User talk:Sudha1964

P. Gopalan Born on 12th September 1956 Native Village Thattathimoolai, Nannilam Taluk, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu State, India, Pin: 610115 Languages known well: Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, English Languages known to some extent: Bengali, Telugu, Japanese

Schooling: Local Municipal Primary School – Bodinayakkanoor from 1961 – 1964 (1st Std to 4th Std entry)Local Municipal Primary School -  Thiruppathur from 1964 June to September  (1st term of 4th Std) MGR School – Vadapalani, Madras from 1964 October to 1964 December (2nd  term of 4th Std) Local Municipal Primary School – Nagercoil from 1965 January  to 1967 April ( 3rd tem of 4th Std to 6th Std) Sri Ramakrishna Mission Boys’High School (North Branch)- Bazullah Road, T’Nagar, Madras  from 1967 June to 1972 June.(6th Std to 11th Std - SSLC)Agurchand Manmull Jain College – Meenambakkam, Madras-600061 from 1972 June to 1973 April ( Pre University Course)  University of Madras, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore- 641013 from 1973 August to 1978 May( B.E., Mechanical Engg)Indian Institute of Technology – Madras from 1978 August to 1980 May (M.Tech – Industrial Tribology)

Jobs: Scientist – B, at Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, West Bengal, India Pin: 713209, from August 1980 to January 1981 Project Associate, Metallurgy Department at IIT-Madras,  India Pin: 600036 from June to August 1981 Senior Engineer, Excavator Design, Telco, Jamshedpur, India Pin: 831010 from August 1981 to October1985 Assistant Manager, Excavator Design, Telco, Jamshedpur, India Pin: 831010 from November 1985 to March 1989 Deputy Manager, Excavator Design, Telco, Jamshedpur, India Pin: 831010 from April 1989 to January 1994 Manager, Management Development Centre, Graduate Engineers’Training, Telco, Jamshedpur, India Pin: 831010 from February  1994 to March 1997 Manager, HR- Corporate ,Technical Training 7 Graduate Engineers’ Training, Ashok Leyland, Chennai- 600001 from March 1997 to March 1999 Senior Manager, Construction Equipment Design, CEBU- Telco Jamshedpur – 831010 from April 1999 to January 2000 Divisional Manager, Quality Assurance, Telco Construction Equipment Co Ltd., Jamshedpur -831010 from February 2000 to June 2000 Divisional Manager & Head, Quality Assurance, Telco Construction Equipment Co Ltd., Jamshedpur -831010 from July 2000 to June 2005 AGM & Head, R&D – Development & Testing ,Telco Construction Equipment Co Ltd., Jamshedpur -831010 from July 2005 to December 2010 Additional GM & Head, R&D – Development & Testing, Telco Construction Equipment Co Ltd., Jamshedpur -831010 from  January 2011 to November 2012 Additional GM & Head, R&D – Development & Testing, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd., Jamshedpur -831010 from  December  2012 till date

Membership in professional bodies: Fellow  - Institution of Engineers (India) & Certified Chartered Engineer. Member - Jamshedpur Management Association Member - Indian Value Engineering Society - Eastern Zone Council

Countries visited & Purpose of Visit: Visited Bauma’89, the International Trade Fair on Earthmoving Equipment held at Munich in April 1989. Two weeks Training at Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd., Japan in June/ July 2002. Visited Bauma China 2004, the International Trade Fair on Earthmoving Equipment held at Shangai  in November 2004. Visited Korea for development of components and aggregates with various Korean Suppliers in November 2004. Visited Singapore for Strategy Workshop & Conference in presence of Board of Directors. The trip was sponsored by the company for all participants along with spouses in July 2005. Visited Bangkok for strategic Planning workshop in September 2006. Visited Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd., Japan in January 2007 for Joint development cross functional team meeting on R&D. Visited Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd., Japan in June 2007 for Joint development cross functional team meeting on R&D. Visited Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd., Japan in February 2008 for Joint development cross functional team meeting on R&D. Visited Sharjah in July 2011 for tourism. Visited Bangkok for Tourism in August 2011.

Public Media Appearance: Vijay TV, Neeya Naana Talk Show on 13th September 2009 for the topic on Emotional Attachments for & against – Spoke “for”.