R.S. Rajaram has over 30 years of experience in project engineering, bid engineering, and mechanical engineering for oil and gas, LNG, refinery, petrochemical, chemical, and power projects. He currently serves as Project Engineering Manager for polyethylene and polypropylene plants in the Middle East worth $895 million. Past roles include serving as Project Engineering Manager for offshore oil and gas projects worth over $4 billion. He has extensive experience managing all engineering disciplines and coordinates between engineering teams, vendors, fabrication sites, and clients.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
R.S.RAJARAM
Project Engineering / Bid Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
30+ years of experience in the fields of Onshore & Offshore Oil & Gas, LNG, Refineries, Petrochemical,
Chemical and Power sector industries - working with EPC contractors, Engineering Consultant and heavy
fabrication industry
Areas of Experience includes,
 Project Engineering Management, Bid Engineering Coordination
 Fixed offshore platforms, semi-sub, modularizations
 Package Engineering Management
 Engineering Discipline Management – Mechanical Engineering
Key Highlights:
o Currently Project Engineering Manager for Polyethylene and Polypropylene Plants coming up in Middle
East country. The project is based on licensors’ technologies. 895M USD; 550k+ engineering man-hours
o Involved in Project Engineering for Projects, such as:
• ZADCO UZ750 EPC-2 Island facilities project of Petrofac (current project – Module
management) - ~ 4b USD
• ITHACA FPF1 Greater Stella Development project of Petrofac - ~ 500M USD; 400k man-hours;
peak man-power 210
o Involved in Project Package Engineering for Projects, such as:
• Mobil Producing Unlimited, Nigeria / Saipem s.a., France YOHO Development Project –
Offshore Production Platform
• ESSO Nigeria / Saipem s.a., France ERHA Development Project EPC1 - FPSO
o Involved in Bid / Proposal Engineering for Proposals, such as:
• ZADCO UZ750 EPC-2 Island facilities proposal of Petrofac – materialized into order – 100k man-
hours (for proposal engineering)
• ADMA OPCO Zakum Water Injection Upgrade Project at McDermott – materialized into order
• Arabiyah Hasbah Field Development Project Bid Engineering at McDermott
• ONGC MHSRP-II RS12 Well cum Drilling Platform Bid Engineering at McDermott
• ONGC MHSRP-II ICP-R Process Platform Bid Engineering at McDermott
o Mechanical Lead Engineer for projects, such as:
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Mathura - Sulfur Recovery Unit at IDEA- Petrofac was EPC
Contractor and detail engineering was done at IDEA, Chennai. Half way through engineering,
took the responsibility of Project Engineering
• JANA, Saudi Arabia HASSAD – 40000 TPA capacity Epichlorohydrin,(ECH) Grass Root Plant. The
facilities consists of Allyl Ahcohol, Epichlorohydrin, Calcium Chloride and Chlor Alkali Plant
• BHP billiton / Saipem s.a - ROD Integrated Development Project, Algeria – Production,
Processing and Export of Stabilized crude oil; Capacity – 80,000 bbls/day
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2. • Basic and Detail engineering activities of pumps, compressors, gas turbine driven generators,
• Basic and Detail engineering of pressure vessels, columns, heat exchangers, storage tanks.
• Familiar with packages like Glycol Dehydration system, Test Separator, Flare system, Desalter, Nitrogen
Membrane units etc.
• Equipment inspection both static and rotating (stage-wise and final), welding technology,
fabrication, annual turn around (shut down) inspection, vendor quality assurance, evaluation of NDT
Techniques like RT, MPT AND DPT.
• Overall coordination, developmental activities, resource planning, recruitment and other managerial
functions
• Conversant with various API standards, ASME BPV, PD5500 and many Oil & Gas Company standards
Summary
Responsible for Project Engineering and Bid / Proposal engineering activities at Petrofac. Basically the
activities will cover, but not limited to the following
o Scope of work and contract review
o Planning, scheduling, deliverables list, activities list, resources etc.
o Organization and execution methodology
o Coordinating with all Engineering disciplines at Chennai to drive and meet the project
requirements, assisted by Project Control and Document control
o Model management – layouts, reviews, tags closeout and the like
o Value engineering and Integrity
o Coordinating with other Petrofac offices - for engineering and Procurement / vendor
delivery management.
o Coordinating with Site offices - construction / fabrication related engineering.
o Discussions with vendors on major issues
o Finalizing TBEs
o Commodities reviews & forecasts
o Conducting review meetings – for progress and technical issues
o Reviewing and approving major engineering deliverables
o Reviewing Quality related aspects – engineering execution as per system
o Inputs to Risk register
o Yard / site queries
o Man-hour estimates & trends, productivity, delivery and change orders
o Team building
Represents Petrofac and will be single focal point to the Company for the assigned project
EXPERIENCE
Tecnimont Private Limited, Mumbai Project Engineering
Manager
[Jan 2016 – present]
Responsible for Project Engineering activities related to Detail Engineering of EPC projects and Proposals for
Oil & Gas, Petrochemical projects.
Project: Polyethylene and Polypropylene Plants at Middle East country.
Grass root Polyethylene and Polypropylene plants based on Licensors’ Technologies coming up in Middle East
country. Order value is 895M USD. Mumbai office engineering man-hours 550k+. All engineering disciplines
are involved
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3. Petrofac Engineering services India Private limited, Chennai Project Engineering Manager
[Sept 2011 – Jan 2016]
Responsible for Project Engineering activities related to Detail Engineering of EPC projects and Proposals for
Offshore Oil & Gas projects.
Project: Greater Stella Development Project, North Sea.
Client : ITHACA Energy
The project scope consists of refurbishing an existing Floating Production Vessel to suit the production
profiles of Stella, Harrier and Hurricane fields located in North Sea within UK block. The Floating Production
Facility [FPF1] Topsides includes Separation system, Compression System, Gas dehydration & Glycol
regeneration, Produced water treatment, Chemical Injection, IA & N2 package, Helideck, other utilities etc.
The hull portion includes Sea Water and Fire water facilities. Hull weight ~ 18000 MT, Topsides weight ~
6000 MT. Cost of project ~ 500M US$; Engineering man-hours 400,000
Engineering scope @ Chennai office includes all design and engineering activities related to Process, HSE,
Piping, Structural, Mechanical, HVAC, Electrical, Instrumentation and Telecom
In the Position of Project Engineering Manager @ Chennai
 Coordinating with all Engineering disciplines at Chennai to drive and meet the project
requirements, assisted by Project Control and Document control
 Coordinating with other Petrofac offices -Woking office for engineering, Sharjah for
Procurement / vendor delivery management. Coordinating with Site office @ Remontowa
yard, Poland for construction / fabrication related engineering.
 Discussions with vendors on major issues
 Finalizing TBEs
 Conducting review meetings – for progress and technical issues
 Reviewing and approving major engineering deliverables
 Reviewing Quality related aspects – engineering execution as per system
 Inputs to Risk register
 Yard queries
 Man-hour estimates & trends, productivity, delivery and change orders
 Team building
Project: Upper Zakum Development Project UZ750 EPC-2 Island facilities
Client : ZADCO
This is for oil & gas processing facilities coming-up in four artificial islands ~ 84 Kms offshore Abu Dhabi. The
major aspect of this project is most of the processing facilities are modularized. The project has a total of
146 modules with weights ranging from 70 MT to 4000 MT. The total tonnage ~ 85,000 MT for the project.
Offshore engineering background is added advantage for modularisation. JV with DSME. The lump sum price
~ 4b US$. Engineering Man-hours 1.5M
In the Position of Project Engineering for Module management @ Chennai
 Driving multidisciplinary engineering activities with the focused approach as modules
(each module is a project)
 Model management – integrity, readiness for review, tags closeout, handover to JV /
vendor, safety & HFE recommendations, material handling aspects
 Coordinating for interdisciplinary inputs, needs list, holds list, change management,
interfaces with other contractors
 Discussion with vendors for package inputs, tie-in details, alterations
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4.  Review of engineering, fabrication and installation schedules
 Coordinating for commodities / MTOs
 Site queries
Earlier I was the Proposal Engineering coordinator from Chennai office [job won by Petrofac]
In the Position of Engineering coordinator for Chennai Office
 All bid engineering activities involving all engineering disciplines in arriving at an estimate
for costing
 Discussions with vendors
 Discussions with DSME – JV partner – on defining scope split between Petrofac and DSME.
 Conducting review meetings
 Coordinating with other groups in Petrofac
 Reviewing of Plot plans and module plans
 Inputs to Engineering Execution plan, man-hour estimates
 Inputs to and review of FEED verification reports
 Review of L0 & L3 schedule
Project: Umm Lulu Full Field Development Package 1 Project - Proposal Engineering
Client : ADMA OPCO
This proposal is for six new Wellhead Towers [jackets + topsides], Modification job in two Well Head
Towers, Jacket for riser platform [topside installation by floatover] and ~ 200 Km subsea pipeline + subsea
Fibre Optic cable. The field location is ~ 40 km offshore Abu Dhabi
In the Position of Overall Engineering coordinator
 All bid engineering activities involving all engineering disciplines in arriving at an estimate
for costing
 Discussions with vendors
 Discussions with installation contractor – pipeline, jackets, topsides, modification brown
field jobs, sea fastening
 Discussions with fabrication contractor – jackets & topsides fabrication. Modification jobs
fabrication, load out
 Conducting review meetings
 Coordinating with other groups in Petrofac – Procurement, Sub-contract, Estimation,
Proposals, HSE, Commissioning
 Reviewing of Deck layout plans
 Inputs to Engineering Execution plan, man-hour estimates
 Inputs to and review of FEED verification reports
 Inputs to Risk register, Exception / Deviation / Qualifications
 Review of L0 & L3 schedule
 Aligning Engineering, Fabrication and Installation for project execution plan
 Inputs to Technical Bid submission
J.Ray McDermott Engineering Services Pvt Ltd Discipline Manager - Mechanical Engineering
[Aug 2006 – Aug 2011]
Played the role of Discipline Manager, Lead Engineer, Job Engineer and Proposal Engineering Coordinator
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5. In the Position of Discipline Manager Responsible for following activities
Overall coordination, developmental activities, resource planning, recruitment and other managerial
functions.
The major projects administered and extent of involvement is as below:
Project: Qatargas 3&4 Offshore Facilities project, Qatar
Client : Qatar Gas
In the Position of Job Engineer Responsible for following activities of Wellhead Platforms WHP7,
WHP8 and WHP9 of above Project
 Coordinating the Detail Engineering activities for Mechanical Engineering handled at
Chennai. The items include Chemical Injection pumps package (corrosion inhibition,
Kinetic Hydrate inhibition), Liquid return pump package, N2 generation unit, MEG pump
package, KO Drum, rectangular chemical injection storage tanks, GRP tanks. Other
activities include Cranage study, Material handling study.
 Detailed engineering, which involves Preparation of Datasheets, Specifications
Requisitions, Technical Bid Evaluation and Vendor Drawing Review etc. for Package
Systems like Nitrogen Generation System and Mechanical Equipment like Flare KO Drum /
closed drain vessel, Chemical injection rectangular tanks, Hazardous slop GRP tank
 Review of Cranage study report
 Review of material handling study
Project :Pearl GTL project, SHELL, Qatar
Client : SHELL Qatar
In the position of discipline manager
 Review of datasheets, specification, RFQ documents and technical bid evaluation for
equipment like chemical injection tanks, slop tank and packages like Diesel clean-up
package
Project : Al Shaheen Field Development project 2005 Well head modules BD and CD
Client : Maersk Oil Qatar
In the Position of discipline manager
 Allocation of adequate and competent resources
 Responsible for overall review of Project scheduling, monitoring, Quality of the
deliverables.
 Review of specific documents for equipment like Oil Water booster pumps, Export Oil
pumps, utility pumps, Inlet and Test Separators, Pedestal Crane, Chemical Injection
Package, Pig Launchers and Receivers, Fuel Gas Treatment Package
 Review of Material Handling Study, Noise study
 Participating in technical meetings
Project :Zakum Water Injection Upgrade Project
Client : ADMA OPCO
In the Position of discipline manager
 Allocation of adequate and competent resources
 Responsible for overall review of Project scheduling, monitoring, Quality of the
deliverables.
 Review of specific documents for equipment like Gas Turbine Generator package, Water
Injection Pumps, Electro-chlorination units, Winning pumps, De-aeration unit, Pedestal
Crane, Chemical Injection Package, Fuel Gas Treatment Package
 Review of Material Handling Study, Noise study
 Participating in technical meetings
 Factory Acceptance tests
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6. Involvement in proposal engineering and the proposals handled at McDermott are below
Project : ONGC MHSRP-II ICP-R Process Platform Bid Engineering
Client : ONGC
The proposal consists of one process platform, one flare tripod and sub-sea pipelines +
modification at existing facilities.
Project :ONGC MHSRP-II RS12 Well cum Drilling Platform Bid Engineering
Client : ONGC
Project : ONGC B-193 Well cum Process Platform Bid Engineering
Client : ONGC
The B-193 Process Platform project involves One (1) well-cum-process platform B-193A-P having
separate bridge connected LQ platform B-193A-Q for 70 persons, flare jackets having sub- sea flare
line for HP / LP flare & bridge connected LLP flare.
Project : ADMA OPCO Zakum Water Injection Upgrade Project Bid Engineering
Client : ADMA OPCO
The project consists of New Water Injection facility called Capacity Upgrade and modification of
existing water injection facility called Pressure Upgrade. Technip has done the Front End
Engineering design [FEED]. The new platform has to be installed by Float-over method. The bid
engineering includes Design Verification / FEED endorsement [McDermott won this project]
Project : Arabiyah Hasbah Field Development Project Bid Engineering
Client : Saudi ARAMCO
The Saudi ARAMCO project, Arabiyah field consists of 6 Well Head Platforms, 1 Tie-in platform, 1
Intermediate injection platform and onshore terminal; Hasbah field consists of 7 Wehh Head
platforms and 1 Tie-in platform; 700 Kms of piping of which 50 Kms clad with Inconel 625. The
design pressure is 8800 psig.
In the Position of Engineering coordinator for Chennai Office
 All bid engineering activities involving all engineering disciplines in arriving at an estimate
for costing
 Engineering man-hour estimation
 Reviewing Level 0 Level 3 schedule
 Conducting review meetings
 Coordinating with Procurement, Sub-contract, Estimation, Marine and Fabrication
operations group.
 Reviewing and recommending on cost adders for equipment
 Finalizing equipment layout
 Discussions with vendors
 Reviewing and recommending on optimizations
 Reviewing of FEED endorsement
In Saipem India Project Services , Chennai Head of Equipment and Packages
[Oct 1990 – May 2006]
In the Position of Head of Equipment and Packages, responsible for following activities
 Overall coordination, developmental activities, resource planning, recruitment and other
managerial functions.
The major projects administered and extent of involvement is as below:
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7. Project : JANA, Saudi Arabia HASSAD – 40000 TPA capacity Epichlorohydrin,(ECH) Grass Root Plant.
The facilities consists of Allyl Ahcohol, Epichlorohydrin, Calcium Chloride and Chlor Alkali Plant
In the position of Lead Engineer,
 Overall coordination and execution. The responsibility includes Design, Data Sheets, RFQ
documents, Technical Bid Analysis, Purchase Requisition, Vendor Document Review etc.
Special equipment includes Graphite columns and exchangers, Liquid ring compressors and
pumps, Thin Film Evaporators, Non-Seal pumps, chiller package, Incinerators, Flare
system etc. The number of equipment is more than 400.
Project : YOHO Development Project – Offshore Production Platform
Client : Mobil Producing Unlimited, Nigeria
In the position of Project Engineering Manager,
 Design and preparation of mechanical data sheets for H.P. and L.P. Flare Scrubber c/w
Boot, H.P. and L.P. Production Separator, Treater Degassing Separator, Oil Surge
Drum, Slug Catcher, 1st
, 2nd and 3rd
STG Suction Scrubber
Project : ERHA Development Project EPC1 - FPSO
Client : ESSO Nigeria
In the position of Project Engineering Manager
 Design and Preparation of Mechanical Data Sheets for Various Pressure Vessels and Shell &
Tube Heat Exchangers (Total 35 Equipment – Heat Exchangers – 10 AES, BEU & DEU Types,
Scrubbers – 13 – 7 barg to 272 barg Pressure with Full Vacuum in both Sec VIII Div 1 & 2
design, Pressure Vessels – 9 – 7 & 10.5 barg with Full Vacuum & Separators - 4). The
maximum pressure 272 bar (g) for 2 scrubbers.
 All Design & Analysis including FPSO motions
Project : AGBAMI FPSO Pre-Bid
Client: Star Deep Water Petroleum (Chevron Texaco) / BOS, France
In the position of Job Engineer – Rotating
 Preparation of RFQs, raising technical queries, Technical Comparison Table. Equipment
handled firewater pump, cargo pump, seawater lift pump etc. This job was done at
Sofresid, Paris.
Project : Star Deep Water Petroleum (Chevron Texaco) / BOS, France. AGBAMI DTU Pre-Bid
Client: Star Deep Water Petroleum (Chevron Texaco) / BOS, France
In the position of Lead Equipment Engineer
 Preparation of RFQs, raising technical queries, Technical Comparison Table. Equipment
handled firewater pump, Emergency Diesel Generator, Gas Turbine driven Generator. This
job was done at Sofresid, Paris.
Project: EPC 3 / Bonny River Terminal Expansion, Nigeria Pre-Bid
Client: Exxon Mobil
In the position of Head of Department
 Overall coordination of pre-bid engineering activities for mechanical – RFQ preparation,
technical queries and Technical Comparison Table for Cryogenic pumps, Hot oil heaters,
Propane Compressor package, Nitrogen membrane unit, Columns, exchangers and Air
coolers. Calculation and providing data for civil foundation loading.
Project : ROD Integrated Development Project, Algeria –
Client: BHP Billiton
Production, Processing and Export of Stabilized crude oil; Capacity – 80,000 bbls/day
In the position of Lead Equipment Engineer
 Overall coordination of all activities related to Equipment and Packages in the ROD
project covering rotating and static equipment, package items and material handling
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8. study. The major equipment include water injection pumps, Desalter package, Stabiliser
package, separators, coalescers, scrubber, air cooled heat exchangers, vessels etc.
Project : Mathura Refinery - Sulfur Recovery Unit project
Client : Indian Oil Corporation, Mathura
In the position of Lead Engineer
 Detailed engineering activities of all mechanical equipment like pressure vessels, columns,
heat exchangers, storage tanks, pumps, blowers, material handling, HVAC etc. The
number of equipment is more than 100. NACE requirements are applicable due to sour
service criteria.
In this project, took over as Project engineering coordinator half way through engineering
Execution. Internal coordination and dealing with EIL & Punj Lloyd [Petrofac’s sub-contractor]
were the main responsibilities.
Project : DLM- MOROCCO 120 T/hr Di-Ammonia Plant (DAP).
Client : DLM Morocco
The project involves design of Scrubbers and Vent stack
In the position of Project Engineering Manager
 The Job is design and detailing of six types of Ammonia Scrubbers and a Vent Stack. Mostly
FEA done. My role was convincing the management, building up the capability, working
out the strategy, execution of the total job.
Project : Guangdong LNG Terminal – Pre-Bid
Client : JGC / KBR China
In the position of head of department
 Overall coordination of pre-bid engineering activities for Equipment – RFQ preparation for
cryogenic pumps, vaporizers, loading and unloading arms, Boil-off gas compressor, listing
of small pumps and MTO for tanks
Project : Dolphin Energy Limited, Qatar / Saipem s.a., France Ras Laffan Gas On-shore Plant – Pre-Bid
Client : Dolphin Energy Limited Qatar
In the position of Head of Department
 Overall coordination of pre-bid engineering activities for equipment – Preparation of
Requisitions, Technical Bid Analysis for Estimation. for all Static Equipments and Pumps.
(Air Coolers 14, Waste Heat Boilers 2, Heat Exchangers 18, Plate Heat Exchangers 11,
Reactors 3, Process Columns 11, Pressure Vessels 50, Filters 14, Tanks 8, Pumps 62)
Worked inspection engineer and some of the projects are
Project : Raffinate Purification
Client : Cochin Refineries
Project : Fired Heater revamp
Client : Madras Refineries
Project : Fired Heater revamp
Client : Indian Petrochemicals Limited, Baroda
In the position of Inspection Engineer
 Inspection of all mechanical equipment like pressure vessels, columns, heat exchangers,
storage tanks, pumps, blowers, screw compressor, piping bulks, specialty items
Quality Management Representative and was responsible for getting ISO 9001 certificate @ Saipem
 Quality Management
In the position of Management Quality Representative:
 ISO 9001 Quality Management Representative of the Company from 1995 to 1999. Played
a key role in IDEA getting the certification from RWTÜV, Germany. Involved in the
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9. development and implementation of the Quality System, Project Quality Assurance etc.
The responsibilities included review of project quality assurance plans, internal quality
audits, corrective action measures, sub-contractor evaluation, measurement of customer
satisfaction, management reviews, quality improvement programs, training etc.
[Oct 1984 – Oct 1990] Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd,Visakhapatnam
In the position of Welding Engineer involved in fabrication of equipment for various customers in Oil and
Gas, Refineries, Fertilizers, Petrochemical, Power Sectors etc.
[June 1983 – Sep 1984] Enfield India ltd, Ranipet
Production, Planning & Control engineer at moped manufacturing shop
EDUCATION
M.Tech – Industrial Metallurgy
IIT, Madras
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
College of Engineering, Guindy
Additional Details
Professional Associations Life Member
Indian Institute of welding
Indian society for Non-destructive testing
Languages known Tamil, English
Training Undergone Pumps conducted by Ebara, Japan at Indian Institute of Technology,
Chennai, India.
Compact Heat Exchangers conducted by Indian Institute of Technology,
Chennai, India.
Project Management based on PMI by ENI Corporate University, UK.
Equipment and Packages for LNG Terminal conducted by Saipem,
France.
Managerial Capability Assessment conducted by Deutche Babcock – IDEA.
Management Development Training Program conducted by McDermott at
Singapore
Address for communication “Gokulam”
12, U.V.Swaminatha Iyer Street,
Maruthy Nagar, Rajakilpakkam
Chennai-600073
Phone: +91 9940068158
+91 44 22275459
Email rsrajaram@rediffmail.com, rsrajaram2003@yahoo.co.in
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10. development and implementation of the Quality System, Project Quality Assurance etc.
The responsibilities included review of project quality assurance plans, internal quality
audits, corrective action measures, sub-contractor evaluation, measurement of customer
satisfaction, management reviews, quality improvement programs, training etc.
[Oct 1984 – Oct 1990] Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd,Visakhapatnam
In the position of Welding Engineer involved in fabrication of equipment for various customers in Oil and
Gas, Refineries, Fertilizers, Petrochemical, Power Sectors etc.
[June 1983 – Sep 1984] Enfield India ltd, Ranipet
Production, Planning & Control engineer at moped manufacturing shop
EDUCATION
M.Tech – Industrial Metallurgy
IIT, Madras
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
College of Engineering, Guindy
Additional Details
Professional Associations Life Member
Indian Institute of welding
Indian society for Non-destructive testing
Languages known Tamil, English
Training Undergone Pumps conducted by Ebara, Japan at Indian Institute of Technology,
Chennai, India.
Compact Heat Exchangers conducted by Indian Institute of Technology,
Chennai, India.
Project Management based on PMI by ENI Corporate University, UK.
Equipment and Packages for LNG Terminal conducted by Saipem,
France.
Managerial Capability Assessment conducted by Deutche Babcock – IDEA.
Management Development Training Program conducted by McDermott at
Singapore
Address for communication “Gokulam”
12, U.V.Swaminatha Iyer Street,
Maruthy Nagar, Rajakilpakkam
Chennai-600073
Phone: +91 9940068158
+91 44 22275459
Email rsrajaram@rediffmail.com, rsrajaram2003@yahoo.co.in
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