Ajit Thorat is an Associate Manager of Quality Assurance and Control with over 11 years of experience. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and additional qualifications in non-destructive testing. His experience includes roles at Praj Industries, Bureau Veritas, and Alfa Laval India. He has led quality assurance for projects in oil, gas, and petrochemical industries and ensured compliance with standards like ASME, AWS, and ISO. His responsibilities include quality planning, inspection, auditing, data analysis, and customer reporting.

1. Curriculum Vitae
AJIT THORAT ,
Associate Manager Quality Assurance and Control
Praj Industries Limited,
KASEZ – Kandla, Gandhidham,Gujarat,
Email – meajitthorat@gmail.com
Mobile +91 9860110144
Total Years of Experience
11+ Years of experience.
Educational Qualification
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) – - IBMIT INSTITUTE of Technology, PUNE
Diploma In Mechanical Engineering - Government Polytechnic Ratnagiri (2002 to 2005)
Additional Qualification
● ASNT Level II in RT, VT, PT,UT and MPT
● SSPC Level 2 in painting ( Society for protective coatings )
● Lead Auditor for QMS ISO 9001:2015
● Saudi Armaco approved inspector for pressure vessel .
● PDO (Petroleum development of oman ) approved inspector for pressure vessels .
Experience
● Employer : PRAJ Industries, Gandhidham, Gujarat
Highest Position Held : Associate Manager (QAC)
Period : Jan 2015 to DECEMBER 2016 .
● Employer : Bureau veritas India Pvt Ltd ,Pune
Highest Position Held : Surveyor (Inspection Engineer )
Period : March 2010 to December 2014 (4 Year 9 Months)
● Employer : Praj Industries Ltd, Gandhidham, Gujarat
Highest Position Held : Production Engineer
Period : April 2008 to Feb 2010 (1year 10 Months)
● Employer : Alfa Laval India Limited, Pune
Highest Position Held : Engineer QA/QC,
Period : Aug 2005 to March 2008 (2Years 7 Months)
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2. Curriculum Vitae
Responsibility
● Quality Assurance:
 Review of Customer Specification and feed back to all relevant departments
 Preparation of Project Quality Plan & Inspection Test Plan
 Review of Engineering Specification for Criticality of requirements.
 Review of Drawings and Engineering Documents
 Review and approve of Vendor Inspection Test Plan
 Preparation / review of WPS, PQR and WPQ
 Preparation / Review of Procedures like NDE, PWHT, PMI, Harness Testing, Hydro
Testing, Pneumatic Testing, etc.
 Vendor Qualification and Quality Monitoring and control
 Implementing, Establishing & Improving ISO 9001: 2000 system, ASME “U” & “U2”
coded stamp systems, ISO 1090-2
 Internal audit schedule preparation, internal auditing, co-ordination for external
auditing
 Management review meeting
● Co-ordination:
 Effective participation in Customer / Vendor quality review meeting / meeting(s)
 Effective participation in Internal project review meeting / meeting(s)
 Co-ordination with respective NDE Agencies, Third Party Inspection Agency, Vendors
and Customers as appropriate for inspection activities.
 Co-ordination for Inspection activities at Vendor place.
● Quality Control:
 Receiving inspection of raw Materials & Consumables as per ASME Code ,client
specifications .
 monitoring and control of Materials & Consumable (Eg. Electrodes & Paints)
 Monitoring & inspecting Various Inspection activities – Set up (long-seam,C-
seam, Nozzle to shell , channel shells etc .) , NDE, Hardness, PMI , Ferrite test,
PWHT, Intermediate stress reliving, Hydro static testing, Pneumatic testing,
surface preparation & Painting inspection etc.
 Conducting / Witnessing of Procedure Qualification & Welder Performance
Qualification as per ASME Section IX / EN .
 Inspection of Verious types of Pressure vessel ,Heat Exchangers ( shell &
tube , U-Tube , Kettle reboiler , Plate heat exchangers ) ,Tanks as per ASME
Code , TEMA .
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3. Curriculum Vitae
 Inspection of SKID .( Contains Vessels mounted skids including piping ,
instrumentation , major bought out items like pumps , valves etc) as per piping
Isometric drawings , P&ID Drawings .
 Inspection of various equipments used in Food Pharma ,breweries , distilleries
industries like Unitanks , distillation columns , mash kettle ,process water tanks ,
fermentation vessels , mechanical agitators , skids .
 Inspection of various types of valves , Pumps .
 Inspection of fired heater as per API RP 573 .
 Conducting weekly quality review meeting .
 Monitoring the report preparation on day to day inspection
 Performance monitoring of welders.
 Monitoring of Inspection personnel performance.
 Final quality dossier preparation and submission to Customer
● Quality Assurance :
Preparation of Various ITP’s Various NDT Procedures like PT,RT,JOB handlings .
Document review (Material test certificates for plates, forgings , pipes , bought out
items , setup reports like C-Seam , L-seam ,nozzle setup , pressure test reports, NDE
reports, PWHT Charts review as per QAP/ITP, client specification .
Total Quality planning of projects including drawing records , preparation & maintain
quality dossier of all equipment’s .
RCA (root cause analysis) for various NCR/Problems and CAPA (Corrective &
preventive action ) .
JSA (Job safety analysis) for and various critical equipment’s
Doing Internal Audits for various functions in the organisation and maintaining records
Facing Audits of QMS 9001 .
● Data Analysis and Reporting:
 Data tracking, Data analysis, corrective and preventive action according to the data
on regular basis for welders, welding repairs, inspection failures, NCR, required
project status, Customer feedback, etc. and issue basis.
 Issue based management like NCR raising / closing, observation management, high
repair rate, customer complaints, etc.
 Reporting to Customer related to quality
 Reporting the actual to the Management
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4. Curriculum Vitae
Major Project Handled :
PRAJ Industries Ltd. (Associate Manager - QAC)
Type of Project(s) : Oil and Gas – Refinery and Petrochemical
Code used : ASME BPVC, ASME B31.3, AWS D1.1,
Projects : :
 22 Nos. of Skids for Ethanol Furfural Recover Unit, St1Biofuels, Finland.(CE Marking)
 4 Nos. Skids for Test Tray Column, Shell – Bangalore, ( U-Stamp)
 14 nos.U Stamp Vessels for Tecna Bolivia -Argentina .
 16 Nos. of Equipment’s (TKIS/Udhe) for Deepak Phinolics Ltd.( columns , vessels )
 3 Nos. cracker drums for Reliance India.(U –Stamp)
Bureau veritas India Pvt Ltd (Surveyor -Inspection Engineer.)
Type of Project(s) : (Oil and Gas – Refinery)
Code used :ASME B31.3, ASME BPVC & AWS D1.1 API RP 573 .ARMACO SPECS.
PDO / Shell Specifications .
Projects :
 Rabigh Phase II Petrochemical project -Saudi Arabia - Client : Petropac at L& T MFF Hazira
for various pressure vessels – M/s.Saudi Armaco inspection .
 Fired Heater Package as per API RP 573 - For PDO (Petroleum development of Oman )
through L&T OMAN . Complete package inspection including pressure vessels , Skids ,
Stacks . ASME / PDO/SHELL Specifications .
 Reliance J3 : Various process column internals inspections at M/s. Sulzer India . as per
Bechtel /Linde / Shell specifications .
 IOCL- Panipat, Paradeep and Gujarat Refineries
: Bechtel, Linde, Jacobs, Samsung, Uhde, L&T, Toyo Engineers India Limited, Foster Wheeler,
RIL, EIL, etc.
 6 Nos. of LPG Mounted Bullet, IOCL Baroda Refinery
 8 Nos. of Pressure Vessels for ICOL - Panipat Refinery
 15 Nos. Pressure vessels , Essar Oil Refinery - Jamnagar
Customers :
 Bechtel Overseas Inc., USA
 Jacobs H &G - Midrex Technologies Inc., USA
 UDHE Gremany
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5. Curriculum Vitae
 Petrofac- Sharja ,
 Linde
 Technip
 L&T OMAN , PAWAI , BARODA , SURAT
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 02-06-1985 Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian Sex : Male
Permanent
Address
Passport no.
: AT- Shedagewadi ,Post- Vihe
Tal-Patan , Dist-Satara
Maharashtra . India .
P4504905 Valid up to
05/09/2026
Declaration
I hereby declared that the information and facts stated herein are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Place : Pune Yours Truly,
Date : 14.09.2016
(AJIT THORAT )
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6. Curriculum Vitae
 Petrofac- Sharja ,
 Linde
 Technip
 L&T OMAN , PAWAI , BARODA , SURAT
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 02-06-1985 Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian Sex : Male
Permanent
Address
Passport no.
: AT- Shedagewadi ,Post- Vihe
Tal-Patan , Dist-Satara
Maharashtra . India .
P4504905 Valid up to
05/09/2026
Declaration
I hereby declared that the information and facts stated herein are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Place : Pune Yours Truly,
Date : 14.09.2016
(AJIT THORAT )
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