PROFESSIONAL RESUME
M.N.KRISHNA MURTHY
INDEPENDENT SUGAR INDUSTRY CONSULTANT
Without any interest in Manufacturing, Trading,
or Contracting Business and having no corporate tie-up with manufacturers
PROVIDING CONSULTANCY SERVICES, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, PROJECT ENGINEERING, ADVISORY SERVICES AND MARKET SURVEYS FOR
EXISTING / NEW SUGAR PROJECTS
CONTACT FOR
CONSULTANCY AND PROJECT ENGINEERING
M.N.KRISHNA
MURTHY
401, Mahavir
Apartments – II, Tel:
91-22-26343081, 91-22-26341097
Off
Seven Bunglows, Andheri West E mail – mnkmurthy46@gmail.com
MUMBAI 400053,
An
accomplished Chartered Engineer ,Sugar Engineer, Legal Expert by qualification
and Sugar Industry Consultant by profession with 44 years of experience of
working in India and abroad in Sugar industry in very senior level. The
experience ranges from 12 years of working in the Indian Sugar Industry and 32
years of international experience in providing engineering / project
consultancy and advisory services in Sugar industry, and particularly in the
areas of project engineering, feasibility studies and project management in
India, South east Asia, Africa (English & French spoken countries) and the
Caribbean.
SERVICES OFFERED
- Sugar (Raw,/
- Project Identification
- Standalone sugar Refineries
- Feasibility studies of new sugar projects,
Rehabilitation, Diversification Studies;
- Diagnostic/ rehabilitation survey of old
plants ;
- Project appraisal to International Financial
Institutions;
- Sugar Plant Operation & Management;
- Plant erection & commissioning;
- Bid documentation and evaluation &
Contract Management;
- Supervision of construction and Installation
- Environmental studies ;
- Technical assistance, operational support
- Technical monitoring and support
- International Project procurement.;
- Energy Conservation & Co-generation;
- Appropriate Technology and Transfer of
Technology ;
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Mid term review and final project evaluation
- Asset Evaluation
- Training Programmes
and preparation of Training Manual
- Technical advice and assistance in arranging
financing for the project
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Member - Institution of Engineers,
- Fellow - Sugar Technologists Association,
- Member - Deccan Sugar Technologists
Association,
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors Degree in
Electrical Engineering
- Post Graduate Diploma in Sugar
Engineering,.
- Certificate Course in
French
- Masters Degree course in
Business Laws
KEY QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Born on 27th
May 1946
Experience with
International Development Agencies namely
-
- African Development Bank,
- Asian
Development Bank,
- Export Import Bank of
- African Project Development Facility,
Chartered
Engineer having an experience of 44
years in sugar industry in
- ASSISTANT
ENGINEER (Electrical &
Mechanical) from 1967 to May 1971 at M/s.
- DEPUTY
CHIEF ENGINEER from August
1973 to August 1974 at Sanjivani Co-op Sugar Factory,
- TECHNICAL
MANAGER from 1977 to 1979, as CHIEF ENGINEER from 1974
to 1977 and DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER from 1971 to 1973 at M/s. Somaiya
Sugar works, Sameerwadi,
- CHIEF
PROJECT EXECUTIVE (SUGAR DIVISION) with M/s. Agrima Consultants
International Pvt. Ltd.,
- EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR of Sabas
Consultancy Services India Pvt. Ltd., Bombay (an subsidiary company of
M/s. Sabas Approtech
Projects Limited, Toronto, Canada) from 1993 to 2000
- ASSOCIATE
CONSULTANT with J.P. Mukherji and Associates,
- INDEPENDENT
SUGA CONSULTANT presently from year 2000;
CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS HANDLED
Preparation of detailed Feasibility Studies,
- Busia Sugar
- Mini
Sugar Project,
SRILANKA - Monaragala Sugar
Project,
Studies and Preparation of detailed Sugar Project Reports
CAMAROON - Cameroon Sugar Company,
ETHIOPIA - Tendaho
Sugar Project- Ethiopia – A green field Project of 26000 TCD with Cogeneration
The Tendaho
project aims at establishing a cane sugar manufacturing facility at Tendaho site located in the lower Awash
valley of the Afar Administration. The project envisages at total initial milling capacity is to
be 26,000 t [about 600,000 t sugar/ annum] raw sugar and / or partial
plantation white sugar / Refined sugar with potential for further expansion of
capacity in future. The project work is divided into two parts. In the first part feasibility study and
evaluation of options followed by detailed engineering work to be completed and
in the second part implementation shall be carried out.
I was senior Member of the JPMA
team as sugar Factory Expert which was held in April-May 2005. The study was
for site selection and evaluation of technology options, preparation of
detailed project engineering and implementation report, preparation of various
tender documents for international procurement for establishment of 28,000 TCD
Raw sugar cum
Refinery in the
Detailed Project Feasibility Reports
and Working as Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator
Consultant / Advisor
- Sango Bay Estates Ltd.
- Thabet Group of Industries ,
- Technical
and commercial proposal for Al- Tawra Sugar Company, a Beet Sugar Company in
Syria for running the plant as sugar refinery during the off beet campaign.
Team Leader and Training
Officer of Management Assistance And Training services
team
[Sudan Sugar Rehabilitation Project funded by The World Bank (IDA)]
- New Halfa
Sugar Company, New Halfa, Sudan, from September 1988 to March 1990 ;During this assignment
designed a comprehensive training programme for the Factory & field staff,
organized training courses, prepared training manuals and implemented training
programmes. Also involved in the rehabilitation of the sugar
plant.
Sugar Factory Expert and
Later as Project Implementation & Procurement Advisor
for Sugar Project Implementation Committee, a cell under Ministry of Industry,
Government of Sudan for implementing Sudan Sugar Rehabilitation Project.
- The World Bank funded this position and
worked from Sept. 1991 to June 1993; was
actively participated in the project advisory capacity pertaining to all
aspects of international procurement under the guide lines of the World Bank,
project administration and also on project financing matters.
Advisor to
Overseas Infrastructure Alliance Pvt. Ltd for exploration of new Projects in
El- Duam in Central Sudan and Bor
in South Sudan[now ROSS].
MADAGASKAR
Member - Appraisal mission of African Development
Bank,
- Technical & financial appraisal of Integrated sugar project - Socite Sucrier du Monombondro, Madagaskar in Sept.
1995.
Deputy Team Leader &
Factory Expert
- Technical and Financial Evaluation Study of
Integrated Buzi Sugar Project - Buzi,
Mozambique in between December
1993 to April 1994; a Study
financed by African Development Bank and African Development Fund
Team Leader - Technical appraisal
- Inhassune Ramalhusca Integrated Agricultural Project, (Project of Cotton , Maize & Livestock)
Sugar Industry Expert
- Preparation of technical and financial
feasibility study of Gayvita Sugar Project
Chief Consultant / Sugar Expert
- Diagnostic study and finalize Rehabilitation
plans of The Nigerian Sugar Company, Bacita, Kwara State, Nigeria for production of 60,000 tons of
refined sugar per annum. in
March – August 1991
. ST.KITTS & NEVIS
Team Leader & Sugar
Expert
Study to examine the costs and
benefits of maintaining versus closing the Sugar Industry at St. Kitts &
Nevis,
Expert
Sugar Refinery Consultant
Deputed by the Government of
India, Ministry of Commerce in July 1984
to visit West European countries
which was aimed at studying the refined sugar manufacture facilities in Europe
for preparing and submitting a detailed feasibility report to the Ministry of
Commerce on establishment of 100% export oriented refiner for production of
refined sugar in duty free export zones in India.
Team Leader
Study team for evaluation of Assets and
Rehabilitation Plans for Ambika Sugars Ltd, Amadalavalasa, A.P.
Valuation Expert ,
Valuation of Assets of two sugar
Factories in U.P. – Basti Sugar Mills Ltd, Basti and Govindnagar Sugar Co, Walterganj, Basti for M/s Glenasia
Commodities Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
Consultant
Rehabilitation of Keshoraipatan Sugar Factory,
Keshoraipatan, Rajasthan- Rehabilitation and restarting of the sugar mill for
M/ S Suwalka & Suwalka Properties and Builders Pvt. Ltd, Kota in 2007
Consultant
Preparation of feasibility study
report for a green field project of 2500 TCD at West Champaran
District, Bihar for M/s Sohanna International Pvt.
Ltd,
Member of team - Sugar Expert of Restructuring and
Privatization Study of
A study by
M/s. Sabas Approtech
Projects Limited,
Project Advisor- Project Gold
Project Advisor to an
international Project Engineering Company- Implementation of Project Gold - for
modifications and improvements to
Guysuco’s Enmore sugar processing factory which includes a state of art sugar
ware house and, packaging plant packaging plant and sugar factory process
improvements including improvement in colour of the sugar produced.
Expert Member of the team
as Sugar Industry Expert
Sugar - Ethanol Study of Jamaica
in Nov- Dec 2004 – [A study by J.P.Mukherji &
Associates Pvt. Ltd Pune in association Proj
Industries Ltd. Pune ] for study of status of its
sugar industry & its future, Possibilities of cogeneration and production
and export of ethanol in the island.
An Ongoing Project
Lead Consultant to team of
experts- Feasibility study for establishing sugar refining facilities at
ETHIOPIA Expert Member of the team as sugar Factory Expert
Tendaho Sugar Project –
Ongoing Project
ZAMBIA Expert Member of the team as sugar Factory Expert
LEUNA Sugar Project –
Ongoing Project
BENIN Expert Member of the team as sugar Factory Expert
Green Field Sugar Project –
BURKINA FASO Expert Member of the team as sugar Factory Expert
Bagre Green Field Sugar Project
–
Ongoing Project
To National Heavy Engineering
Cooperative Ltd,
Sugar Industry Consultant to Deloitte & Touche ,
Deloitte & Touche were appointed in May 2011 by
the Government of Ugandation of Kinyara Sugar Works
through the Ministry of Finance to carryout Business Valuation of Kinyara Sugar
Works Ltd. Government of Uganda wanted to disinvest remaining 49% of its
shareholding and prior to divestiture , it wanted to
carry out a business evaluation. I was the member of study team as Sugar
Industry Expert.
COUNTRIES- CONSULTANCY SERVICES EXTENDED
India, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan,
Nepal, Mozambique, Cameroon, Nigeria, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Guyana , Jamaica,
Zambia, Benin, Mauritius, Yemen, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago,
Syria , Vietnam and St. Kitts &
LANGUAGES KNOWN
Read,
Write, Speak : English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil.
Working
knowledge : Arabic, French. [(General)]
PAPERS PUBLISHED
Published technical papers at convention of Sugar
Technologist Association of India.
(i) Some
Aspects of Cane Shredding
(ii) Mill
Ratios and Their Influence on Milling Performance.