policies and standard regulations for organizations such as AMPP (USA), OISD, PNGRB, ASME, ILZDA, CHT, and TWI (Europe), among others.

Publications and Recognition

Ms. Bhattacharyya has authored multiple technical papers, presenting and publishing them in national and international conferences and journals. Her excellent contributions to structural integrity have earned her numerous awards from organizations such as GAIL, NCCI-CSIR CECRI, IPTF, CHT, IOCL, and OIL.

Awards and Honors

In 2021, she was honored with the NIGIS Award for Excellence in Corrosion Science and Technology by NACE International India Gateway Section (NIGIS) in Mumbai.