Academic Background
I have completed my undergraduate studies in Electrical engineering from “Mehran University of Engineering and Technology”, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, in March 2012, with a CGPA of 3.4 out of 4.00. I was an active somehow indulgent student among others during my undergraduate studies, very often involved in many curricular and co-curricular activities. In fact, I was up to the mark and honored in the top 20’s list of 120 students in my undergraduate class. If observed by the meritorious efforts I remain very competent and I have passed all entrance tests conducted by the academic institution of my education with high achievements and secured overall 4th place in the whole district.
I did my final year thesis project on “Design, development and fabrication of under/over voltage relay using static devices” with the group of five members in which I was made the Group Leader. The fabricated relay can be used for the automatic protection of house hold appliances and power system against voltage related problems. In this project, I learned and researched automated control and protection using Circuit Breakers and Relays along with other high speed automatic control and protecting equipments involved in automation of the modern systems. While working on this project I found strong motivation in myself towards graduate study and research in the area of power system automation.
At present, I am working as a Maintenance Engineer in Dawlance Group of Companies (the leading household appliances company in Pakistan); my job’s major responsibilities include; Maintenance and Automation of industry’s power system and machines along with the planning and the proper allocation of available resources to achieve the smooth and efficient operation of the plant by conducting routine and reactive preventive maintenance activities. Here, in Dawlance, I have learned, researched and practically implemented the applications of electrical automation engineering in manufacturing process along with the extensive knowledge of Electrical automation devices like digital relays, vacuum and oil circuit breakers, Programmable Logic Controllers, Programmable automation controllers , Human Machine Interface and instrumentation devices. Furthermore, I Led the project “Energy saving by the optimization of electric motor usage” with annual savings of 1.2 Million PKR by conducting efficiency analysis, Right sizing of installed motors, formulating the saving calculations and obtaining USAID OFFER by negotiations with vendors and USAID audit authorities.
Also because of ardent interest and motivation towards power system automation, I was selected for 16 weeks internship in National Transmission & Dispatch Company; the sole electric power transmission company of Pakistan. Where I gained quality level knowledge and working experience about Grid System Operations (GSO), Protection and Instrumentation (P & I), SCADA, Metering and Testing (M & T). Along with these technical aspects I also earned practical knowledge about transmission system planning including Power Flow Studies, Reactive power compensation studies, Reliability and Stability Analysis with respect to interconnection of distributed generation with transmission system. My work at NTDC was highly praised and I was awarded with the certificate of appreciation by the senior management.