1. Upendra Narayan Singh
Contact: 09430840823 / E-Mail: unsinghese@gmail.com
Result-oriented professional seeking senior managerial level assignments in Project Planning & Control with a
leading organization of repute in Power Distribution & Transmission industry
Profile Summary
A seasoned professional with nearly 34 years of commendable success in:
~ Project Management ~ Transmission & Distribution ~ Plant Administration
~ Techno-commercial Operations ~ Erection & Commissioning ~ Cost Optimization
~ Procurement ~ MIS Reporting & Documentation ~ Inventory Control
~ Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance ~ HR & General Administration ~ Power Generation
~ Grid Management ~ Site Engineering ~ People Management
 Deft in providing direction & structure for operating units in the field of Power Transmission & Distribution and EHV
Sub-Stations / Thermal Power Stations
 Expertise in handling invoicing & payment collection as well as in
assisting the preparation and approval of standards
 In-depth understanding of legal work related to electricity laws &
environmental issues during construction of transmission lines and sub-
stations
 Well versed with the concepts of maintenance of transmission lines to
achieve maximum availability of lines
 Talent for proactively identifying & resolving problems, ramping up
project activities with on time deliverables and maximizing efficiency
 Experience in managing maintenance operations for reducing breakdown
/ downtime & enhancing operational effectiveness of equipment
 An effective communicator with excellent relationship management
skills and strong analytical, leadership, decision making, problem solving, planning & organizational abilities
Career Milestones
 Essayed a stellar role in the:
o Operation & maintenance of 132/33/25 KV, 220/132/33KVG/S/S.
Construction of 132/33KVG/S/S.&220/132/33KV Grid Sub Station
o Construction of 2*250 MW Thermal Power Station
o Preparation & Obtaining statutory clearances: Rly-Xing, Forest, PTCC
 Expertise in handling:
o Operation, maintenance of 110 MW Thermal Power Station
o Transmission Line from Preliminary Survey, preparation of Route Diagram
o Tower spotting, tower schedule, material requirement, estimate, construction
of 132KV, 220 KV, transmission Line
o Restoration of fallen tower 132KV, 220KV using Pylon or ERS
 Holds the credit of handling project value cost of over Rs 1000 crore of thermal &
500 Crore of transmission system
Core Competencies
 Monitoring and executing power plant projects with respect to budgeted cost,
demand forecasts & time over-runs to ensure their timely execution
 Conducting cost benefit analysis of the projects including feasibility studies, assessment of the requirements, interface
and commissioning; guiding the preparation and submission of offers for tender inquiries
 Anchoring on-site erection & commissioning of plants and ensuring effective resource utilization to maximize the
output; ascertaining compliance to safety, economical and technical assessments to secure the best economical results
 Designing the HT/LT transmission & distribution systems for rural electrification works and handling the sizing of
equipment, earthing & lighting and equipment layouts
 Planning material and developing vendors for obtaining timely procurement of materials & equipment at cost effective
prices to ensure smooth execution of projects
 Monitoring quality systems & compliance with pre-set standards; troubleshooting and maintaining requisite
documents to ensure complete in-process quality & improvement in process capabilities
 Executing preventive & breakdown maintenance schedules of Turbines for improving overall reliability and safety
 Working on succession planning of the workforce, shift management activities, appraising members’ performance &
providing feedback

2. Organizational Experience
Jan’80-Jun’13 with Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited
Growth Path / Deputations:
Jan’80-Dec’86 Assistant Executive Engineer (Operations)
Jan’87-Jul’89 Assistant Executive Engineer (Turbine Maintenance - Patratu Thermal Power Station)
Aug’89-Mar’94 Assistant Executive Engineer (Transmission Sub-Division, Arrah)
Apr’94-Jul’97 Assistant Executive Engineer (Transmission Sub-Division – 2, Adityapur (Jamshedpur))
Aug’97-May’02 Electrical Executive Engineer – Technical (Transmission Circle, Dehri-On-Sone (BSEB))
Jun’00-Oct’02 Electrical Executive Engineer (Transmission Circle, Dehri-On-Sone (BSEB))
Oct’02-Dec’04 Electrical Executive Engineer (Testing & Commissioning, Transmission, Circle, Purnea
(BSEB))
Dec’04-Nov’05 Electrical Superintending Engineer (Transmission Zone, Gaya)
Dec’05-Feb’07 Electrical Superintending Engineer (Transmission Circle, Gaya (Bihar))
Mar’07-Jun’08 Electrical Superintending Engineer (Project & Design, Board Head Quarter)
Jul’08-Jan’12 Electrical Superintending Engineer (BSEB) - Transmission Circle, Patna
Feb’12-Jun’13 General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer (Barauni Thermal Power Station)
KEY RESULT AREAS
As General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer (Barauni Thermal Power Station):
 Entrusted with the responsibility of handling:
o Administrative sanction & retrial benefit paper at Zone level worker & their payment
o Implementation of order received from Head quarter in true sprit & letter. With over 400 staffs & 91 officers
o Acquisition of land for ash dyke & ash corridor
o Issues related to land displaced persons with different political parties.
 Imparting training to acquire knowledge for development in Power Sector & their application for Plant betterment
As Electrical Superintending Engineer (BSEB) - Transmission Circle, Patna:
 Shouldered the responsibility of handling:
o Sanction of Annual Increment of Workmen, GPF loan, Promotional aspect. Transfer & Posting, of worker, Audit
report, cash& material annual budget of circle. Resolve workers problems through unions
o 24 officers &165 workers to ensure uninterrupted &quality electricity to Capital town PATNA.
As Electrical Superintending Engineer (Project & Design, Board Head Quarter):
 Contributed in the Nuclear Plant to be established at Rajauli Bihar with detail studies
 Carried out the scrutinization of new Power Plant plan submitted by private firm. Associated is obtaining statuary
clearances as well as the detail study of PPA submitted by firm
 Managed the clearance of electrical connection given for establishment of new industries in Bihar through State
investment Promotion Board
As Electrical Superintending Engineer (Transmission Circle, Gaya (Bihar)):
 HR related work of workmen as sanction of loan, grant of leave, promotion, transfer & posting
As Electrical Superintending Engineer (Transmission Zone, Gaya):
 Managed the promotion of workman, Transfer & Posting of workman and Junior Engineers
 Maintained technical data, Revenue statement, Sanction of estimate, tender, issue of work orders
 Looked after the O&M work of all for four circles under this zone
As Electrical Executive Engineer (Testing & Commissioning, Transmission, Circle, Purnea (BSEB)):
 Carried out the fault rectification of secondary circuit of equipment of all G/S/S under transmission circle, Purnea viz
Purnea, Katihar, Naugachia, Saharsa, Khagaria
As Electrical Executive Engineer (Transmission Circle, Dehri-On-Sone (BSEB)):
 Handled HR work related to workmen as sanction of leave, over time, resolving workers problem through union
 Ensured effective maintenance of power supply to adjoin area & 132 HT consumer like Railway, Banjari cement, as
well as healthiness of interstate tie line from UP & Jharkhand
As Electrical Executive Engineer – Technical (Transmission Circle, Dehri-On-Sone (BSEB)):
 Administered and verified all workers related files & papers routed EEE.Tecnical, cheking of estmates, preparation of
tender papers, preparation of all report, and return to HQ
As Assistant Executive Engineer (Transmission Sub-Division – 2, Adityapur (Jamshedpur)):
 Spearheaded the Preliminary line survey, preparing of route diagram, route profile, tower spotting, Tower Schedule,
preparation of erection estimate of transmission lines, requirement of materials of 4 (four) nos. Transmission Lines:

3. o 132KV D/C Ramchandrapur (Jamshedpur) - Manoharpur
o 132KV D/C Ramchandrapur - Gamharia
o 132KV D/C Ramchandrapur - Jadugora
o 220KV D/C Ramchandrapur - Chandil
 Looked after the preparation of:
o Rly. Crossing drawing & questioners’
o Forest clearance
o PLCC clearance
 Supervised the construction of 132KV bays at 220/132KV G/S/S Ramchandrapur
As Assistant Executive Engineer (Transmission Sub-Division, Arrah):
 Single-handedly maintained the power supply to all connected to 33/11 KV Power Sub Station
As Assistant Executive Engineer (Turbine Maintenance - Patratu Thermal Power Station):
 Served as an In-charge of 4x110MW main Turbine i.e. Unit No. 6, 7, 8, 9 10
 Ensured smooth functioning of turbine, regeneration, Oil pups, centrifuge, oil systems, etc.
 Managed the Leakage of L.P heaters, condenser as well as the defects of chemical dozing pumps
 Key Assignments:
o 4 nos. Turbine bearings of Unit No. 10 were replaced in 1987, 2 mm generator pedestal of this unit which was up,
was machined at site
o 3 nos. turbine bearings of Unit No. 7 were replaced
o Damaged L.P turbine rotor of Unit No. 10 was replaced in the year 1988
o 2 nos. turbine bearings of Unit No. 9 were replaced in year 1989
As Assistant Executive Engineer (Operations):
 Handled overall control panel turbine, ball mills and electrical control based operations
Academic Details
 B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) from Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (Presently NIT Jamshedpur) in YY’
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 28th June 1953
Address: F/402, Jagmano Sri Garden, Ved Nagar, Rukunpura, Patna, Bihar 800014
(Refer to Annexure for Major Projects)

4. ANNEXURE
As General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer (Barauni Thermal Power Station):
Major Project:
 This thermal Power Station have 2*110 MW which is called old Plant-const, unit 6&7.2*250MW under construction-
called New Plant
o Preparation of yearly Material budget; annual Cash budget, revised budget
o Take daily stock of progress of work by physically visiting site, through daily Co-ordination meeting, discussion
with working agency, officials, sub-ordinate official
o Unit No. 7 110 MW Unit was under R&M work at the time of taking over charge 2/12 while Unit No. 6 of 110MW
was under break down. Unit No. 6 made operation & achieved record generation in the month of February 2012, >
23 MU for the year 2011-12. Lowest Oil consumption 5.21ml/KWH, 17th March 2012 when the Unit put under
shut down for R&M work
o Unit No. 7 likely to commission by December 2013 & Unit No. 6 by March2014
o 2x250MW New Project
o Unique feature, plant work taken place on ash dyke 2nd in India after Ampara
o Soil investigation, topographical survey just started including DCPT, PLT, SPT, SRT. Levelling grading took place
o Most of Stone column, RCC pile completed
o Raft casting of chimney 3/8 segment completed
o Ganga Water pipe line corridor work in progress
o Erection of ESP, Boiler, Power House of both units under progress
o Boiler drum lifting of 1st Unit took place on 05/06/2013, 2nd Unit Plant on last week of June 2013
o Organise fortnightly meeting with vendors, BHEL, consultants, follow officials with monthly target weekly basis on
L 2 Schedule
As Electrical Superintending Engineer (BSEB) - Transmission Circle, Patna:
Major Project:
 At Patna Transmission Circle maintained 24 Hours quality Electicity as such following steps taken:
o A new 132 KV D/C Transmission line between Fatuha-Katra-Gaighat was constructed, charged
&commissinened.2nos 132 KV, 6 No 33KV bays at Fatuha was constructed.
o A new132/33KV G/S/S with 132 KV Transmission Line Digha (Patna) 132/33 KV G/S/S katra were constructed,
charged &commissioned
o Capacity of Grid s/s –Khagaul, Fatuha, Gaighat, Jakanpur, and Masaurhi was increased. Construction of
220/132/33kv G/S/S Sipara was in final stage of commissioning
o 132/33KV G/S/S Katra was constructed &commissioned.
As Electrical Superintending Engineer (Transmission Circle, Gaya (Bihar)):
Major Project:
 This is very important circle because two International religious places Bodh Gaya & Vishnupad Temple, power supply
was to be maintained along with Railway. Annual, routine maintenance of Transmission line &G/S/S were planned &
schedule was strictly followed & maintained