Curriculum Vitae

Name Dr. J. Nagesh Kumar

Email tallkumar@gmail.com
Mobile 9444882553, 8668115663
Designation Director
Firm Centre for Energy, Environment and Productivity
(CEEP)
Profession Consultant cum Trainer
Date of Birth 06/01/1962
Years of experience 30 years
Field of Specialisation Energy Management and Environmental Protection
Tasks undertaken Generation and execution of energy and
environmental management consultancy and training
projects

Nature of experience Conducted more than 100 studies and equal no of

training programs in the field of energy conservation
and management for the power plants, food
processing sector, oil and natural gas sectors, steel,
engineering, chemicals, cement, pharmaceuticals,
automobiles, etc.

Areas covered
Energy management system, Energy auditing,
energy efficiency improvement projects,
Environmental impacts of energy use, Climate
change, Clean Development Mechanism, Energy
Monitoring and targeting, Financial analysis and
project management, Renewable energy systems,
Cleaner production and waste minimisation

Partial list of projects

carried out in Energy
Management
Consultant for Millenium Development Authority
(MIDA) and Government of Ghana for Setting up Two
Training Centers for Energy Auditors at Ghana

2019 winner - Facility for Low Carbon Technology

Deployment (FLCTD), UNIDO waste heat recovery
innovation challenge for Implementation of hot water
recovery from discharged hot effluents in textile
processing industries.

Consultant for UNIDO for preparation of RFPs under

‘Promoting Renewable energy and Energy Efficiency
in selected MSME clusters’

Consultant for the project ‘Development of Sector

Specific key EE performance indicators and
benchmarks for the forging sector’ sponsored by
Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India

Technical adviser to Petroleum Conservation

Research Association, Government of India for
carrying out Energy Audit studies in a cluster of Dairy
plants.

Implemented a state of the Art Building Management

Systems along with REGIN, Singapore for a software
park sponsored by Deutsche Investitions- und
Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, 50449 Cologne

Sr. Technical Expert for Bangladesh Water PaCT,

Partnership for Cleaner Textile - Cleaner Production
Assessment, IFC Dhaka

Team leader for Clean Energy Accelerator program

for conducting energy audits and conducting training
programmes for a cluster of textile units in Tiruppur.

Short Term Expert (STE) for REEEP Project, GIZ

Bangladesh

International Consultant for ADB project on Capacity

building for Energy Efficiency in Bangladesh

Sr. Tech Expert for ‘Programme on Cleaner Textiles’

PACT project for IFC,World Bank, Dhaka

‘Hands on Energy Efficiency Training’ for UNEP,

Bangkok

Technical Expert for Asian Productivity Organisation

(Tokyo) for Energy Efficiency and Green productivity
in Srilanka
 Development of training project in Energy Efficiency
for NEEP project of GIZ in Nepal

Design and development of Energy Efficiency

capacity building for Institute of Productivity and
Human Resources Development (IPHRD), Tehran,
Iran

Faculty for Distribution Reforms and Upgradation

Project (DRUM) of USAID for electric utilities

Development and commissioning of ‘Centre of

Excellence for Training in Energy Efficiency’
(CETEE) at National Productivity Council, Chennai
under JAICA cooperation

Design and development of Training modules for

capacity building of Engineers in ‘Energy Efficiency’
for Ministry of Energy, Fiji
Partial list of projects
carried out in the field
of Environment
Conducted detailed water audits for the largest
workshop of Indian Railways and a leading airport

Waste minimization manual for Textile industry under

the DESIRE project of UNIDO

Institutional strengthening and capacity building of a

state pollution control board, for Netherlands
Government project

Cleaner production studies for a cluster of Textile

industries in Tirupur for Ministry of Environment and
Forests (MOEF), Government of India

Clean Development Mechanism consulting for

Chennai software park

Greening of supply chain for IKEA, Sweden

Market assessment for environmentally friendly
technologies for Lahmeyer International, Germany

Resource efficiency audit for Institute for Industrial

Productivity in Nepal and Bangladesh
Training Undergone
Six month on Environmental protection with Hiyoshi
corporation,Omihachiman, Japan

3R conference , Tokyo, Japan

US AEP Energy Auditor Training Course

Training of trainers, Danish International

Development Agency

Power plant practice at National Thermal Power

Station Training Institute

Cleaner production workshop conducted by UNEP,

Hanoi, Vietnam

One month ‘Energy Management Training’ at

Yokohama, Japan
Macro level projects,
manuals & reports
Techno economic feasibility of cogeneration in India
for Advisory Board on Energy, Government of India,
1989

Preparation of Cleaner Production Energy Efficiency

Manual for Greenhouse gas reduction programme for
Asia Pacific (GERIAP),UNEP (
www.energyefficiencyasia.org)

Energy audit Manual for Foundry sector, Department

of Power

Course manual for two year post graduate course in

Energy Management

Energy audit training manual for State Environmental

Training Institute

Training of Trainer Modules for UNEP-GERIAP

Faculty for Bangladesh Team consisting of SREDA

officials and others in a two weel training conducted
by National Productivity Council, Government of India

Member of the Jury for selection of industries for

‘State Energy Conservation Award’, Government of
Kerala
 Member of the board of Examiners for National
Certification Examination for Energy Managers and
Energy Auditors, Bureau of Energy Efficiency,
Government of India
Paper
presentation
‘Effect of gas turbine inlet air cooling using
vapour absorption refrigeration system operated
by waste heat’ Water and Energy International
Journal, 2014

‘Performance Prediction and Simulation of Gas

turbine Inlet Air Cooling with inlet fogging’ Asian
Congress on Gas Turbines, Shangai, China, 2012

‘Auditing Pumping systems to unveil hidden

energy saving potential’ International conference
on Motor Driven Systems, Nantes, France(2009)

‘The end of it is the beginning: End use efficiency

in practice’ International Conference on Motor
Driven Systems Beijing, China (2007)

‘ Pollution Prevention Works’ : A case study of

a developing country at the World Environment
Conference in Cairo, Egypt. (1997)

‘TDS Reduction through Less Tedious

Techniques in Textile Processing Industry’ in the
National Seminar on TDS removal from Textile
Effluents organised by Anna University, Chennai,
India in March 1998

‘An approach to cleaner production in SMEs’ in

the Seminar on cleaner production organised by
TANSTIA-FNF September 2001

‘Productivity approach to Water and Energy

savings in the Industry” in the Seminar on Best
Practices Energy and Water Savings in process
Industries’ organized by Institution of Engineers
Education
Ph.D – Energy efficient approach to gas turbine inlet
air cooling for power augmentation, Anna
University, Chennai, 2016

Post Graduate Program in Energy Management –

Two years – from Training Institute for Productivity
 and Industrial Engineering, NPC, 1988

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) –Five years

- Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai,
1984

Employment Record Director, Centre for Energy, Environment and

Productivity (CEEP) – 2015 to present

Director, National Productivity Council, 2008-

2015

Deputy Director, National Productivity Council,

1996-2008

Assistant Director, National Productivity Council,

1988-1996
Professional
Certification
Accredited and Certified Energy Auditor, Bureau of
Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power Government of
India

Qualified Lead auditor in ISO 14001 
Qualified Lead auditor in ISO 50001
Books Authored
‘Energy conservation – The Indian experience’
published by Department of Power, Government of
India, 1990

Guide books for National Certification Examination

for Energy Auditors and Managers for Bureau of
Energy Efficiency (www.em-ea.org)

Cleaner Production Manual for SMEs