Digvijay Katkar
Vice President Projects and HR at Aastrid Life Sciences Pvt Ltd
- Role
- Vice President Projects and HR at Aastrid Life Sciences Pvt Ltd
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Digvijay Katkar
CEO / Operational Head• Increased turnover of company from 200 cr to 270 cr in 11 months.• Set up two Chemical Plants in Gujarat and Maharashtra to include Projects, Legal management, HRD and Production / Maintenance.Civil Project Management• Functioned as project head for establishment of 450 cr state-of-the-art Greenfield textile factory in Gujarat.• Established a green field US FDA Plant in Gujarat and chemical plants in New Mumbai and Tarapur. Technical Project Management• Obtained distinction in senior level technical management and vehicle design/development course at internationally renowned Army War College, Mhow and Institute of Armament Technology (DRDO), Pune.• Functioned as a Project Manager and successfully developed new generation combat vehicles.• Purchase of equipment for the Indian Army to include technical evaluation, quality control, price negotiation and signing of contracts of sophisticated vehicles, missiles, radars etc. from UK, France, Israel, Russia and Germany.HRD/ General Administration• Complete turnaround in HR Development, training and administration of an independent unit declared ‘sick’ involving men and 200 vehicles worth 200 cr.• Prepared HR philosophy and successfully carried out recruitment and team building of green field projects.• Managed all local political and environmental problems.• Recruitment, training and development for most sophisticated and technical arm of Indian Army and devised and effectuated new methods / techniques to train army personnel equivalent to Managers / Foreman / Technical Workers. • Professor at the Army War College to train officers of Indian and Foreign armies in HR and Defence management.• Handled financial operations worth Rs. 5-10 lakhs PM to Rs. cr PA involving imports.• Worked as a Project Manager of wasteland development project at Ahemadnagar to win the prestigious Indira Gandhi Parivaran Puraskar (Highest national award for environmental development)
Experience
Vice President Projects and HR
Nov 2019 — Present · Navi Mumbai, IN
Education
Ahilyabai Devi University, Indore
Diploma, HR and Defence Management
2000 — 2001
National Defence Academy
B SC, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
1977 — 1981
Institute Of Armament Technology, Pune
BTech, Mechanical (Automobile) Engineering
1993 — 1995
Army School of Mechanical Transport
Diploma in Transport Management, Honors/Regents High School/Secondary Diploma Program
1994 — 1995
Loyola College, Chennai
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Chemistry
1974 — 1977
Satara Sainik School
10, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
1969 — 1974
Skills
- Business Development
- Automotive R & D
- Business Process Re-Engineering
- Strategic Planning
- Lean Operations
- Unit Head
- Project Implementation
- HR Solutions
- Personnel Management
- Operations
- Teamwork
- Project Engineering
- Event Management
- Project Coordination
- Car Rallying
- Automobile
- HR Strategy
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