Pratik Menon

Work Address Permanent Address

Zeppelin Systems India Pvt. Ltd. B13/179 Raj Abhishek City Homes
Level 4, Alembic Admin Building Sachin, Surat, Gujarat, India 394230
Alembic Campus, Gorwa Road (+91) 96875 39568
Vadodara, Gujarat, India 390003
(0261) 229-1710

OBJECTIVE
A position as a Process Engineer utilizing skills in chemical engineering, mathematics and a little tweak
of chemistry.

EDUCATION

Master in Technology, Chemical Engineering with spl. in Process Design

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India August 2015 - April 2017
THESIS - LP Modeling of a 15MMTPA Refinery - A Case Study in EIL Gurgaon, India
GPA 3.70

Bachelor in Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Government Engineering College, Valsad, Gujarat, India
Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India August 2009 - November 2013
THESIS - Modeling of IGCC Systems using SOFC - Analysis with Material & Energy Balances
GPA 3.20

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Zeppelin Systems India May 2017 – Present

Engineering Services Competiting Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat Process Engineer
• Designing and detailing Basic Flow Diagrams, Process Flow Diagram, Piping & Instrumentation Dia-
gram.
• Performed thermal sizing of shell and tube heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers, etc.
• Pump Hydraulics, Pressure Safety Valve Design (API 520 /API 521), Thermal relief calculations,
Process Datasheets, Instrument Process Datasheets and Instrument Datasheets, etc.
• Process Engineering - In depth knowledge of design, modeling and simulation software packages :
Unisim Design, Aspen PLUS, HYSYS, SIMSCI PROII, AutoCAD and Aspen PIMS (Refinery Non
Linear Programming)

Projects Undertaken :
• Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited, Dahej, Gujarat :
Basic and Detailed Engineering for FKM Product & FKM Product Capacity Expansion
Basic and Detailed Engineering for PVDF Product
• Tata Chemicals Limited, Mithapur, Gujarat :
Basic and Detailed Engineering for Bicarb Tower Jacketing
• Aarti Industries Limited, Bharuch, Gujarat :
Basic and Detailed Engineering for Benzene & Toluene Underground Storage Tankfarm
HAZOP study for Basic and Detailed Engineering for Benzene & Toluene Underground Storage
Tankfarm
 • Gujarat State Fertilizers Limited, Baroda, Gujarat :
Basic & Detailed Engineering for 103 MT Adipic Acid Manufacturing Unit
Engineers India Limited, Gurgaon, Haryana - India June 2016 – April 2017
Process II, Projects Division Summer Intern
• Undergone self training in refinery linear / non-linear programming for project coursework on Aspen
PIMS (Plant Integration and Modeling Systems).
• Performed Crude Assay Management using Crude Manager, created LP models based on varying sulfur
content compiling Bharat Stage VI norms.
• Learned Simsci PRO II used for rigorous fractional distillation simulation

Manish Packaging Private Limited, Surat, Gujarat - India December 2014 – July 2015
Production Department, PET Plant Production Supervisor
• Developed standard operating procedure for production of PET (PolyEthylene Terephthalate) from
PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid) & EG (Ethylene Glycol)
• Completed Simulation of the whole process justifying different process upsets, optimizing it and in-
creased production rate, all in a pilot scale.

Navin Fluorine International Limited October 2013 – November 2014

Production Department - Hydrofluoric Acid, Surat, Gujarat, India Graduate Apprentice
• Undergone shift supervision for production of Hydrofluoric acid continuous production plant - 36MTPD
capacity
• Participated in daily activities such as production report filing using SAP, Troubleshooting and in
startup and shutdown activities.
• Carried out mass and energy balances using data available in the plant as well as suggested different
points to improve the overall capacity of plant.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Experienced in Aspen Plus, HYSYS, PRO II, AutoCAD; Aspen PIMS, MATLAB, MS Office

Little knowledge in C language, Self learned - Android Development & foreign languages - French, German
and Russian

SKILLS
Troubleshooting, Analytical & Reasoning, Language Skills, Ability to work as a team member as well as an
independent role player

INTERESTS
Reading - Dystopia & Thriller , Scientific Articles, Listening Music, Cooking, Chess

PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Date of Birth : 27 August, 1991
• Father’s Name : T. P. Premnath Menon
• Mother’s Name : Rethy Premnath Menon
• Nationality : Indian
• Native Place : Thrissur, Kerala
I declare that the above mentioned details are correct and true according to the best of my knowledge.

PRATIK MENON