Kishor Shankar Rao Kawle
Mechanical engineer with over twenty-four years of leadership across oil and gas, heavy fabrication, protective coating systems, and turnkey plant reliability operations.
Professional Profile
Kishor Shankar Rao Kawle possesses more than twenty-four years of dedicated mechanical engineering and industrial management experience spanning the Middle East and India. His technical foundation encompasses extensive execution across oil and gas refineries, chemical processing complexes, power generation plants, and heavy fabrication yards.
Throughout his career, he has directed large-scale operations in grit blasting, protective coatings, and internal linings of high-pressure vessels, heat exchangers, distillation columns, chemical reactors, and process piping. Having led engineering and contracting departments with turnovers of $5 million to $10 million and workforces exceeding 70 personnel, he combines comprehensive technical knowledge of ISO, BS, SSPC, and NACE standards with business administration expertise earned through an MBA from Symbiosis Pune.
At Shreya Consultancy Corrosion Services, he steers corporate strategy, engineering quality standards, and statutory compliance, ensuring that clients receive field-proven, standard-compliant corrosion mitigation and asset life extension solutions.
Executive Dossier
Areas of Expertise
Core engineering disciplines grounded in twenty-four years of hands-on industrial plant and site execution.
Protective Coating & Internal Lining
Specialized execution and inspection for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, reactors, columns, and process piping using high-solid paints, vinyl ester, glass flake, solvent-free coatings, and Belzona internal applications.
Industrial Fabrication & Asset Integrity
Operational leadership over fabrication divisions producing pressure vessels, oil and gas skids, and heavy industrial equipment. Extensive quality control, NDT review, and procedural qualification.
Turnkey Project & Tendering Management
Comprehensive management of EPC project contracts, tender document scrutiny, BOQ preparation, rate analysis, resource allocation, and multi-million-dollar departmental operations.
Quality Assurance & ISO Compliance
Development of Project Quality Control Plans (QCP), detailed method statements, repair procedures, painter performance qualifications, test packs, and final certificates of conformity.
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
Qualified ASNT Level II across Radiographic Testing (RT-I), Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Magnetic Particle Testing (MT), and Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT) for critical equipment verification.
Passive Fire Protection & Specialty Materials
Sound technical knowledge in Intumescent coating applications for cellulosic fire scenarios, pulsation dampener linings, and flange facing protection in aggressive chemical environments.
Professional Experience
A documented career managing heavy industrial operations, engineering divisions, and turnkey plant contracts.
General Manager
Manager — BNP Division (Blasting & Painting)
Senior Coating Advisor / Piping Engineer
Senior Supervisor
Supervisor
Technical Capabilities & Materials
Specialized industrial coatings, process equipment exposure, and project engineering systems.
Coating & Lining Systems
Equipment & Infrastructure
Project & Commercial Management
Quality & Standards Compliance
Education & Credentials
Academic Credentials
Technical Qualifications & Licenses
Selected Project Experience
Key industrial and energy projects executed during historical career tenure in Oman across major refinery, petrochemical, and storage installations.
Towel OQ Sohar Refinery 72m Tank
Executed full surface preparation and protective coating systems for a 72-meter diameter storage tank installation.
Historical Project Execution at UES (Oman)PDO Internal Belzona Separator Lining
Internal Belzona coating and high-solid paint lining for separator vessels on Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) facilities.
Historical Project Execution at UES (Oman)BP Fuel Bunkering Facility (Salalah Port)
Protective coating and corrosion protection for bunkering fuel storage infrastructure awarded through Fujairah Marine Services.
Historical Project Execution at UES (Oman)Sohar Refinery Pressure Vessels
Comprehensive blasting, internal lining, and QA/QC inspection for refinery process pressure vessels.
Historical Project Execution at UES (Oman)Oman Refinery DHDS Project
Turnkey blasting and specialized coating systems for the Diesel Hydrodesulphurisation (DHDS) unit.
Historical Project Execution at UES (Oman)Vijay Tanks Co. Fuel & Water Tank Project
Estimation, resource allocation, and coating execution for major fuel and water storage tanks across Oman.
Historical Project Execution at UES (Oman)“Asset integrity in heavy industry requires absolute adherence to technical standards, rigorous quality control at every phase of surface preparation, and transparent alignment with client objectives. When engineering disciplines and meticulous inspection are built into project execution from day one, operational safety and asset longevity naturally follow.”
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