Mr. Rajendra Deshmukh
Chief Mentor
Something About Me...
Mr Rajendra Deshmukh is the Chief Mentor at Nalanda Business Associates. He guides the team on strategies for growth, client management, quality and organizational development.
A manufacturing industry veteran and accomplished leader with over 35 years of experience. He retired as General Manager from Godrej and Boyce Ltd . He is a Mechanical Engineer from COEP, Pune and has attended several programs with IIM Ahmedabad, Royal Peacock, various national and international conferences.
He is an avid reader and a “life long student” as he often quotes.
Educational Background
- Graduation: B.E (Mechanical)
- Grade: 1st class
- Collage: Collage of Engineering Pune
- Year of passing: Jun 1974
Work Experience
| Company | Place | Position last held | Date | Experience | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | ||||
| Victor Gasket | Nashik | Shop floor engineer | Jun 1974 | Mar 1975 | 10 mts |
| Godrej & Boyce Mfg.Co.Ltd | Mumbai | General manager | Apr 1975 | Nov 2005 | 30 yrs |
Training Sessions Attended
- Programme on manufacturing management and policy at IIM (Ahmedabad).
- Managerial & organizational effectiveness
- National productivity council PERT & CPM
- Seminar on project management book of knowledge (PMBOK).
- New frontiers in project management
- ISO 10006 quality in project management
- Overview of Theory Of Constraint
- Program on business excellence by Roy Peacock
- 2nd international conference on total cost management
- “War on waste” for world class mfg
- Implementation of process approach in manufacturing to become globally competitive.
- Workshop on contract labour & law
Achievements
- Involved in Establishment and Development of Precision Equipment Division
- Only division in Godrej producing non-standard, client/consultant designed product. Unique in nature with low volumes.
- Manufacturing of wide range of critical equipments like trays, pressure vessels, columns, reactors and heat exchangers for refineries, petrochemical, fertilizers, and chemical processing plants.
- Worked with international consultants like UOP, UDHE, Power Gas, H&G etc.
- Processing of different metallurgies stainless steel various grades, copper-nickel, titanium and aluminum alloy, low and high alloy steels.
- Contract management includes-
- Estimation, preparation of techno commercial offers, negotiation with clients, order booking and payment collections.
- Settlement of free issue material accounts, penalty waivers and extra claims with clients
- Logistic of heavy consignments by barge and road movements.
- Macro order execution planning.
- Focal point for technical support and clearances from customs, excise, DGTD/JCCI.
- Development of subcontractors/suppliers in local and international market
- Support to corporate finance for L/C’s, banking formalities and W.I.P working for the divisions.
- Manufacturing -
- Handling different product groups
- Liaison with companies unions and oppositions
- Resolving promotion/IR issues for management, staff and worker
- Infrastructure development for heavy fabrication (63000 sq. ft area) and light fabrication (39000 sq. ft area) at two different locations.
- I was the focal point for all decision-making and controls
- The job involved visualization, layouting, logistics, integrating various agencies (civil, electrical, maintenance, production, subcontractors, suppliers)
- Development of suppliers
- Freezing of technical/capacity specifications
- Shifting of existing machineries and Installation, commissioning of new machines/facilities.
- Two numbers 150 T cranes
- Laying of six heavy-duty rail sections throughout the length of operating bay.
- Gas fired Stress relieving furnace of 8 Mt X 8 Mt X 18 Mt with 250 T boogie carriage, guillotine and hinge door arrangement as per Cooper Heat UK specifications
- Plate yard with goliath crane.
- Machinery like heavy-duty plate bending machine, column & boom welding machines with rotators.
- PEPC for Reliance, IOC, Samsung, Technip, TOYO, UHDE
- In charge of project execution and control process having unique equipment supplies and turn key contracts
- Developed single window concept for customers.
- Business Head for Heat Exchanger Business line
- Contributed 33% of business volume in 2002-03
- Developed a core group to decide on better value added order booking & execution.
- Development of aerospace culture and infrastructure to become a separate division.
- Involved in establishing precision component division focusing on ISRO and Defense orders separately at two locations.
- Development of AC machine shops with high precision machines.
- Development of working theme to build aerospace culture.
Assignments during last 7 Years
Visiting Faculty Member for VIT Engineering college
- Third year Engineering
- Production: Subject – Manufacturing Processes (Welding, Non Conventional machining )
- Mechanical: Subject – Industrial Engineering & Management
Sunrise Computer Systems Pvt. Ltd
- Subject Principals Of Project Management With Use Of M S Project.
- Programme conducted along with Royal Institute Of Management Bhutan, AT BHUTAN
- 3 weeks Programme in Pune for Bhutan Govt. Representatives On Project Management, Awareness World Bank Procurement Management.
- BCCI: Subjects - Contract Management, Entrepreneurship, Analytical Skills In Projects
- V.I.M.- Operations and Manufacturing Management, International Logistics.
- S.I.B.M.- Project Management, Operations and Manufacturing Management.
- S.I.H.S.- Materials Management
- M.I.T.- Operations and Manufacturing Management, Materials Management
- M.M.C.O.E.- Materials Management, Operations and Supply chain Management ,Strategic Management
- MTE Sanjivan Hospital – Supply Chain Management.
- IMDR – Project Management
- PVG - Operations and Supply chain Management, Strategic Management
- SCON – Materials Management
- Project Management Mentor – For Three Manufacturing/Service Units at Pune & Mumbai.
