Gourab Saha
Plant Head – Ductile Iron Pipe Manufacturing | PhD in Metallurgy | Operational Excellence | Productivity, Cost Optimization & Zero-Defect Quality | Safety Leadership
- Role
- Plant Head - Ductile Iron Pipe at Kejriwal Castings Ltd
- Location
- Durgapur, WB, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gourab Saha
Metallurgist: experienced both in R&D and Leadership role in Industrial operations management #Specialization: Tribology, Friction and wear, Mechanical reliability of functional materials#Developed wear test methods simulating \"real world\" tribo-dynamics#Metallurgical Failure/Defect analysis#Plant Head in Ductile iron pipe industry, Former Operatios head in Ductile iron pipe cold zone/finishing line operations and Process Technology at Tata Steel Metaliks Division#RCA, CAPA, New product Development#Process improvement#Alloy design, Microalloying, Metallurgical Characterization using XRD, Optical microscope, FESEM, EDAX#Materials surface characterization using Alicona 3D optical profilometer #Mechanical testing of materials, structure-property correlation#Heat treatment design using JMatpro software#Phase prediction using Thermocalc software simulation#Composite Hard armor plate for Ballistic armor application, Product customization as per Technical aspects of the Tender#Project management, Tender evaluation (technical parameters)#Working experience in SG/Nodular iron, Ductile Iron pipe manufacturing, PU coating on DI Pipe#Leading problem solving projects to reduce DI pipes defects using TQM tools and Data analytics#Mentoring Waste reutilization and Sustainable futuristic projects related to DI pipe manufacturing process#Authored, co-authored several publications in sci journals#Postdoc (Metallurgy), Tampere University, Finland#Ph.D (Metallurgy), Deakin University, Australia
Experience
Plant Head - Ductile Iron Pipe
Oct 2025 — Present · Durgapur, IN
Leading end-to-end operations of a Ductile Iron Pipe plant with strong focus on productivity, quality, and safety.# Driving daily production excellence through robust process control, TPM, and 5S.# Ensuring full compliance with BIS/ISO standards while sustaining a zero-incident safety culture.# Delivering cost, energy, and material optimization through data-driven technical innovation.# Developing high-performing plant teams and fostering a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and sustainable growth.
Education
Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, India
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Metallurgical Engineering
2010
IIEST, Shibpur
Master of Engineering (MEng), Physical Metallurgy
2010 — 2012
Calcutta University, Kolkata
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry (Hons)
2000 — 2003
Deakin University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Metallurgical Engineering
2013 — 2017
Skills
- Project Planning
- Steel
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- Abrasive Wear
- Nanotechnology
- Materials Science
- Failure Analysis
- Leadership
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Characterization
- Spectroscopy
- Tem
- Tribology
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (Dma)
- X-Ray Diffraction Analysis
- Metallography
- Materials
- Science
- Nanomaterials
- Metallurgy
- Mining
- Analysis
- Research
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