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Industry and Policy Analyst, Writer, Sustainability advocate and Corporate Manager and corporate management expert

Profile Summary

General & recent assignments
Chemical Engineer and Corporate Manager with extensive technical and management experience in the industry and Governments for over four decades.
Currently Director, Centre for Green Technology & Management, Cochin and formerly Chairman, Public Sector Restructuring and Audit Board (RIAB, apex body overseeing the working of public sector industries), Government of Kerala, Chairman, Kerala Minerals and Metals (KMM) Ltd and CMD of Travancore Titanium Products (TTP) Ltd both Titanium processing industries under the Government of Kerala. President of the Thrikkakara Municipal Co-operative Hospital Society, Cochin, Kerala

Positions held
Formerly Special Secretary to Chief Minister, Government of Kerala looking after development projects and program implementation, Managing Director of Chlor-Alkali major Travancore Cochin Chemicals (TCC) Ltd, Cochin, India and Chief of Production and Corporate Planning at Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore (FACT) and FACT Engineering & Design Organization (FEDO) Ltd, Director, Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC) and Kerala Institute for Labour and Administration (KILA)
Independent Director at Central Railside Warehouse Company (CRWC) Ltd and  Managing Director, Cybene Consultants P Ltd, Cochin, Kerala.

Engagement with Institution of Engineers (India) 
 Actively involved in the Institution of Engineers (India) at the national level for four decades. Council Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) 2000-‘2002 and 2013-’17 and 2017-21. Presently Chairman, Election Process Implementation Committee (EPIC). Served the IEI Cochin Local Centre as it Secretary (1996-2000) and Chairman (1999-2001). Was also Chairman, Chemical Engineering Division Board (CHDB), Service and Headquarters Management Committee (SHMC), Member of Regional Co-ordination Committee (RCC), Research and Development Committee (RDC), Ethics Control Board (ECB), Pay Revision Committee (PRC), Member Board of Governors of National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), Sustainable Development Forum (SDF) and Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI). Member IEI Draft Committee on ‘Engineers’ Bill’, Chairman, IEI Expert Committee on Western Ghats Ecology Reports.

Education
BS degree in Chemistry and AMIE Chemical Engineering, Postgraduate degree in Ecology and Environment, MBA (Marketing) and PhD in Environment Management.

Specialization
State level policy planning for industrial development, Corporate management of major industrial units, Project economics, Development of DPRs and techno-economic feasibility studies, Energy/ water/environment management, Pilot plant scale up, Facilities planning for major industrial units, Engineering design, standardization and consultancy management, Turnaround strategy for industrial units, Process plant environment, health and safety management studies and  technology selection , development and technical services to chemical processing units.

Association with Professional bodies
Actively associated with various Professional bodies, Institutions, and serves on several expert advisory committees to the Central and State Governments in India.
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE), National Safety Council & All India Management Association.

International studies
Reviewer/ contributing author of

•	IPCC AR 6 report
•	UNEP’s 2017 Global Environmental Outlook (GEO 6)
•	ASM International  
•	UNEP Millennium Ecosystem Assessment reports

Awards
Recipient of the following Awards:
•	CISCO Sustainability Leadership Award (2015), 
•	Outstanding Chemical Engineer award of IIChemE (2008)
•	Distinguished Alumnus of the Institution of Engineers (India) (2010)
•	Listed in the Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World.

Speaking assignments
Invited Chair/Speaker to major international conferences of 
•	The Gulf Petro Chemical Association  (GPCA) -Dubai, 
•	Argus FMB International- London, UK
•	International Titanium Association- USA, 
•	Arab Fertilizer Association- Cairo, Egypt
•	CREON Energy, Moscow, Russia
•	British Publishing House- London, UK
•	CRU international- London, UK
•	International Fertilizer Development Centre-USA, 
•	Gulf Publishing Company-USA, 
•	National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)  International India Section- Mumbai, India
•	Kolkata University, Kolkata, India
•	World Federation of Engineering Organisations- Paris, France
•	Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, India
•	The Fertilizer Institute, Washington- USA, 
•	Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur, India
•	European Federation of Chemical Engineers-Czechoslovakia and 
•	Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Publications
Contributor to international journals such as 
•	Hydrocarbon Processing, Houston, US, Fertilizer International- CRU, London, Nitrogen & Methanol, British Sulphur, London, Chemical Engineering- US, Chemical Processing, US, Chemical Industry Digest, Mumbai, Hydrocarbon Asia, Singapore, Oil & Gas India- National Convention, Mumbai, Chemical Weekly, Mumbai and Chemical Engineering World, Mumbai.

Website 	www.drmpsukumarannair.com

Subject Matter Expertise

★ Sustainable Development

Services

Writing
Research
Consulting
Data & AI
Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Product Validation, Manufacturing

Work Experience

Board of Directors - Member

Center for Green Technology & Management

January 2012 - Present

Chairman & Managing Director

Travancore Titanium Products Ltd

October 2016 - September 2018

Chairman

Kerala Minerals & Metals Ltd

October 2016 - September 2018

Chairman, Public Sector Restructuring & Audit Board

Government of Kerala

June 2016 - September 2018

Special Secretary to Chief Minister

Government of Kerala

September 2008 - May 2011

Managing Director

Travancore Titanium Products Ltd

July 2006 - September 2008

Chief of Production & Corporate Planning

Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd

July 2001 - June 2006

Managing Director

Travancore Cochin Chemicals Ltd

May 1999 - June 2001

Deputy Chief Engineer

Ferytilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd

April 1992 - May 1999

Education

Doctor of Phiolosophy PhD

Cochin University of Sciece and Technology

April 1995 - January 2001

Master of Business Administration MBA

Indira Gandhi National Open University

January 1992 - January 1995

Master of Ecology & Environment MEE

Indian Institute of Ecology & Environment

July 1992 - April 1994

AMIE (B.Tech) Chemical Engineering

Institution of Engineers (India)

July 1979 - April 1984

BSc (Special) Degree in Chemistry

University of Kerala

April 1967 - March 1970

Certifications

Hazard Analysis

ICI Ltd

January 1994 - February 1994

Industry and Policy Analyst, Writer, Sustainability advocate and Corporate Manager and corporate management expert

Board of Directors - Member

Center for Green Technology & Management

Chairman & Managing Director

Travancore Titanium Products Ltd

Chairman

Kerala Minerals & Metals Ltd

Chairman, Public Sector Restructuring & Audit Board

Government of Kerala

Special Secretary to Chief Minister

Government of Kerala

Managing Director

Travancore Titanium Products Ltd

Chief of Production & Corporate Planning

Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd

Managing Director

Travancore Cochin Chemicals Ltd

Deputy Chief Engineer

Ferytilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd

Doctor of Phiolosophy PhD

Cochin University of Sciece and Technology

Master of Business Administration MBA

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Master of Ecology & Environment MEE

Indian Institute of Ecology & Environment

AMIE (B.Tech) Chemical Engineering

Institution of Engineers (India)

BSc (Special) Degree in Chemistry

University of Kerala

Hazard Analysis

ICI Ltd