Some realities are:

The knowledge requirements of new nuclear power industry participants typically evolves as follows:

• Acquisition of sufficient knowledge to participate in technical and business interactions
• Detailed understanding for application in design, planning & execution
• Post application knowledge improvements in specific areas

Keeping in mind the evolving requirements of the Indian civilian nuclear power program PM Dimensions has developed a unique offering structured to meet the immediate requirements of various stakeholders.

PM DIMENSIONS’ Nuclear Energy Practice

Amongst leading providers of specialized technical and project management training in the Asia Pacific region, PM DIMENSIONS is India’s only private sector organization to offer nuclear power related training. It’s nuclear energy practice comprises of a team of senior industry professionals with hands on expertise across all aspects of nuclear power related technology and business. In prior career assignments these individuals have held leadership roles with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., Bhabha Atomic Research Center and other organizations associated with the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.

Program Highlights:

• Comprehensive coverage across all technical and business aspects
• Designed to address current knowledge requirements and key issues
• Modules have a combination of theoretical concepts and practical insights
• Developed and delivered by subject matter experts and industry veterans
• Simultaneous delivery across 4 cities over 9 months

Recommended Modules for Each Stakeholder

To be a stakeholder of consequence in the global civilian nuclear business, Indian industry will have to acquire requisite knowledge in the 2009-2010 time frame which will aid emerging business scenarios where detailed technical and business strategies are developed, new or associated lines of business ramp-up, international partnerships are formalized and markets are penetrated.

Mr. A.K. Babbar
Mr. A.K. Babbar is the former Head (Probabilistic Safety Assessment Section, Reactor Safety Division) at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He has worked as a consultant to Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for preparation of compendium of standard generic data base for probabilistic safety assessment of Nuclear Power Plants. Mr. Babbar is a renowned faculty on Reliability Engineering and Risk Assessment, Probability Theory and Operations Research at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, IIT Bombay and BARC Training School.

Mr. A.S. Bhattacharya
Mr. A. S. Bhattacharya is the former Associate Director (Simulators and Training), General Manager (HRD) and Chief Engineer (Training) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). He has extensive experience in the area of human resource development in the nuclear industry. As the management representative of NPCIL, Mr. Bhattacharya has also worked with several leading institutes including Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad (IIMA), National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) etc.

Mr. B. Dey
Mr. B. Dey has over 37 years of experience in diversified areas with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, (NPCIL) where he held the position of Additional Chief Engineer. Mr. Dey is a licensed engineer and has experience with a variety of nuclear technologies. He has worked at India’s first heavy water reactor at Rajasthan Atomic Power Station. Mr. Dey was also a member of the IAEA Expert Committee for developing the training programs for Indian nuclear power plants. In his earlier career assignments, Mr. Dey has also worked on Thermal Power Plant operated by the Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (DESU).

Mr. B. L. Sharma
Mr. B. L. Sharma has over 35 years of experience in the field of Nuclear plant operation. He is an expert on turbine and its auxiliaries, and was instrumental in improving efficiency of turbine and extraction systems at Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS). He was also involved in quality assurance, life extension, repairs and replacement of turbine blades at TAPS. He has been a member of various safety committees at TAPS. As Technical Superintendent - Quality Assurance he was responsible for meeting technical specification and implementation of surveillance requirements as per ASME section XI . He was also the Chairman of committee for plant life extension for Tarapur Atomic Power Station .

Mr. Deepak De
Mr. Deepak De is the former Director, Nuclear Projects Safety Division at Atomic Energy Regulatory body. He has extensive experience in the field of nuclear power plants commissioning, operation and regulation. He was responsible for commissioning of Kakrapara Atomic Power Station. He was involved in project safety reviews of power plants under construction and licencing and reinforcing of regulatory requirements for plants. He was a member of different safety committees for preparation of codes and guides.

Mr. G. C. Shah
Mr. Shah is the former Head (Reactor Chemistry) at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC). He has extensive experience in the field of power water reactory chemistry and operation of modern analytical chemistry instruments. He was involved in the commissioning of several PHWR reactors including the Cirus and Dhruva reactors. Mr. Shah has also served as a member of the DAE committee on power water reactors.

Mr. K.J. Sebastian
Mr. K. J. Sebastian is the former Director (Transmission), Director (Economic & Commercial) and Director (Corporate Finance) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). He is also a Certified Energy Auditor. He has extensive experience in the power sector in a wide range of roles covering technical, commercial and financial management of power projects. He has worked in the Madras, Narora and Kakrapar atomic power projects. Mr. Sebastian has also been a member of the Regional Electricity Boards of the Southern, Western and Northern regions of India. He specializes in the field of financial management, project management and energy management.

Mr. K.K. Narayanan
Mr. K.K. Narayanan has over 38 years of work experience in the areas of Radiation Control and Protection. He has worked as a Senior Scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC). He participated in the first peaceful nuclear explosion test at Pokhran as a member of Radiation Protection Group and has also worked as a member of two Technical committees of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna on topics related to radiation protection. Mr. Narayanan has authored a book titled ‘Population Exposure in India from Ionizing Radiations’ published by Indian Society for Radiation Physics.

Mr. M.L. Joshi
Mr. M.L. Joshi has over years 37 of experience in radiation control and related fields. He is the former Head of Health Physics Division at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC). Mr. Joshi has also served as a member of Safety Committees for all the power plants, which are appointed by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). He is an expert in radiation protection for nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear power plants and research reactors and has been a lecturer in IAEA training courses on radiation protection subjects. Mr. Joshi has authored several papers published in International Journals and has presented at several International conferences.

Mr. M.S. Gupta
Mr. M.S. Gupta has over 35 years of experience across operations, quality assurance, safety reviews, planning and scheduling functions. He has been actively involved with training personnel on subjects such as project management, operation and maintenance. He has hands on experience of Root Cause Analysis, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliances. Mr. Gupta has held the position of Associate Director (Regulatory Affairs) at Nuclear Power Corporation India Ltd (NPCIL). He was also the Advisor to Heavy Water Board and has worked with the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station and the Bhabha Atomic Research Center.

Mr. N.K. Bansal
Mr. N. K. Bansal has more than three decades of experience in the areas of waste management facilities of power stations (PHWR, BWR and FBTR), research reactors, fuel reprocessing and research laboratories. He is the former Associate Director (Operations), Nuclear Recycle Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He was closely associated with safety review of reprocessing and waste management facilities and has served on various committees of Department of Atomic Energy. He has been advisor to IAEA in the preparation of technical reports, safety codes and guides. Mr. Bansal has presented papers in both national and international conferences.

Mr. P.M. Wagh
Mr. P.M. Wagh is the former Director (Health, Safety & Environment) of Nuclear Power Corporation India Ltd NPCIL. He has over 35 years of experience in the areas such as health and safety, operations and maintenance, audit of operating stations etc. Mr. Wagh has got significant experience and expertise in the areas of project planning, plant commissioning, quality assurance, peer reviews, implementation of ISO 14000 and procurement of equipments.

Mr. R.K. Kulkarni
Mr. R. K. Kulkarni is the former Chief Engineer of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and has over 36 years of experience in the field of planning, design, engineering, renovation and modernization of Control & Instrumentation (C&I) systems of nuclear power plants. He has served as a specialist member on the committee for finalizing the overall specification of Control & Instrumentation Systems for the first 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) of Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam (BHAVINI), Kalpakkam. Mr. Kulkarni has also overseen the preparation of several in-house engineering standards.

Mr. R.K. Saraf
Mr. R.K. Saraf is a renowned scientist from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and an expert in reliability engineering and risk assessment. He is a consultant with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for reliability and probabilistic safety assessment issues. Mr. Saraf has trained several professionals at renowned corporate organizations and has been a faculty with BARC Training School and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Mr. Saraf has been trained by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Mr. S.B. Bhoje
Mr. S.B. Bhoje, is a veteran with over four decades of experience in reactor designing, project management and construction of nuclear test reactors. He is the former Director, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research Training School. He is an expert in the areas of Fast Breeder Reactor Technology. Mr. Bhoje has published over 200 papers in journals and conferences. He has represented India in several committees of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Mr. Bhoje has won several prestigious awards including Sir Visvesvaraya Memorial Award from Engineers Foundation and Life Time Achievement award from Engineers Forum, Nagpur. His immense contributions to the field of Nuclear Science have been recognized by the Government of India by conferring him with the prestigious Padmashri Award in the year 2003.

Mr. S.C. Katiyar
Mr.S.C.Katiyar is the former Station Director of Tarapur Atomic Power Station and has over three decades of professional experience in the areas of plant management, operations, maintenance, QA, training etc. He was responsible for the comprehensive planning and implementation of retro fitment of the Tarapur Atomic Power Station. He has held several leadership roles which necessitated close interaction with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Department of Atomic Energy and other institutions on matters of regulatory requirements. He is also certified to conduct peer reviews of power plants and has done several peer reviews at international locations.

Mr. S. L. Mandowara
Mr. S.L. Mandowara has over 35 years experience in the areas of nuclear power generation. He is an expert on root cause analysis, peer review, plant trouble analysis, systems development and implementation, plant commissioning and operations. Mr. Madowara has also been involved in the areas of health, safety and environment management systems as well as training of personnel at several Nuclear Power Reactors. In his earlier career assignments he has held the position of Associate Director (HSE) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited.

Mr. S. Majumdar
Mr. S. Majumdar has over forty years of experience in the filed of nuclear fuels technology. He is the former Head of Radimetallurgy Division at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Presently Mr. Majumdar is the Honorary Chairman AERB and BARC’s design safety review committees for all new nuclear fuel cycle facilities from siting of projects to decommissioning .He is also a member in AERB’s Advisory Committee for Safety Documents for Fuel Cycle Facilities.

Mr. S.M. Lee
Mr. S. M. Lee is the former Director - Safety Research, Health Physics, Information Services, Instrumentation & Electronics Group at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. He has worked on design and safety analysis of nuclear reactors making original contributions and publications in nuclear engineering on topics such as numerical solution of neutron transport and diffusion equations; lattice homogenization; nuclear fuel growth dynamics; measurements and analysis for nuclear reactor parameters. He was also posted as an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert at BATAN, Jakarta, Indonesia to give lectures on Reactor Physics and Utilization of Reactor Analysis Computer Codes. He has over 60 Journals / International Conferences and over 70 Local Conferences / External Reports to his credit.

Mr. S.P. Sharma
Mr. Sharma has more than 35 years of experience in diversified areas in the field of Nuclear Power. He has successfully completed several projects related to erection and commissioning for electrical substations, electrical design, procurement, engineering services and nuclear safety. Mr. Sharma has also been involved in quality assurance and industrial safety projects. In his earlier career assignment, Mr. Sharma held the position of Additional General Manager and Additional Chief Engineer at Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)

Mr. S.P. Singh
Mr. S. P. Singh is the former Head (Nuclear Safety Division) of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). He has obtained advanced training in nuclear fuel management, safety, reliability analysis, risk management and emergency response. He has over 37 years of experience in design, technical services, and regulation for safety of nuclear facilities. He has been a consultant to International Atomic Energy Agency and its member states. He specializes in the field of quality assurance, review of design and safety documents of nuclear power plants.

Mr. T.A. Subramanian
Mr. T. A. Subramanian is the former Scientific Officer, Training Division at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC). He has taught at several Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) establishments on several subjects including computational reactor physics, applied mathematics and other engineering subjects. He was in-charge for the complete establishment of three DAE training centers at Indore, Hyderabad and Kalpakkam. Mr. Subramanian has served in special committees constituted by the Planning Commission related to Manpower & Training Development in Energy sector. He has also represented DAE at several International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meetings on training in nuclear technology.

Mr. T.K. Rajendren
Mr. T. K. Rajendren has over 37 years of extensive experience across commissioning and operation of PHWR nuclear power plants, development & testing of nuclear power plant training simulator and training of personnel on nuclear power related subjects. Mr. Rajendren has been involved in development and delivery of several training modules for licensing and qualification of personnel for nuclear power plants. Mr. Rajendren has also served as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the development of a guide book for “Education and Training of Technicians for Nuclear Power Plants”