Arvind Murthy

Career Profile

Talented Professional with 21 + years of hands-on experience in the projects & services business.

The past 6 years have been with M/s GECO M & E Ltd., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates as a Projects Manager with experience in dealing with utilities working for onshore project works with world renowned companies in Electrical Transmission and Distribution substations sector like Dubai Electricity and Water Authority – DEWA, Federal Electricity and Water Authority – FEWA, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority & Dubai Aluminium – DUBAL. I have actively participated in projects from concept stage to completion stage for substations, radio communications and cable laying projects, decommissioning of substation projects, as an EPC contractor & successfully achieved contract close out for the organisation.

For more than 12 years was associated with M/s ABB (India) Ltd., Bangalore, India and rose through the ranks to Assistant Vice President and member of corporate staff of the company. Started as a testing engineer and held multiple responsibilities as a site engineer, project engineer, projects manager & worked with several cross-sections of industries such as petrochemical refineries, aluminum refineries, wind farms etc. and railways & power utilities across India, Middle East and Africa and positively contributed to the growth of business for the company. Eventually was responsible for profit centre business for providing Commissioning Services for more than 4 years.

For around 1 year was associated with M/s Pristine Engineering Services, Mumbai , India and was appointed as a Service Engineer and responsibilities included servicing and pre-commissioning of EHV and HV switch gear, transformers, OLTC etc. Position included supervisory role for erecting and pre-commissioning of 20 MVA to 100 MVA class of transformers and switch gear up to 245 kV class at customer premises.

For around 2 years was associated with M/s Power Consultants, Mumbai, India and was appointed as a Testing and Commissioning engineer associated with servicing, testing and pre-commissioning relays of English Electric, ABB, and Siemens make.