GEI HAMON values its human resource assets and has long recognized that the employees and management hold the key to successful implementation of the company's business strategies.
We have been able to attract and retain the some of the best and the brightest in our industry. Our key executives who each average over 25 years of relevant experience from different industries, are profiled along with our Chairman & Managing Director in this section.
C.E. Fernandes is the founder Chairman & Managing Director of the company. He is a member on the board of several professional bodies such as the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - a key business link between Indian Industry and the Govt of India, National Safety Council, Christian Service Society etc. He has received numerous awards, notable among them being ; A.R.Bhatt National Entrepreneurship Award and the Super Achievers of India Award. He has led several Indian business delegations to China & USA on behalf of the CII. The company grew from strength to strength under his captaincy, and is active in the Middle East and Latin American markets, apart from the domestic market for Heat exchangers and allied products. The company is ISO-9001 & ASME "U" and "R" stamp certified. Apart from expanding the core business of the company, Mr. Fernandes has launched diversification into areas such as Engineering Services Outsourcing for the American market (ESO), leveraging on the strengths of design expertise built over the years as well as Power Sector equipments & services to meet the fast expanding energy needs of India.
Thanks to his initiative, GHI has recently entered into marketing agreement with M/s. X-Wire, a North Carolina based American company, to explore the huge American market and meet its outsourcing requirements in the Heat Exchanger segment. GHI is also now emerging as a major contractor to the massive Rural Electrification schemes of the Govt. of India, targeting electrification of 1,25,000 villages in different provinces of India, to be completed over the next four years. To enhance GHI's worldwide presence, he opened marketing offices in Mid-East, Latin America & North America.
D. Laxminarain joined GHI in 1997 as Vice-president of the company & was elected as its Executive Director in 2004. He is in charge of all operations, related to the core business of the company i.e; Heat Exchangers & allied products, covering design, quality, manufacturing, and project management functions. He is actively involved in directing research and development activities, involving the local University Technical Institutions and is responsible for delivering new projects like LNG De-Gasification project of Govt. of India, from concept to commissioning.
He is directing the company in its new diversification into areas such as Engineering Services business and the Power sector business. Before joining GHI, Laxminarain had over 27 years of experience with the power sector major, BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS (BHEL) as Project Manager covering design, quality, manufacturing and commissioning of Heat Exchangers and other large fabrication products, for OIL/GAS/POWER sectors both in India and abroad. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering (with Honours).
S.C. Parakh joined GHI in 2006 as Advisor for establishing it as Power Equipment/Project supplier. Prior to joining GHI, he was the Advisor for independent power producers from 1996. He headed POWERGRID CORP (A Govt. Undertaking) - the largest domestic electrical transmission and distribution company, as CMD & Director (Projects) during 1991-1996 and was responsible for the implementation of EHV Transmission projects and other associated schemes. Prior to this Parakh was Executive Director, NATIONAL THERMAL POWER CORP (A Govt. Undertaking) - the largest domestic power generation company, from 1978-1991 and was in charge of operations for Super Thermal Power Stations at Singrauli & Rihand in India. He has also worked with BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS (A Govt. Undertaking) - a major power equipment contractor and was associated with a 120 MW Turnkey Project in Libya. He has rich experience as a technocrat and manager due to his occupying key positions in the power industry of India. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Indian Council of Arbitration & Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India).
S.P Bindra joined GHI as President, in 2005, for developing the Power Transmission line business, which is experiencing a massive expansion in India. He succeeded in securing important contracts for the massive rural electrification program of 1,25,000 villages of India.
Before joining GHI, he was Executive Director with BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS ( A Govt. Undertaking ) - a leader in the electrical power industry, dealing with marketing, contracts, construction & commissioning of 400KV/132KV/33KV/11KV sub-stations for various electrical utilities. During his tenure of 35 years in the above company, he also dealt with major railway contracts for supply of electrics for locomotives, EMUs operating with the Indian Railways. He is a graduate in Electrical engineering.
Robinson Fernandes joined GHI in the design section of Heat Exchangers after graduating in Mechanical Engineering, and currently holds the position of Vice-President (Engineering & Marketing).
He has 20 years of experience in Thermal design of Air-cooled Heat Exchangers & Air-cooled Steam Condensers. He is involved in R&D activities for various types of Heat Transfer apparatus and Ventilators and is now entrusted with business development of the above products. He also completed Masters degrees in Thermal engineering & Business Administration.
M. Balasubramaniam joined GHI in 2006 as coordinator for their new business activity of Engineering Services especially to the American markets, through their marketing partner X-Wire, an established NC based American corporation. His goal is to explore the American Heat Exchanger market for providing competent and reliable engineering services like Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Detailed Engineering, Bid Assistance & Engineering, Preparation of Structural Steel Fabrication, Procurement support, 3D modeling & Design, 2D Drawing conversion, Project Management and Engineering support during construction, Updating the drawings based on field markups for Heat Exchangers & Steam Condensers.
Before joining GHI, Balasubramaniam was with the power sector major, BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS, for 30 years. He has vast experience in Design & Contracts engineering of Switchgear products and also in Project management as Additional Gen.
