CURRICULUM VITAE

BRIG RAVINDRA SHARMA

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DEPUTY COMMANDANT, EME SCHOOL, BARODA

Tele Nos : (0265) 701102 (O), 701103, 781994 (R)

Fax No : (0265) 701180

E Mail : [email protected]

OBJECTIVE · To work in a professional organisation at the Apex Management level of CMD/CEO etc.
DATE OF BIRTH · 18 Dec 1945
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS · MBA – IGNOU (A Grade)

- 1999

  · PGD Cmptr Application (Excellent)

- 1994

  · M.E (Mechanical)

Bombay University

(First Div with Distinction)

- 1977

  · B.E (Mechanical )

University of Jodhpur

(First Div)

- 1967

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING · Senior Management Development Programmme (Excellent)

- 1990

  · Specialisation in Project Management at DIWS, Mussoorie (A Grade)

- 1984

  · Post Graduate (Mech) Training at Air Defence Academy - USSR (Excellent)

- 1981

  · Graduation (Maint) Training at Vystrel Academy – USSR (Excellent)

- 1972

  · Specialisation in Advance Tank (Veh) Technology at MCEME, Sec’ bad (A Grade)

- 1970

EXPERIENCE
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  • 33 years as Class I commissioned gazetted officer in the Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers of the Indian Army.
  · Held various line and staff appointments at working, directional and conceptual levels.
  · Handled work forces upto 2000 persons directly and upto 40,000 in assignments requiring planning and monitoring of repair and maintenance activities for equipment costing over Rs 5000 Crores.
  · Planning, production, repair and maintenance activities as the Shop Floor Manager, Chief Exec, Works Manager as well as Managing Director in a large production unit engaged in overhauling/repair (including complete strip and rebuild) of multi-disciplinary and complex equipment, generally of foreign origin. These include vehicles, armaments, weapons, computers, guided missiles, radars and other equipment.

 

 

CURRENT POSITION · Chief Executive – Technical Training, EME School Baroda, (An ISO -9001 Institution).
  · EME School, Baroda is one of the prestigious training institutions of the Corps of EME conducting training of officers, junior commissioned officers, other ranks and civilians on vehicles, engineer equipment, armaments, small arms, instruments, bio-medical equipment and Automated Data Processing (ADP) upto diploma and postgraduate level recognised by the Govt of India and MS University, Baroda. 250 officers and 2500 personnel below officer rank are trained annually. This includes personnel from foreign countries and paramilitary forces. The present appointment involves designing, planning, mobilising resources and infrastructure, executing, controlling, monitoring and continuously improving various courses and training programmes planned for the trainees. Basically the institution is equivalent to a Post Graduate Engineering College imparting very high quality training focused to meet the needs of the Indian Army.
 
  Commander-Baroda Military Station.
  · Apart from local administration of complete Baroda military station the appointment involves the task of organisation aid to civil authorities in seven district of south Gujrat (Dahod, Baroda, Baruach, Surat, Narysari, Dang & Narmada) by coordinating with District Magistrate and local administration. It includes army help during disaster management, flood relief, natural calamities, internal security and problems related to law and order. A unique experience of planning challenging joint operations with local civil administration including police.
  Immediate Past Positions.
(a) Chief Executive-Electrical and Mechanical Engineering of an operationally committed field formation. In this prestigious appointment, the responsibility involved detailed planning, organising, co-ordinating and monitoring repair, maintenance and inspection activities for a wide variety of tanks, vehicles, guns, electronic and other war like equipment. The task demanded a high degree of resources and manpower planning for the optimum utilisation of a work force of approx 10,000 persons at various establishments spread in the geographical areas of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It also involved planning and organising user and maintainability trials in plains, deserts and high altitude areas for newly introduced equipment before their introduction into service.
  (b) Managing Director/General Manager(Technical) Army Base Workshop. (Work force 2450 civilians). The organisation is one of the most sophisticated high technology base workshops undertaking overhaul of some major complex weapon systems of the army (encompassing mechanical, electrical and electronics engineering disciplines ) with an infrastructure of Rs 50 crores and an output of approx Rs 5 crores per month. The responsibility involved corporate planning and execution of resources management like manpower, materials, machines, tooling, method engineering, quality management, value analysis, production management, forecasting etc. It involved participation in corporate policy definition, designing issue and enforcement of procedures and rules, OB & HRD functions, labour problems, industrial relations (against strong unions), coordination and control of general managers, marketing and financial management functions. In effect, it involved overall planning for production/overhaul of vehicles/equipments and total management of a complex industrial establishment ensuring output of targeted figures at high quality levels.

 

 

ACHIEVEMENTS · Member of Institute of Engineers, Institute of Automobile Engineers and All Indian Management Association.
 
  • Co-ordinated and organised ISO 9001 Certification and Golden Peacock National Training Award for EME School, Baroda, a premier training institution of the Indian army.
 
  • Organised number of seminars, workshops, projects, conceptual papers etc for post graduate and graduate engineer officers.
 
  • Member of technical delegation to USSR, Poland and Czech. Countries visited - UK, France, Germany, Holland and Italy.
 
  • Author of the following :-
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    • `Critical Analysis of Existing Performance Appraisal System in the Indian Army’ – a project report
     
    • Restructuring and Re-organisation of EME Support to Field Army’ – a study report.
     
    • Production, Planning and Control and Redesigning of an Existing System of Overhaul of a Weapon System for Doubling the Output of a Base Workshop’ – a study report.
     
    • Material Support Package, to Multi – Discipline Missile Development at DRDL, Hyderabad. A project sponsored by Director R&D Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence.
     
    • `Used Engine Oil Analysis Project’. A project sponsored by `BEST’ undertaking of Bombay.
     
    • `Gas Turbine Engine as an Alternative Source for Shaktiman Vehicles’ – a feasibility study.
    SPECIAL APTITUDE · Handling of challenging and demanding assignments independently at the apex level concerning Projects, HRD, Inventory, Financial and Marketing related components
     
    • Communication and interpersonal skills to get things done.
     
    • A global outlook with a fire in the belly for results and a passion for excellence.
    PERSONAL
    • Hobbies - Yoga, reading, light music, golf
     
    • Married - Two daughters - one is a Dental Surgeon & other is an MBA. Both happily married.
     
    • Wife - BA, B Ed, M Ed - served as teacher for 13 years.