1. PRAKASH. R. KAVISHETTY
Mobile No: 09481606144
E-Mail: pkavishetty@yahoo.com
Seeking a Senior Level Responsibilities in BULK MATERIAL HANDLING Field-Both in
Operation & Maintenance of Total BMHS feeding to Process Plants with an
organization of high repute
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
 Result oriented professional with 23years of expertise in Bulk Material Handling System of all
related Equipments Project Management, Erection & Commissioning, Operations & Maintenance,
Testing of Process Equipments.up to 20MTPA Capacity.
 Skilled in Iron-ore/Coal/Semi Finished products Handling/Conveying/Screening/Grinding
process & Value addition to Quality of Raw material /Beneficiation, Pelletization plant, Sintering
– Agglomeration Process Units ,Bulk raw material handling system- Stacker reclaimer, Wagon
tipplers Underground Conveying system, Ground hoppers maint, Down Hill pipe conveying
system Crushers up to 3000TPH Capacity. For Integrated steel, Coal Washery & Cement plants
 Adept in planning, executing, and finalising highly technical projects according to strict deadlines and
within budget; deft in project planning, scheduling, cost estimation, monitoring and quality review.
 Significant exposure in all erection and commissioning activities thereby ensuring completion of projects
within the time and cost frames and effective resource allocation in order to maximise outputs.
 Deft in managing preventive & breakdown maintenance of various electrical equipments, reducing
downtime and enhancing operational effectiveness of equipment.
 Well conversant with diagnosing the faults, rectification, planning & scheduling effective
maintenance schedule for enhancing productivity & systems; skilled in enhancing systems to
bring greater cost efficiency levels & energy / power savings.
 An enterprising leader with excellent analytical, troubleshooting and inter-personal skills with
proven ability in driving quality enhancement, risk management and cost savings initiatives
during the career span.
KEY DELIVERABLES ENTAIL
↠ Optimisation in Machine availability↠ Procurement & Inventory Control ↠ Budgeting Estimation
↠ Quality Assurance ↠ Commissioning & Execution ↠ Operations & Maintenance in BMHS area
CAREER SKETCH
Apr’12 – Till date As Project Leader / Sr DGM / GENERAL MANAGER– Projects
for M/s KNK CorpPvt Ltd. ( Mittal Group ) at Bagalkot Dist. – KARNATAKA – 1.2 MTPA Iron
Ore BNF/ Pellet plant project – Total co-ordination from Scratch level – Co-ordination for
technical issues / Processing of Approvals for Water / Power / Land / Environmental
clearances. & Process Selection issues / Resources Mobilization for Basic needs.
Leading the team for Execution of 0.2 MTPA capacity STEEL MELTING SHOP Project
at MITTAL GROUP , Pithampur, Indore.MP.and commissioning of process plant.
Apr’11 – Apr’ 12,-Project Leader for Co-Ordination to project execution @Power plant projects
&Bulk material handling process at T.R.F. Ltd. - TATA Enterprise, Jamshedpur
Dec’09 - Mar’11 Plant Head for Ore Process Plant of 20MTPA Capcity –Ore
crushing,conveying, Sizing & Grinding process /Project Head/ AGM Projects
for 11 million tons capacity iron ore beneficiary plant in addition to overall plant
responsibility at JSPL, Barbil ODISHA.
Jul’09 – Dec’09 Deputy General Manager - Mechanical in Raw material processing plant M/s.
Bhushan Steel Ltd. 3 mil. ton Integrated Steel Plant, Angul
Jun’06 – Jun’09 Deputy Manager in M/s. JSW Steel Ltd., Toranagallu, VidyaNagar, Bellary

2. Sep’05 – Mar’06 Senior Engineer (Plant) in M/s. Global Steel Holdings Ltd., Itapke (Nigeria,
West Africa)
Sep’00 – Sep’05 Senior Officer (Plant) in M/s. Chowgule & Co. Ltd., Iron Ore Mineral
Processing Plant Costi, GOA
Jan’94 – Sep’00 Assistant Engineer (Maintenance) in M/s. Kanoria Industries Ltd., Bagalkot,
(Cement Division)
Apr’92 - Dec’93 Engineer Trainee in M/s. Ugar Sugar Works and M/s. Ugar Pipe Industries
Ugarkhurd, Athani, Karnataka
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 Team leader for Projects of 1,2 MTPA iron Ore Beneficiation / Pellet Plant Projects ( Green field)
@ Karnataka.
 Co-ordinating for Execution of STEEL MELTING SHOP PROJECTS – 0.2 MTPA CAP. @ Pithampur (
Indore MP ) Mittal Group.
 Conversant with Induction furnace/ Caster / AOD / Oxygen Gas plant / Compressors / Utelities
for Steel plant projects.
 Bulk material handling process equipment installation / execution of projects for power plant
projects.
 Played a key role in stabilization and trouble free operation of 3000 TPH down hill pipe
conveying system of length 4 km.
 Steered the power saving activities in sinter plant and pellet plant.
 Instrumental in conducting installation and commissioning of:
 Raw water handling system for the length of (4000+4000) mtr from the reservoir.
 Slurry system from thickener to waste storage through pipe line for the length of 12000 mtr.
 At JSPL, Barbil Functioned as the:
 Head of the plant for ore processing plant, having a SO9001, IMS14000, OHSAS18001 and
Project Head for 11.5 MTPA iron ore beneficiation plant incorporated with advanced technology of
jigging, magnetic separation and grinding circuits.
 Team Leader for value addition and modification activities at agglomeration viz. iron ore
processing/ pellet plant.
 Successfully achieved targeted production for the plant with implementation of TPM activities.
 Cost Effective: Rs. 70 lakhs per annum was saved for implementing the wet screen oversize
product diversion to yard with conveying system, reducing the re-handling expenditures and
healthy house keeping at plant area.
 For implementation of:
 Bypass conveying system for flexowell conveyor at Sinter Plant; provision of mechanical
standby equipment. An improved and ease in mechanical maintenance for critical
equipments is achieved.
 Bypass feeding system at Sinter Plant of limestone feeder to crusher (Hummer Mill)
improving the physical properties of limestone thus coordinating in consistent quality
production of sinter with cost effective measures.
 Efficiently minimized re-handling expenses for screened pellet fines.
 Actively involved in designing and commissioning emergency feeding system for:
 Sinter: This helped enormously for the plant in satisfying the downstream customer (Blast furnace)
and mean time a breathing period for maintenance activities at sinter plant.
 Limestone and Dolomite.
 Demonstrated excellence in managing complete execution and commissioning of:
 Secondary closed circuit grinding system for lime/Dolo and coke in scheduled period which involves
feeding system, screens, Hammer mill and Roll crushers which in turn was helpful to have quality
raw feed to sinter plant.
 Iron-ore processing plant with online feeding and online product handling system.
 Executed the installation of magnetic separation for isolation of foreign steel material from feed there by
reducing the damages to Belt conveyors and processing equipments.
 Significantly conducted the implementation activities:
 Presenting proposal for valuable screening units for pellets to provide for downstream (Corex / BF
units).

3.  Facilitating the:
 Quality and effective production of sinter to down stream (Blast furnace).
 Intermediate sinter storage system.
 Dedicated pellet/sinter feeding arrangement for BF stock house.
 Cost minimizing measures; online back handling of sinter fines to process.
 Presenting proposal for incorporating an Eirich mixture for proper mixing of all raw materials and to
facilitate effective Agglomeration.
 Achieved more iron recovery from Ore Beneficiation; implementation of Dual extraction column
floatation system.
 Conducted vertical gravity take-up (VGTU) modifications for all conveying system, thus reducing
mechanical breakdowns.
 Made provision of safety slings to all VGTU to minimize the down time of conveyors.
AWARDS
 Gold Award for Cost minimization and Safe Material handling System with in the plant –at ICQC –Mumbai
Chapter: During 2010.
 Award winner for Innovative Suggestions during 2007 (TWICE) and 2008.
MACHINERY HANDLED
 Jigs, Whims, Rod Mill, & Ball Mill, Vacuum Filters, Cyclones, Scrubbers.
 Maintenance of:
 Ball Mills.
 Rotary Kiln / Cooler.
 Jaw Crushers / Impact Crushers / Vibrators.
 Conveying Systems: Belt Conveyors / Screw Conveyors / Elevators.
 Condition monitoring & preventive / breakdown maintenance of cement plant machineries and Iron
ore processing plant machineries.
 Total Maintenance of Rotary / Stationary Equipments.
 Major repairs:
 L & T make Stacker and Re-Claimer of 1200MT capacity main slewing bearing replacement job
within the record period of 7 days.
 Kiln Shell portions replacements, kiln shell tyres, chair plates (Replaceable Type) fixing work.
 Pre- heater Riser ducting work, GCT shell over lapping work.
 ESP / GCT Ducting work, GCT shell over lapping work.
 Raw Mill Turbo Separator major repairs.
ACADEMIC
Bachelor of Engineering: Mechanical 1992
Basaveshwara Engineering College, Bagalkot, affiliated to Karnataka University, Dharwad.
SEMINARS & CONFERENCES
 8th
Asian Steel Conference at Kolkata
 Attended HRD, TOT Program at Bhopal.
 As an In-house Trainer for HRD Program.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 23rd October 1966
Address: Prakash R Kavishetty , General Manager – Projects , GF-1, Aum Shrusti,
Purshottam Nagar, Shirur Park, HUBLI – 580021 ( Karnataka ).
Nationality: Indian
Passport No: J0777447
Languages Known: English, Kannada and Hindi