21.11.2011 Black & Veatch Press center
New role is designed to support clients’ growth needs
Black & Veatch has hired Kaushik Mukherjee as Regional General Manager, Sales, to work with local clients to improve India’s energy infrastructure.
Kaushik brings 18 years of extensive planning and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) expertise, having developed and supported the execution of multiple major power generation projects. He is based in Black & Veatch’s Mumbai office.
“Energy is central to India’s continued growth, prosperity and quality of life. Talented professionals like Kaushik, combined with our quality local and global staff, ensure the planning and smooth execution of local projects,” said Arthur Close, Energy Sales Director for Black & Veatch’s Middle East, India, Europe and Africa operation. “India is a growth market because of its energy, telecommunications and water needs. Kaushik’s experience will further help to improve conditions in many of India’s communities.”
Black & Veatch provided project management and conceptual design services for the Sasan and Krishnapatnam power projects, among the largest multi-unit coal plants in the world. The company is currently providing design services for the Samalkot power plant (2,400 MW). When completed in 2012 it will be the largest natural gas-fueled facility in India. In addition, Black & Veatch provided innovative sulfur processing solutions for the Jamnagar refining complex, the largest refinery in the world.
“For more than 40 years Black & Veatch has been working in India, undertaking projects that enhance quality of life: power generation to support economic development, and water and sanitation to improve health. I look forward to working with local clients to meet India’s growing demand,” said Mukherjee.
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Editor’s Notes:
Black & Veatch has been working in India since 1969.
The gas-fired Samalkot Combined Cycle Expansion Project will be among the largest of its kind, providing the energy equivalent to power more than two million homes. The plant will support economic development across India’s southeastern region. Black & Veatch is also supporting the design of a gas-insulated substation and high-voltage cable system associated with the project.
The Sasan (3,960 MW) and Krishnapatnam (3,960 MW) baseload coal-fired power generation projects will provide reliable energy and economic and environmental benefits.
Black & Veatch has designed more than 90 percent of India’s sulfur capacity, including the sulfur processing facilities at the Jamnagar Refining Complex, the largest refinery in the world.
Since 2003 the company has had permanent offices in Pune and Mumbai. Today Black & Veatch has more than 300 professionals working in these locations. As part of Black & Veatch’s global expansion plans, the company is currently looking to recruit engineers with a range of experience across a number of technical specialties.
About Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch (www.bv.com) is a global leader in the consulting, engineering, construction and operation of what the world needs now and in the future in the crucial areas of energy, water and telecommunications and in providing up-to-the-minute services in the fast changing federal and environmental markets. Founded in 1915, the employee-owned, $2.3 billion company operates out of more than 110 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries.