1. RAKESH KUMAR ARYA
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering), Delhi College of Engineering, University
of Delhi. I had been the Topper amongst all branches of Engineering, in the 1972 batch,
and was awarded Gold Medals by the University of Delhi, as well as The Institution of
Engineers (India).
1. From January, 2015 onwards: Technip PMC, UK
Presently, working in the capacity of Lead Static Equipment Engineer. Deployed as
PMC at the EPC Contractor (Joint Venture of Korean Companies, Hyundai, GSEC &
SKEC) Home Office, Seoul for the Karbala Refinery Project, Iraq. This Mega Refinery
Project has all the Major Units normally associated with a Grass-root Refinery
including the ones licensed by UOP, Axens, Haldor Topsoe, KTI and Poerner.
My responsibilities include following activities for all Static Equipment and Packages:
(a) PMC review / approval of Contractor documents i.e. Mechanical Datasheets,
Material Requisitions, Technical Bid Evaluations, Critical vendor-drawings for
Vessels & Reactors, Heat Exchangers & Air Coolers, Columns & Column-internals,
Storage Tanks, Fired Heaters, Heat Recovery Steam Generator, Waste Heat Boiler,
Hydrogen Reformer & PSA unit , Air-Cooled Condensers, Ejectors, Filters, Mixers,
Thermal Reactor & Incinerator, Flare systems, River-water Intake systems, Raw
Water Treatment, Zero-Liquid-Discharge System, Electrostatic Precipitator, Air
Drying systems, Nitrogen unit, Waste Water Treatment, Chemical Injection
Packages, Sulphur solidification, Material Handling Packages etc.
(b) Review / Approval of additionally proposed Vendors / sub-contractors, related with
the above equipment / packages.
(c) Review / Approval of Technical Queries, and Design Change / Concession requests
submitted by Contractor, or their vendors / sub-contractors.
(d) Participation in Hazop Reviews, and 3-D Model Reviews for Mechanical Packages.
(e) Providing technical support to Client, for routine queries.
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2. April, 2014 to December, 2014: Consultant for Hydrocarbon Projects, New Delhi.
Associated with a Delhi based organization, for procuring European Collaboration, in
the field of EPC contracting for Environment Technology Equipments, e.g., Flare
systems, Incinerators, Burners, Thermal Oxidizers, and Waste Heat Recovery
systems etc.
3. From January, 2013 to April, 2014: Jacobs International Inc., UAE.
Worked in the capacity of Senior Static Equipment Engineer. Deployed as PMC at the
EPC Contractor, Samsung Engineering Home Office, Seoul, for the Abu-Dhabi Oil
Refining Company, Takreer’s Carbon Black & Delayed Coker (CBDC) Project. This
Project had Hydrogen Unit (Lurgi-licensed), Delayed Coker (Foster Wheelerd), Carbon
Black (Eurotecnica), Coke Calcination (Technip), Propane Dehydration (UOP), Distillate
Hydrotreater (UOP), Slurry Hydrotreater (Axens), LPG Treatment (UOP), Sulfur
Recovery & Tail-gas Treatment (CB&I), Sour Water Stripper, and Utilities / Offsites etc.
My responsibilities included similar activities as per para-1 for all Static Equipment and
Packages:
4. March, 2011 to Dec. 2012: Consultant for Hydrocarbon Projects, New Delhi.
Worked as Consultant for the design, as well as trouble shooting of the heat
transfer equipment (mainly Heat Exchangers, Air Coolers, and Fired Heaters).
Provided consultancy services to various Contractors and Vendors during their
bidding as well as the project execution phase.
5. Superannuated, from Engineers India Ltd. New Delhi, on 28th February, 2011.
1973 till February, 2011 (~ 38 years): Worked for EIL, New Delhi, in diverse
capacities, as follows:
i) 1973 – 2003 ( ~ 30 years) : Heat & Mass Transfer Division ( HMTD )
Here, my field of work included all facets of consultancy connected with all the
variants of Heat Transfer Equipment viz. Design and development , fabrication,
installation, commissioning & trouble shooting of Heat Exchangers, Fired
Heaters , Waste Heat Recovery & Energy Conservation Systems , for
Petroleum Refinery , Petrochemical , and Offshore Oil & Gas Projects.
Familiarity and understanding of the relevant Indian as well as International
codes and standards (e.g., IS, TEMA, ASME & API), and the General Practices
of concerned Clients and Licensors.
I had undergone training, for Design of Heat Transfer Equipment, at Lummus –
Heat Transfer Division, Netherlands (in the year 1977). The training was
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concentrated on the latest techniques of mechanical design of TEMA Shell &
Tube exchangers, Air-cooled exchangers and the patented “Lummusaire” Steam
Condensers.
I was deputed as Project Management Consultant - Heat Transfer Specialist, at
Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea (in the year 1986). Here, I was
entrusted with the review & approval of all the Heat Exchangers’ drawings /
documents submitted by HHI through the principal contractor, i.e., KTI, USA for
the LPG Project of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, India.
I was deputed as Project Management Consultant - Heat Transfer Specialist, at
Toyo Engineering Corporation, Chiba, Japan (in the year 1997). Here again, I
was entrusted with the review & approval of all the Heat Exchangers’ and the
Fired Heaters’ drawings / documents submitted by TEC for VCM Project of
Petronas’ VCM, Malaysia .
I had been responsible, as Engineering Manager, for detailed engineering,
fabrication & installation related issues, and commissioning of the following heat
transfer packages of the Indian clients:
(a) EDC Cracker package for VCM Project of Indian Petrochemical Corporation,
Vadodara,
(b) Hydrogen Reformer package for Hydrogen Unit of Indian Oil Corporation,
Panipat,
(c) Waste-heat-recovery packages for various Off-shore platforms of Oil &
Natural Gas Corporation, and
(d) Energy - conservation packages for running units of existing Refinery &
Petrochemical complexes (IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, and IPCL).
ii) 2003 – August , 2009 ( ~ 6.5 years) : Project Division
As Project Manager, I had managed Engineering, Procurement, Construction
Supervision & Project Management Services of the following Projects:
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Offshore Oil & Gas Projects (~ 2 years): For the various jobs requiring -
Revamp of the Process as well as the Well Platforms of the ONGC’s Mumbai-
High, Offshore Facilities. Mostly, I was involved in the revamp of 26 no. well
platforms of ONGC, under a single contract awarded to M/s Sarku Engineering,
South Korea.
LNG Terminal Project (~ 2 years): for RGPPL (GAIL) Terminal, Dabhol-
involving establishment of unloading jetty, tug-berth, off-shore breakwater, and
on-shore facilities for Re-gasification of 5MMTPA of LNG in Ratnagiri district,
Maharashtra. This was a project, left uncompleted by the US Multinational
Dabhol Power Corporation, and subsequently taken over by the Indian entity
RGPPL. I was mainly involved in the tendering, award & execution of the left-
over offshore works of navigational aids, tug-berth, dredging and breakwater.
Refinery Project (~ 1 year): For 6MMTPA, Phase-3 expansion project of MRPL,
Mangalore – involving Crude & Vacuum Distillation, Hydrocracker & Petro- FCC
units and all the requisite utilities. I was involved for the initial activities of
selection of Process Licensors, site grading, site establishment and the
miscellaneous civil works.
Petrochemical Project (~ 2 years): For 200,000 TPA of Cracker Project of
BCPL (GAIL) at Dibrugarh, Assam – a Greenfield Project incorporating dual-feed
(i.e. Gas + Naphtha) Cracker, as well as the Polypropylene and Polyethylene
units. Here too, I was involved for the initial activities of the selection of Process
Licensors for the Cracker and downstream units, site grading, site establishment
and the miscellaneous civil works.
iii) August, 2009 till February, 2011 (~ 1.5 years) : Research & Development
Division
As Project Manager for the Modernization, and Relocation of the existing R&D
facilities of EIL, at Gurgaon. Here, I had re-organized the existing R&D centre to
make space for the upcoming multistoried building of EIL, and initiated the site
related civil activities & procurement of modern equipment for the relocated R&D
Centre.
5. 1972-1973 (~ 1 year): Welding Engineer, with Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai.
Here, I was associated with the Welding development department, and was
entrusted with the quality assurance of the welding carried out on the shop-floor,
and Qualification of Welding Procedures & the Welders’ Performance in accordance
with the international codes i.e., ASME Section IX.
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5. RAKESH KUMAR ARYA
Date of Birth: 3rd
February , 1951
E-mail: rkarya@gmail.com
Present Contact Details:
Telephone: Residence : +82 70 8251 0019, Mobile: +82 10 5964 2607
Address: 72 Naesu-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, South Korea.
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Professional Membership: Institution of Engineers, India
Personal Details

6. RAKESH KUMAR ARYA
Date of Birth: 3rd
February , 1951
E-mail: rkarya@gmail.com
Present Contact Details:
Telephone: Residence : +82 70 8251 0019, Mobile: +82 10 5964 2607
Address: 72 Naesu-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, South Korea.
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Professional Membership: Institution of Engineers, India
Personal Details