An astute Chemical Engineer from IIT Madras with over 40 years experience in the field of Engineering, Commissioning & Operation in upstream and downstream sectors. He has risen from the ranks to serves prestigious organisation in responsible positions including Head Of Process in Essar Engineering Services Limited, Sr Vice President Operations of Essar Oil Vadinar, Vice President (Operation) in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited

As advisor for HARD Process Safety Consultancy, Mr. Venkataramani with his wealth of experience and knowledge ensures that the study deliverables are fit for purpose and adds value to the customers.

Over three decades experience in the process engineering industry with active involvement in design, execution, commissioning and Advanced Process Control of refinery and petrochemical plants.

Was head of process group in Foster Wheeler India between Oct 2006 and July 2010, since then as head of Design Assurance and Commissioning.

Worked in Yokogawa Engineering Asia, Singapore in their Advanced Process Control Center established in alliance with Shell Global Solutions. Prior to that worked in Engineers India Limited in their Process and Operations Groups.

Prior to that was employed in Engineers India Limited in their Operations and Process Design Groups.

Detailed engineering experience in Petrochemical and Refineries.

Responsible as Lead Engineer for various projects.

Also responsible for coordination with Client, Vendors and other Engineering Groups.

Familiar with process design tools in the oil and gas setors – upstream, mid stream and downstream.

"Mr. D. Srinivas a Post Graduate in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras worked as Project Engineering Manager at Wood in their India offices and led India’s scope of work for FEED, EPCm and PMC projects in Oil and Gas sectors. He has over 30 years of experience in Process Design, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Project Execution. He also worked for SABIC as Lead Process Engineer on several world scale projects

Apart from guiding Process Engineering on multiple international projects, he ensured project safety reviews are carried out at appropriate stages in project with right inputs and the aspects of Process Safety in Design (PSiD) are adequately addressed. In addition, he was responsible in ensuring that all the design work is carried out in accordance with the project technical requirements and provided guidance on the order of precedence of applicable local and international codes and standards, design margins and complete design assurance through project design reviews"