Nirmal Pakhira has over 10 years of experience in electrical and instrumentation design. He currently works as Deputy Manager for Schenck Process India Limited, where he is responsible for planning, designing, and scheduling instrumentation projects. Some of his responsibilities include preparing drawings, calculating costs, programming PLCs and HMIs, designing control panels, and coordinating with clients and during commissioning. He has worked on numerous projects in industries such as cement, steel, chemicals, power, and mining. He received excellence awards from his current employer in 2009 and 2012 for his design work.

1. NIRMAL PAKHIRANIRMAL PAKHIRA
Peenya,Bangalore- 560 058,Karnataka, India
E-mail: nirmal_pakhira@yahoo.com.sg; Contact: +91-9771405904
ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION DESIGNING
Approx 10 years of corporate exposure, holding very good positions such as Deputy Manager across Cement, Steel,
petrochemical, chemical, Power Sector, Fertilizer & Mining.
COMPETENCY FORTE
• Highly inquisitive, creative and talented Professional with rich in-depth exposure of more than 10 Years across
System Designing, Project Management, costing, commissioning, testing, Training/Team Management,
Customer Relationship Management & Vendor development.
• Proven expertise in planning, designing and scheduling instrumentation projects including judicious deployment of
resources to achieve project completion within agreed time/cost parameters.
• Hands on expertise in designing models and prototypes using various tools, deft in Modifying /upgrading existing
designs, creating layouts, designs & drawings. Demonstrated ability in executing project management functions such
as conceptualization, implementation and progress reporting.
• Successfully handled PLC Programming, designing, testing & troubleshooting.
• Possess designing skills in control loops, PLC Controllers, Communication and I/O Modules, Fiber Optic Communication
and Industrial Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch in offshore platforms, Fire and Gas System and its Related
Documents, Control System Architecture
CORE COMPETENCIESCORE COMPETENCIES
Electronics ● Instrumentation ● Project Management ● Resource Management ● Troubleshooting
● Installation & Commissioning ● Preventive Maintenance ● Coordination Instrumentation Engineering ● Quality
Management ● Internal Audit ● SAP ERP implementation ● Vendor Development
TECHNICAL EXPERTISETECHNICAL EXPERTISE
• Wireless Communication & Networking
• Analog, Digital & Power Electronics
• Electrical & Electronic Measurement
• Process Control & Industrial Instrumentation
• Sensor & Transducer
• AC/DC Drives, Transformer & motor
• Hands experience with Siemens SINAMICS series(G120) VVVF drives
• Very good knowledge on PLC like Rs-Logix 500 SLC(ABIL) & Step 7-MicroWin(SIEMENS S7-200)
• Hand Experience with Auto-Cad Electrical 2010
• Electrical Switchgears, MCC panel & Industrial UPS
• Limit switch, Proximity switch, Control Valves, Solenoid Valves, RTD, Thermocouple, Level sensor etc.
PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOTS
A. SCHENCK PROCESS INDIA LIMITED Nov’06- Till Date
A well known GERMAN Company deals with designing, Continuous & discontinuous types of weighing, feeding, batching,
screening, trunkey solution and corresponding material handling equipments
CAREER PATH:
DM (System) - Jan’13- Till Date ● AM-2 (System) - Jan'09 to Dec’12 ● AM-1 (System) - Jan'08 to Dec’09
Design Engineer(System)-Nov'06 to Dec'07
• Accountable for planning design related processes on regular basis for achieving the target of GA drawing, SLD, BOM
preparation in SAP, Detailed drawing & Manufacturing drawing
• Handling total project cost calculation from electrical side & preparing Process and instrumentation drawing.
• Technical data sheet (TDS) calculation, PLC I/O calculation & programming, HMI programming, panel selection & sizing,
panel layout, Cable layout drawing, earthing pit drawing, earthing scheme, control room layout and drawing, UPS
SLD drawing & Battery backup calculation, Signal lighting etc.

2. • Dealing with the client directly if any clarification needed or any disputes arise regarding design.
• Look after the responsibilities such as design verification & validation of the same on regular basis.
• Participating in Management Review Meetings & Customer Meetings related to design aspects, Customer Complain
handling etc.
• Deftly providing assistance to commissioning people for final testing & troubleshooting.
• Involves in Site Inspection even it is necessary to modify the PLC Logic, hard ware logic as per site condition or as per
customer requirement.
• Core competency in planning and scheduling to meet the production targets, conceptualizing and implementing process
modifications to enhance operational efficiency and optimize resource utilization and achieve consistent increase in
profitability in a cost effective way.
• Imparting training to juniors on various equipment & it’s mode of operation
• Hands on exposure in working with leading consultants & OEM like MECON, M & N DASTUR, L & T, FLSmidth, LOESCHE,
THYSSENKRUPP, W.I.L, McNally BHARAT, GEBR PFEIFFER, HUMBOLTD WEDAG, SMS DEMAG, ESSAR, SIEMENS VAI,
Hindustan Door, Floor, Danieli etc.
KEY PROJECTS HANDLED
International & National Project:
• Travelled to Germany on behalf of the company & involved in technical discussion as well as HMI designing as
an Indian representative for blending & batching application in Binani Cement, Mauritius.
• AFR feeding to calciner at Holcim India(ACC Kymore, Lafarge Cement Rajasthan) - This is trunkey project.
Municipal wast is being used as AFR, storage silo extraction to calciner feeding with various equipment as well as
feeder over their, to maintain the required feedrate,MCC panel design, lighting calculation,cable tray design, HMI
logic design,Report generation etc.
• Sugar conveyoing system at Mondelez India, hyderbad - This is trunkey project. Sugar is conveying from bagdump
station to mixer with various equipment as well as feeder over their, to maintain the required feedrate. MCC panel
design,HMI logic design,Report generation, cable schedule, hookup diagram,ups selection etc.
• Successfully design(electrical & Instrumentation) and comissioning for bulk reception unit(BRU) in Seven rings
Cement, Bangladesh
• Successfully completed Steel, Cement, Chemical & Power Plant & Mining projects like
o Unmanned Torpedo ladle car weighing System in TATA STEEL
o Unmanned Weigh Bridge with Bulk-Loading & Controlling system in KCP Muktalaya Cement.
o Wireless Crane weighing system in JSPL Raigarh, TATA KPO, BOKARO STEEL, Bhilai STEEL etc
o Wireless Ladle Car weighing system in JSW Bellary.
o Designing control & Instrumentation panel for blending & batching application with the help of Coriolis feeder in
Ambuja Cement, a unit of HOLCIM group.
o Group Control Panel designing for different Mills in M/S Diamond Cement, Bangladesh
o Solids Flow Feeder & meter project in Holcim group of industries, Loss in Weight feeder in TATA STEEL Sinter
Plant-III, Belt Weigher & Weigh feeder project in Hindustan Zinc Limited, Apron feeder project in SINOMA, Turret
& Tundish weighing in JSPL raigarh, Bin weighing system in Lafarge Cement, Inmotion weighing in JSW Steel,
Proflex feeder in Oerlikon, Weigh bridge in NTPC, Multiflex Project in Holcim group of Industries, Control panel
for Screen etc.
Career Highlight/Award
Won excellence design award from SCHENCK PROCESS INDIA LIMITED in 2009
Won team excellence & design award from SCHENCK PROCESS INDIA LIMITED in 2012
Received 348th all India Rank in Instrumentation Engineering, GATE 2007
B. BANKURA UNNAUANI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING 22nd June’05-31st Oct‘06
Lecturer
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS
B.TECH (Electronics & Instrumentation), 2005
West Bengal University Of Technology(Haldia Institute of Technology), 77.40%West Bengal University Of Technology(Haldia Institute of Technology), 77.40%
Date of Birth: 14.03.1983
Language Proficiency: English, Bengali & Hindi