User:Dore chakravarty

''This user is very busy on the Engineering Wiki and hasn't had time to create a userpage here. We old fellows can't always work out how to get around this new-fangled internet thing. Robin Patterson 00:30, 26 January 2006 (UTC) ''

Here are my details.

While browsing the net, by chance I happen to bump on Wikia site, which I found to be exhaustive and informative.

I congratulate the founders and the authors of articles for their all efforts to maintain this by further improving wherever possible.

However I am unable to see any article on Thermal Power Plant details of An Utlity Thermal Power Station or on major problems and their repair methods in these, given by any technocrat with relevant experience. May be, I might have missed them.

Therefore, I request for any information on these from any reader at the earliest.

''On my part, I thought that I have found a place to part with my knowledge on Power Stations for the use of other technocrats of all ages. Hence is the birth of my write up.

Details about me are as under''

Academic and professional qualifications

I am a 1946 graduate  of Electrical Engineering of the University Of Mysore, located at Bangalore, the only one of its kind in the whole of Mysore Princely State at that time. There were only Three desciplines those days, Civil, Mechnical and Electrical.

Professional References

--Dore chakravarthy 00:31, 22 July 2005 (UTC)Official Name  M.C.Doreswamy Institute of Engineers(India). FELLOW No 006848/5 Institute of Valuers,New Delhi,India, FELLOW No F-4780 WAS: Govt of India Valuer for Power Plant and machinery Tamil Nadu(India)Govt.Electrical Supervisors Certificate holder Extra curricular activities:

A Sportsman during College days.

During the University course, was an active Quit India Movement worker under Indian National Congress []and was also imprisoned once at Bangalore Central Jail.

Read a lot about Late Mr.Von Brown, ex. Chief of NASA.

Piloted Railway locomotive for crude oil wagons from Refinery to keep the Powerhouse running during all India Railway strike.

Professional working

The author, during his period of professional working had the responsibility to operate and maintain the power generation, connected with units of 1000KW to 200MW units in India, of various manufacturers, particlarly GE and BHEL. The problems mainly were at a period when computerization and specialists in various fields were not available. Hence the reliability and the maintenance of continuity of Power Generation were mainly in the hands of Operating and maintenance staff connected with the plant and their skill in handling the power generating units. For traning of operators, simulators were also not available.

During my working, in the last 50 years, 1946 onwards, worked as power station engineer in Madras Electricity Department for a short time and Gujarat Electricity Board for a major time and retiring there on, as Chief Engineer (Operation). There after worked as consulting Engineer in reputed organizations such as Tata

Consulting Engineers and Tata Projects Ltd., and there on in Ficthtners consulting Engineers,in India.

Also worked for three years as Chief Trainee Officer at a Power Station with 4x220MW units.

The points brought out in the write up are purely based on my memory only, (at 83+), which is subjected to correction by the readers.

Wish all the best of success to Administrators and authors involved:

--Dore chakravarty 23:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)