Shyam Kumar Syama Prasad

CEO & DIRECTOR, CETARC PVT.LTD.

An accomplished professional with 31 years of experience in Business Management, Plant Operations, Technical Sales, Quality Management, Strategy Planning, Training, Technical and QMS Auditing, and Process Enhancement in Ready Mix Concrete Industry and Construction quality management.
Associated with major ready-mix concrete organizations like Lafarge & ULCCS in India and Unibeton RMC, Q. Mix, SS Lootah, and Fugro ME in the U.A.E in Top Management positions.
23 years of U.A.E experience and 8 years of Indian experience. Successfully managed a well-equipped, laboratory of Fugro Middle East and Foundation Engineering (Costain) accredited by Dubai Municipality for testing of construction materials.

Career Highlights

Successfully managed ready-mix concrete business of leading organizations and successfully executed design, production, delivery, and placement of huge volumes (appx. 20 million m3) of ready-mix concrete in major building and infrastructure projects in the U.A.E and major states of North India and Kerala state.

An accomplished professional with 31 years of exposure to international construction practices, codes, specifications, and quality management systems.

Designed, developed, and placed high-performance concrete in hot weather conditions and for specific applications as per international standards.

Successfully performed various organizational responsibilities as Business Head including Business Development, Budgeting, Production management, Performance management, Technical and Quality management, and Training of employees.

Successfully delivered various training programs for working professionals and students of national-level organizations.

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EDUCATION

MBA in TQM (University of Leicester, UK); Diploma in Quality Management & ISO9000(IHRD) B.Tech in Civil Eng (CET, India); CCPfM – Certified Concrete professional (NRMCA)

MEMBER

American Concrete Institute (ACI), Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), Kerala Management Association (KMA), Kerala Productivity Council

His objective is to effectively use the experience and knowledge he gained in construction quality management and ready mix concrete manufacturing industry, for the benefit of Civil engineering society, by promoting;

• Best quality control (CQC) practices in Construction Industry
• Sustainable construction using Green concrete
• Regular technical and quality management system audits in projects for continuous improvement
• Need for life cycle costing and creating awareness for good CQC practices in construction
• Right investigation methods, root cause analysis of construction defects and use of best methods for Repair & Rehabilitation to extend the life span of concrete structures.
• Training programs, seminars and workshops to create responsible engineering professionals