Safety in design during mechanical engineering

Vasant A. Kunte is senior general manager (chemical) at Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd. (TCE) in Mumbai, India. Mr. Vasant holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai. He has been with TCE for over 35 years, and has worked as a project engineer, specialist engineer, project manager, HAZOP study team leader, discipline head (chemical), quality coordinator and training manager. He has extensive experience in basic and detailed engineering of various refinery, petrochemicals and chemical projects. He has received training in conducting and leading HAZOP studies in a “HAZOP Study Leader’s Course” conducted by ICI UK and ICI India, and has led many HAZOP studies for more than 23 years in India and other countries. His areas of interest are safety and risk management, HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, QRA and other safety-related topics.

Shireesh S. Swami is General Manager (Mechanical) at Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd. (TCE) in Mumbai, India. Mr. Swami holds a BCh degree in mechanical engineering from Karnataka University, Dharwad, India. He has more than 22 yr of industry experience, and has been with TCE for more than 19 yr. He has worked as a specialist engineer, project engineer, project manager and group head for static equipment. Mr. Swami has extensive experience in basic and detailed engineering in oil and gas, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, industrial, food and pharmaceutical industries. His areas of interest are finite element analysis and design of static equipment, storage tanks and warehouse management systems.