Hiranya Kumar Panigrahi (HK) (Managing Director) : HK has more than 35 years of progressive business, engineering, technical and management experience in Power Plant and Steel Industries. He founded PFCIPL in 2009 to address the need for technical consulting services for new and existing technologies in Indian Power and Steel Industries. Prior to PFCIPL, HK provided independent consultancy services to Babcock & Wilcox and Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Ltd in various capacities. He has been directly responsible for order booking worth 13 Million USD in India for Babcock & Wilcox Company,USA as an independent consultant. During his career, HK has presented several national and international papers in both business development and technical fields. He is active in the technical field and maintains strong ties with organizations such as Indian Institute of Metals and Indian Society for Non Destructive Testing. Prior to working in Consulting, HK has worked for Thermax Ltd and Larsen & Tubro Ltd as senior business development manager and has been responsible for order booking for several million USD for these companies.HK worked in Steel Authority of India Ltd.as a senior manager in various technical capacities in steel making and project engineering. He was also involved with German companies in roles of Corporate Planning for Rourkela Steel Plants based on Systems Dynamics.
HK has earned a Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering From IIT( Indian Institute of Technology), Madras, also known as the MIT of India.
Murchhana Panigrahi ( Director): Murchhana has been founder director in the formation and success of PFCIPL. She has assisted in various capacities in the development of business and ensuring that day to day activities of PFCIPL go smoothly. In the past she has assisted in Office Administration for H.K.Panigrahi and helped him in Order Execution. Prior to PFCIPL, Murchhana was involved in teaching and has served as a very successful teacher in Government and Private schools.
Mrs Murchhana has a Bachelors of Education from Sambalpur University, Orissa and Masters of Arts in Political Science from Utkal University in Orissa.
Sambit Panigrahi ( Director) : Sambit is the latest addition to the PFCIPL team. He is PFCIPL's presence in USA and is responsible for exploring new business opportunities and accounts, increasing PFCIPL's web presence, attending sales conferences and assisting in personnel related activities. He has experience in various consulting and full time positions in USA. Sambit has worked in various test and measurement, semiconductor, R&D, Energy and biomedical roles. In the past, he has worked on various projects with JPL/NASA, DARPA, EPA, UC-Berkeley, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, Medtronic, Beckman Coulter Inc, IBM, NetApp and Dell during his stints with startup, SBIR(Small Business Innovation and Research) and Electronic Manufacturing Services companies such as Photon Systems, Sanmina-SCI and Movimed in Southern California. Lately he has been working as a Systems Integration and Tools Consultant at Texas Instruments in Dallas developing tools, software and test systems used with their Fuel Gages. Sambit is active in the technical field and has published whitepapers in National Instruments Case Studies pages and has been interviewed by Test & Measurement World about his work at Texas Instruments.
Sambit has earned his BSEE from University of Pune (known as Oxford of East) and MSEE from University of Cincinnati, OH with a specialisation in Systems.
HK has earned a Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering From IIT( Indian Institute of Technology), Madras, also known as the MIT of India.
Murchhana Panigrahi ( Director): Murchhana has been founder director in the formation and success of PFCIPL. She has assisted in various capacities in the development of business and ensuring that day to day activities of PFCIPL go smoothly. In the past she has assisted in Office Administration for H.K.Panigrahi and helped him in Order Execution. Prior to PFCIPL, Murchhana was involved in teaching and has served as a very successful teacher in Government and Private schools.
Mrs Murchhana has a Bachelors of Education from Sambalpur University, Orissa and Masters of Arts in Political Science from Utkal University in Orissa.
Sambit Panigrahi ( Director) : Sambit is the latest addition to the PFCIPL team. He is PFCIPL's presence in USA and is responsible for exploring new business opportunities and accounts, increasing PFCIPL's web presence, attending sales conferences and assisting in personnel related activities. He has experience in various consulting and full time positions in USA. Sambit has worked in various test and measurement, semiconductor, R&D, Energy and biomedical roles. In the past, he has worked on various projects with JPL/NASA, DARPA, EPA, UC-Berkeley, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, Medtronic, Beckman Coulter Inc, IBM, NetApp and Dell during his stints with startup, SBIR(Small Business Innovation and Research) and Electronic Manufacturing Services companies such as Photon Systems, Sanmina-SCI and Movimed in Southern California. Lately he has been working as a Systems Integration and Tools Consultant at Texas Instruments in Dallas developing tools, software and test systems used with their Fuel Gages. Sambit is active in the technical field and has published whitepapers in National Instruments Case Studies pages and has been interviewed by Test & Measurement World about his work at Texas Instruments.
Sambit has earned his BSEE from University of Pune (known as Oxford of East) and MSEE from University of Cincinnati, OH with a specialisation in Systems.