PROFILE

Dr. TC Chandran is an industrial adviser based in Malaysia. A Mechanical Engineer by profession, he always worked for the betterment of those around him through his various inventions. Always fascinated by the applications of renewable energy sources, he was instrumental in setting up of several such projects in Gujarat, where he worked for almost 16 years.

Presently based in Malaysia and a citizen there, he occupies a prominent place among the several thousand Indians living in Malaysia. He is now fully involved with the Data Energy SDN. BHD, in Malaysia.

One of the most successful Malayalees abroad, he went to Germany during the early part of seventies to do post-graduation. After working there for sometime, he moved to India to bestow to his country, what he has learned and acquired. His experience at Astrastahl, in Germany, stood in good stead for his future endeavours.

He has implemented several engineering projects related to food, dairy products, bakeries, energy related projects, including renewable energy, environmental projects involving recovery and treatment of waste water.

Through his projects, he tried to provide clean and safe drinking water and sanitation to remote villages. He also tried to help industries reduce their cost of operation and improve productivity apart from helping the local industries to achieve import substitution by developing local technology.

He has wide experience in designing, installing and commissioning dairy factories, food factories including snacks, baby food, weaning food, chocolate, extruded food, and bakeries.

He has extensive experience in project management in Malaysia, Singapore, India, and China. The design, installation and commissioning of the first large scale Biogas plant in Anand, India was done by him and was specially mentioned in Rolex Award for Enterprise. He has worked as Technical Director, General Manager, Vice President (Manufacturing), and Vice President (Logistics) in several multinational companies.

Even after establishing his own company, he did not deviate from the set principles and had always tried to improve the lot of those around him.