Mr.Viswanathan Sankaran

Mr.Viswanathan Sankaran is a well-known professional backed up with Electrochemistry and Chemical industrial background serving for a fairly long tenure in Battery Industry with expertise mainly set in key areas like Research, Product design and development, Quality Assurance, Process improvement and control.
He has a strong foundation and experience in basic & Applied Electrochemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Hydrometallurgy

Total Experience : 43 years
Battery Design from Fundamentals for all types :
  • Flat pasted Negative plates
  • Tubular Positive Plates
  • Plates from Expanded lead and Copper Grids
  • Thin Grid Plates for High rate Discharge
  • Inverter (Tubular) Battery
  • Submarine Battery Design
  • Tubular Battery for Train Lighting, Stationary, OPzS, Engine Cranking (Gen Set), Traction, OPzV Inverter and Solar Application
  • GEL and AGM VRLA Batteries
  • QMS , QAP Systems
  • Process and Product Design
  • Design Validation Approval
  • Lead Recovery and Recycling
  • Pollution Control

SUMMARY

Has expertise in Manufacturing / Engineering / R&D/ Projects from conception to commercial production , Quality System Management & ISO 9001:2004 certification / Product Quality Inspection and Certification

Distinguished within the Industry by a combination of Technical Consultancy , Advisory and Liaison with statutory Authorities for sanctions and permissions, type approval, Certification etc. Technology transfer from collaborators and stage by stage Indigenization of imported components.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

After pursuing MSc Chemistry, Mr. Viswanathan started his career as Scientific Officer at Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI). In his 43 Years rich experience he has worked at Different Metal Industry at very Senior Level like AES Chemicals, Indo Deusche Metallo Chimique Ltd, Shalina Laboratories Limited.

He has also involved himself in Titan Solar Energy Systems Ltd as General Manager.

As Technical Manager in Battery Industry he engaged himself in Standard Furukawa and Submarine battery divisions of Standard Batteries Limited and Al- Ghannami Chloride Batteries, Yemen.

His next assignment as General Manager in HBL NIFE Power Systems Limited and as General Manager R&D and QA in Union Batteries.

Mr. Viswanathan then joined as General Manager R&D Technical and QA at Base Corporation Ltd.

Introducing the products to prospective customers in India & abroad Mr. Viswanathan Started Technical Consultancy with various Battery manufacturing unit since 2012.

Mr.Viswanathan experienced in Hydro Metallurgy , Metal extraction , Solar Power Industry including Solar Panel Design. Roof Top Solar Power Design and Installation, Fuel Cells including Vanadium Redox Flow Battery