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GEI values its human resource assets and has long
recognized that the employees and management hold the
key to successful implementation of the company's business
strategies.
We have been able to attract and retain the some of the best
and the brightest in our industry. Our key executives who each
average over 25 years of relevant experience from different
industries, are profiled along with our Chairman &
Managing Director in this section.
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C.E. Fernandes is the founder Chairman &
Managing Director of the company. He is a member on the board
of several professional bodies such as the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) - a key business link between Indian
Industry and the Govt of India, National Safety Council,
Christian Service Society etc. He has received numerous awards,
notable among them being ; A.R.Bhatt National Entrepreneurship
Award and the Super Achievers of India Award. He has led several
Indian business delegations to China & USA on behalf of the CII.
The company grew from strength to strength under his captaincy,
and is active in the Middle East and Latin American markets, apart
from the domestic market for Heat exchangers and allied products.
The company is ISO-9001 & ASME "U" and National Board "R" Stamp certified. Apart
from expanding the core business of the company, Mr. Fernandes has
launched diversification into areas such as Engineering Services
Outsourcing for the American market (ESO), leveraging on the strengths
of design expertise built over the years as well as Power Sector
equipments & services to meet the fast expanding energy needs of
India.
Thanks to his initiative, GEI has recently entered into marketing agreement
with M/s. X-Wire, a North Carolina based American company, to explore the
huge American market and meet its outsourcing requirements in the Heat
Exchanger segment. GEI is also now emerging as a major contractor to the
massive Rural Electrification schemes of the Govt. of India, targeting
electrification of 1,25,000 villages in different provinces of India, to
be completed over the next four years. To enhance GEI's worldwide presence,
he opened marketing offices in Mid-East, Latin America & North America.
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D. Laxminarayan joined GEI in 1997 as Vice-president of the company & was
elected as its Executive Director in 2004. He is in charge of all operations, related to
the core business of the company i.e; Heat Exchangers & allied products, covering design,
quality, manufacturing, and project management functions. He is actively involved in directing
research and development activities, involving the local University Technical Institutions and
is responsible for delivering new projects like LNG De-Gasification project of Govt. of India,
from concept to commissioning.
He is directing the company in its new diversification into areas such as Engineering Services
business and the Power sector business. Before joining GEI, Laxminarayan had over 27 years of
experience with the power sector major, BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS (BHEL) as Project Manager covering
design, quality, manufacturing and commissioning of Heat Exchangers and other large fabrication
products, for OIL/GAS/POWER sectors both in India and abroad. He is a graduate in Mechanical
Engineering (with Honours).
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S.C. Parakh joined GEI in 2006 as Advisor for establishing it as Power
Equipment/Project supplier. Prior to joining GEI, he was the Advisor for independent
power producers from 1996. He headed POWERGRID CORP (A Govt. Undertaking) - the largest
domestic electrical transmission and distribution company, as CMD & Director (Projects)
during 1991-1996 and was responsible for the implementation of EHV Transmission projects
and other associated schemes. Prior to this Parakh was Executive Director, NATIONAL THERMAL
POWER CORP (A Govt. Undertaking) - the largest domestic power generation company, from
1978-1991 and was in charge of operations for Super Thermal Power Stations at Singrauli &
Rihand in India. He has also worked with BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS (A Govt. Undertaking) -
a major power equipment contractor and was associated with a 120 MW Turnkey Project in
Libya. He has rich experience as a technocrat and manager due to his occupying key
positions in the power industry of India. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering
and a member of the Indian Council of Arbitration & Fellow of the Institution of Engineers
(India).
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Robinson Fernandez joined GEI in the design section of Heat
Exchangers after graduating in Mechanical Engineering, and currently holds
the position of Sr. Vice President (Engineering & Marketing).
He has 21 years of experience in Thermal design of Air-cooled Heat Exchangers
& Air-cooled Steam Condensers. He is involved in R&D activities for various
types of Heat Transfer apparatus and Ventilators and is now entrusted with
business development of the above products. He also completed Masters degrees
in Thermal engineering & Business Administration.
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M. Balasubramaniam joined GEI in 2006 as coordinator
for their new business activity of Engineering Services especially to
the American markets, through their marketing partner X-Wire, an established
NC based American corporation. His goal is to explore the American Heat
Exchanger market for providing competent and reliable engineering services
like Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Detailed Engineering, Bid Assistance
& Engineering, Preparation of Structural Steel Fabrication, Procurement support,
3D modeling & Design, 2D Drawing conversion, Project Management and Engineering
support during construction, Updating the drawings based on field markups for
Heat Exchangers & Steam Condensers.
Before joining GEI, Balasubramaniam was with the power sector major, BHARAT
HEAVY ELECTRICALS, for 30 years. He has vast experience in Design & Contracts
engineering of Switchgear products and also in Project management as Additional
Gen. Manager. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. He is a Lead
Assessor with NABL, an accreditation body of Govt. of India, for assessment of
electrical laboratories to ISO:17025.
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