Abhinav PandeyProblem-Solver. Engineer. Entrepreneur. Speaker. Author.

abhinav.pandey@pmg.engineering | +91-9871115995 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinavpandey02/

I aim to work with major projects across the world, in effect, Changing the World and making it a better place to live in.

As Founder, Director, and CEO at PMG Engineering, I lead a team of ~30 Engineers to deliver engineering design and construction management services to Food and Beverage manufacturing companies to build/upgrade factories which meet industry benchmarks and global standards of food safety, hygienic engineering and manufacturing excellence.

My PMG Journey in some deliverables: 25+ Greenfield Projects, 40+ Brownfield Projects 75+ Engineering Design Works (175+ Crore of Projects), 40+ Construction Management Works 80+ Project Locations in India, Africa, Gulf, Sri Lanka, etc. 100+ Clients including top FMCG companies

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At Arjun Design Labs, we are building innovative products and solutions to address to real Industry problems. The innovations root to the deep understanding of industry operations gained at PMG Engineering.

At KrishnaAnand Foundation for Education and Skill Development, we leverage the technical and people skills (and dedicated time) of PMG team to mentor, guide, and instruct young aspiring minds and communities. I believe giving back to community is a fundamental human value.

I started my career at Nestle, and working as Project Engineer and Project Engineering Manager, designed and executed two major capital investment projects + some minor projects along the way:

30,000 Ton/ year Chocolates Manufacturing Unit (KitKat, Munch, Bar One, Milky Bar, etc.) 50 Ton/ day Infant Nutrition and Dairy Processing Unit (NAN 1, NAN 2, Cerelac, etc.)

I hold below certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) from Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME) Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Accredited Professional (AP) Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) certified Energy Manager & Auditor

Specialties / Distinctive Competencies: Design and Construction of Food Processing Factories Project Management - Engineering Projects (Greenfield and Brownfield) Process Engineering, Equipment Sizing & Plant Layout Design, Industrial Services & Piping Design Food Safety and Hygienic Engineering meeting global standards (EHEDG, 3A, FDA, BRC, etc.) Lean manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, TPM, 5S, Vertical Start-up, etc.

Academic Degrees include: B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee 2010 MS in Mechanical Engineering from USC USA 2020

I am an academic by heart. I play good badminton. I love travelling, reading, programming, and listening to music.

I believe the true wealth of a person = how many individuals he inspired to excellence. Are you rich enough?

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PMG Engineering Private Limited Mar 2015 to presentFounder Director CEOThe Indian Engineering Company meeting Global Standards and delivering End-to-End Engineering Design & Construction Management in Food & Beverage Industry.

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Our team comprises all different engineering domains – civil, process, mechanical, electrical, automation, plant engineering, QA/QC, and execution supervision – to enable first-time right project design and execution with single point of accountability. Our team members also possess competitive educational and professional background, and therefore, enable a differentiated value creation for our clients.Knowledge Repository | Technical Papers | Research Programs

Our core values:Safe-by-Choice. First Time Quality. Maximize Value. Objectivity. Ownership. Reliable and Trustworthy Business.

Some of our clients:

Arjun Design Labs Private Limited Apr 2020 to presentFounder Director CEOAt Arjun Design Labs, we conceptualize, design and build products and solutions to solve engineering problems, and cater a wide range of Engineering Applications.

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Research in progress to innovate and develop below:(a) Products - MicroAHU, RecoverE, oilFilterX, ElectricWaters, and others(b) Solutions - Factory Self-Audits App, Operator Data Logging App, SCADA Central, and others

KrishnaAnand Foundation for Education and Skill Development Aug 2016 to presentFounder Director CEOA Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with ambition to leverage in-house Engineering Competencies towards direct benefit and awareness to millions of young students and graduates, who are trapped in the vicious maze of Profit-focused Education Business in India with, innocently spending millions on buying fake piece of papers called degrees, with no clear idea on what to do with their life, career and energy..

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCENestle India Limited Jan 2013 to Mar 2015Project Engineering ManagerLeading design, procurement, and execution of a complete milk processing (500,000 liters/day) + 50 Ton/ Day Infant Formula Plant at Baramati, Maharashtra; a joint venture, between Nestle & Schreiber Dynamix.Project cost ~ INR 2,000 million

Major Systems Included:+ 5* 35kL/hr milk reception facility with 6* CIP facility for outgoing milk tankers+ 40kL/hr milk processing & ~600kL storage capacity+ Multi-stage evaporator & Spray Dryer (CIP-enabled)+ Cleaning In Place for complete plant+ Lean & Dense phase and Pressurized & Vacuum powder conveying+ Filling and Packing machines, ~300 ton capacity warehouse+ Central control room for the highly automated plant+ Industrial services include HVAC systems, Refrigeration Plant, Air Compressors, Diesel Generators, Water Treatment Plant, Waste Water Treatment Plant, 132kV sub-station, Biomass Boiler, etc.+ Production floor area ~4500 sq. m.+ Parking/Waiting space for 36 milk tankers, In/Out weigh bridges, raw milk sample collection and testing Lab

+ Major 3rd parties include GEA Group (Westfalia, TDS, Niro, France, NuCon, India), Fristum Pumps, Ion Exchange, Diligent, Kirloskar, Forbes Venkye, Armstrong, Rockwell, AWH, etc.

Nestle India Limited Jan 2012 to Aug 2012Project LeaderLeading design & construction of completely new social block, canteen and laundry services catering to 2,700 operational manpower of Nestle Ponda Factory.Project cost ~ INR 40 million

Major Systems Include:+ Personal lockers, change room, washrooms and laundry facilities for 2,700 people, divided into five units - Gents: executive & contractual, Ladies:executive & contractual, and a common laundry facility+ Cloth washing, drying and pressing machines

Nestle India Limited Sep 2010 to Aug 2012Project LeaderLeading design, procurement, installation and commissioning of a second chocolate manufacturing facility (18,000 tons/ yr) in Ponda Factory, a complete renovation and transformation of existing old setup to produce 4 new + 2 existing recipes - Munch, Kit Kat, Milky Bar, Milky Bar Choo, Alpino & Premium Milk Chocolate.Project cost ~ INR 175 million

Major Systems Include:+Chocolate Manufacturing Equipment including silos, mixers, refiners, conches, storage tanks, pumps, sieves, etc.+Cocoa butter/ liquor melting, storage and transfer facility+Major jobs in renovating existing raw material conveying, oil melting and other facilities+Redesign of plant control systems+Dismantling of existing equipment, equipment foundations, access platforms

Major 3rd parties include Buhler, SPX, Russell Finex, Rockwell, etc.

Nestle India Limited Sep 2011 to Mar 2012Project LeaderLeading design, procurement, installation and commissioning of a Chocolate Block Making facility to manufacture chocolate blocks, for use in other Nestle factories as intermediate product for chocolate manufacturing.Project cost ~ INR 60 million

Major Systems Include:+ Chocolate Block Making line with 1.5 tons/hr production, Storage/ Buffer tanks, Re-circulation system+ Filling and Packing machines+ Civil Building with floor space ~300 sq m.

Major 3rd parties include Carle & Montanari, Axtel, SPX, Rockwell, etc.

Nestle India Limited Jun 2011 to Jan 2012Project LeaderLeading design, procurement, installation and commissioning of a new chocolate manufacturing facility (25,000 tons/ yr) for brown and white chocolate - Munch, KitKat, Milky Bar.Project cost ~ INR 640 million

Major Systems Include:+ Chocolate Manufacturing Equipment including silos, mixers, refiners, conches, storage tanks, pumps, sieves, etc. with 5 tons/hr production capacity+ 5* Pneumatic Conveying Raw Material Tipping Stations+ Raw Material Reception, Storage and Transfer facilities for 55,000 tons/yr plant capacity plant (10+ major ingredients and several minor ingredients)+ Production floor space ~7,000 sq m.+ Industrial Services like Plate Heat Exchangers (PHE), etc.

Major 3rd parties include Buhler, Gericke, SPX, Russell Finex, Rockwell, Rohan Builders, etc.

Nestle India Limited Jun 2011 to May 2011Project LeaderLeading design, procurement and construction of new project office and project stores for upcoming brown field expansion project. Preparation for upcoming brown field expansion project.Project cost ~ INR 25 million

+Basic P & IDs, plant layout, building drawings, etc.+Planning factory shutdowns for project work

Nestle India Limited Jun 2010 to Dec 2010Technical Management Trainee+ Understanding the chocolate manufacturing processes and machinery in Nestle Ponda, Goa Factory+ Assisting execution of ongoing Praline manufacturing facility project.+ Overview of the Nestle business in India+ Understanding the management of Capital Investment Projects in Nestle+ Understanding Value Engineering Analysis, Vertical Start up, etc via case studies of previous projects

EDUCATIONIndian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 2006 to 2010Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, GPA 8.1 /10

Design, development and testing of an experimental set-up of Cavitation Jet Erosion Test to estimate Cavitation erosion resistance of materials as per the guidelines listed in ASTM G-134. The setup has the capability to change the Cavitation intensity by varying hydrodynamic parameters such as velocity, upstream/downstream pressure, etc. The setup is first of its kind in India and sixth in the world.

Integration & performance analysis of Flywheel Energy Storage System(FESS) in an ELPH vehicle with pre-transmission torque coupling. The conventional chemical battery was replaced with an equivalent mechanical battery. A MATLAB model was used for the analysis of the vehicle for both urban and highway drives. Acknowledged Research Paper with 5+ citations.

Developed an online portal to decentralize the website management, and other applications at IMG IITR.

Information Management Group, Badminton, Trekking, Event Management for Cognizance

University of Southern California 2019 to 2020Viterbi School of EngineeringMaster of Science in Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.4 /4

Pursued the Engineering Design track in the Masters Program, wherein my subjects included Engineering Analysis, Engineering Information Modeling (Artificial Intelligence), Systems Architecting, Computational Solutions to Mechanical Engineering Problems, Advanced Mechanical Design, Engineering Analytical Methods, Aircraft Structure Analysis, Spacecraft System Design, Systems for Remote Sensing from Space.

University of Grenoble May 2009 to Jul 2009Summer Internship

Modeled and Simulated the working of a Paper Refiner machine using concepts of fluid mechanics. Introduced a new quantity Sharpness Number (SN), which defines a Refiner machine irrespective of external parameters such as fluid viscosity, blade velocity, power, etc.

As the Refining process is better understood now, the paper makers can carry out the process accurately & efficiently in terms of paper quality & power consumed.

Ramjas School, Pusa Road, New Delhi 2004 to 2006Higher Secondary, Aggregate 86.6%

Vidya Public School, New Delhi 1994 to 2004High School, Aggregate 88.2%

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Fundamentals of Space Vehicle Guidance, Control, and Astrodynamics Nov 2019AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) Feb 2015SME – Society of Mechanical Engineers

Energy Manager & Energy Auditor Dec 2014Bureau of Energy Efficiency

IGBC Accredited Professional Jul 2014Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

Project Management Professional (PMP) Jun 2014Project Management Institute (PMI)

AWARDS

IIT Roorkee Heritage Foundation Annual Excellence Award for Outstanding Academic, Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Achievements Oct 2009

Indian Institute of Technology RookeeWon the award in 4th year of Mechanical Engineering, which assessed contribution, participation and excellence across academics, sports and extra-curricular throughout one's stay in IIT Roorkee. Competing students included all of graduating batch of 2010.

ORGANIZATIONS

AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Since May 2019MemberINCOSE - International Council on Systems Engineering Since May 2019MemberInformation Management Group Jan 2007 to May 2010Coordinator, Team and Projects

REFERENCESRakesh Verma (+91-9818732553)IIT Roorkee Mechanical Engineering 1981 Batch | Ex-Nestle Chief Engineer South Asia RegionKamendra Kumar Sharma (+91-7210203040)IIT Roorkee Mechanical Engineering 1983 Batch | Director Telecommunications India Limited (TCIL)A C Mathur (+91-9427010620)IIT Roorkee Mechanical Engineering 1977 & 1978 | Group Director Space Applications Center ISROVipul Arora (+91-9840045669)IIT Roorkee Mechanical Engineering 2010 | Factory Engineer, ITC Limited