Ravindranath Gumaste

Biography

Mr. Ravindranath Venkatesh Gumaste is Managing Director, Executive Director of Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd. He has completed B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal, in the year 1981, securing first class with distinction. He has been associated with the Kirloskar Group since July, 1981. In Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited he worked in several departments such as Heat Treatment, Metallurgical Quality Control, etc. in various capacities for a period of 12 years till June 1993. In 1993, he joined the Company and worked for development of project concepts, layouts and implementation of both pig iron and foundry projects after which he took over as chief of pig ironproduction operations and subsequently took charge of materials and marketing. In the year 1998, he was promoted as Chief of pig iron business. He was with the Company for 8 years till February, 2001. Thereafter, for a short span of 8 months, he joined another organisation and in November, 2001, he rejoined the Company as Senior Vice President (Operations). He was Executive Director from 25th July, 2002 till 30th June, 2003 and from 1st July, 2003 he was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company.

Research Interest

Analytical Technique Bio analytical Techniques Application of Analytical and Bioanalytical Techniques Analytical Techniques for Clinical Chemistry Environmental Analytical Aspects Analytical Techniques for Pharmaceutical