Dharmanand Kamble

धर्मानंद कांबळे Hobbies: Playing chess, walking, watching TV, listening music. Alka his better half comes from Indore – a city of खवैये – No wonder he has put on – No chance to reduce weight 😀 Ashutosh चितळे

Well done Ashutosh, You are a master of skill photo magic 👌👌 Vishwas

Ashutosh,

I searched my first pay slip.After passing out from LIT in 1980, I joined Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd, Baroda on 4 th Dec 1980 on monthly stipend of Rs 800/- Here is the first pay slip. Dharmanand

Dear Classmates,

I have no interaction/contact with you all after passing 11 th standard from Hadas in 1975.I came in your contact again when Viswas has added me in WhatsApp group in December 2019. Given below is my journey:

After passing HSSC in 1975, I was admitted to LIT, Nagpur for 5 years B. Tech in Chemical Engineering. Passed out in 1980. I joined Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd, Vadodara in Dec 1980.Worked in waste water treatment plant till Aug 3 , 1981. I Joined Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (Refineries &Pipelines Division) on 4 th Aug 1981.Worked in the Operation of Fluidized catalytic cracking unit & Atmospheric distillation unit till April 1985. Transferred to Petroleum Conservation Research Association, Mumbai in May 1985 and worked till April 1989. Later on transferred to Mathura Refinery and worked till 9 th July 1990 in O&MS-1.

I Joined Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Mahul Refinery, Chembur on 10 th July 1990 and worked in operation of refinery process units like FCCU, HVU, SWS, ATU, SRU till 1993. Transferred to Process Engineering (Also known as Technology Dept or Technical services) from 1993 to 1998. I was one of the team members for commissioning of hydrocracker unit at Numaligarh Refinery, near Jorhat in Assam and worked there from July 1998 to Oct 2000.

Joined back BPCL, Mahul refinery in Oct 2000 and worked in programming and planning and Process safety Department till 2007. I was transferred back to operation of cracker complex known as secondary processing as chief Manager Operations and in 2008 worked till 2011. Transferred as Chief Manager Safety in fire and safety Department and worked till 2014.

Taken over as DGM (Fire & Safety) of Mumbai Refinery and worked till Jan 2017.

Transferred to Corporate safety Department and worked as GM(HSSE) TILL 2019.

From 1975, I have not met any of my classmates except Tillya to whom I met twice in some seminar/conference in Mumbai.Most of the times, my duty was on round the clock basis in refinery so hardly got leave. My Job was very hectic and risky since I was handling flammable hydrocarbons and toxic Chemicals.

I have settled in Thane post retirement and staying with my two sons.

Educational:

I have not tried to do M.Tech or PHD due to hectic job schedule .But I have done few courses.

1. I am lead Auditor for ISO -14001(EMS) and ISO 45001(OHSMS)
2. I have done Advanced Diploma in Industrial Safety at the age of 48 years in 2007 and was 1 st Merit in Maharashtra state.
3. I have passed exam taken by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power in 2008 and certified as Energy Auditor cum Manager.

Post Retirement Engagements: I am doing following diversified jobs as freelancer consultant on part-time basis.

1. Empaneled as Auditor by Oil Industry Safety Directorate, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt of India for carrying External Safety Audit of Refineries and Gas Processing Plants.
2. Empaneled as Auditor by Petroleum and Natural Gas regulatory board, Govt of India for Certification of Emergency Response and disaster Management plan of refineries and marketing installations.
3. Working as Certified Energy Auditor through Petroleum Conservation Research Association and Active Energy for carrying out Energy Audit of Refineries and Gas processing plants.
4. Engaged with Sigma safety services ltd, Pune to carry out Quantitative Risk Assessment studies.
5. Engaged with EQMS, New Delhi for carrying out Process safety Audits and delivering training on process safety
6. Engaged with Nace India, Mumbai for giving training on corrosion related accidents and process safety Management.

Dharma,

quite an illustrious career buddy. Looks like you were shy to mention your chess championships. I know you were a high level player. D Narendra – USA

Fond Memories of Hadas High School

1. Project work given by Shri Anant Ektate Sir

I remember Shri Ektate sir gave us project work either in 8 th or 9 th standard.I was given project to make Jama Masjid out of plaster of Paris. When I got this project, I was afraid that how I will make Jama Masjid which I have never seen. To make its structure with plaster of paris, was very difficult. So I started remaining tense. One day my grandfather asked me why are you looking tense? I told him about the project work which is very difficult for me to do. He said don’t worry. He went to market and bought plaster of paris. He made replica of Jama masjid in two dimensions instead of three dimensions. It was looking fine. My tension became zero after seeing the model. I carried that model for the exhibition in Hadas high school and Shri Ektate sir approved it. Although my grandfather is no more but I always remember his kind help to complete my project work in time.

1. Appreciation by Shri M D Joshi Sir

Shri M D Joshi sir has taught us Mathematics in 11 th standard. I was a student of very average intelligence(enclosed scanned copy of 10 th marklist) so some of my classmates might have forgotten me after such a long time gap of 45 years .After 10 th class result, I thought I should work harder for studies so I bought 11 th standard mathematics book in the summer vacation of 10 th class. My cousins told me, in college lecturers give only lectures and they do not teach us the way in which it is being taught in Hadas.Therefore I thought I should do self study to under stand the subjects. I read the lesson once and tried to solve the problems at the end of chapters.To my surprise, I could able to solve all examples and answers were matching. With in 20-25 days , I solved all the problems of 11 th standard maths text book and written solutions neatly in my note book. When classes started in July,I was very happy and comfortable since I was knowing solutions to all problems of text book. Our Girish salpekar was very intelligent and always stood first in our class.One day he asked one difficulty to Shri M D joshi sir since he could not able to solve.Shri M D Joshi sir also got puzzled and told him it is difficult to solve. As I have already solve this problem in summer vacation, I stood up in class and told sir that I have already solved this problem in my notebook. He asked me to show my notebook. When I have shown solution to said problem in my notebook, Shri Joshi Sir was very Happy and said” Jya shalet D B Kamble sarkhe vidhyarthee Astat , te pudhe jawun shaleche nav unchavtat”His words of appreciation always echoed in my ears.That I made promise to myself that I will make his words true through my sincere efforts. Achievements: In BPCL, When I took over as Chief Manager safety, Our Million Manhour without loss time accident score was zero. To achieve one million manhour without LTA for company employees, ,Refinery should have no accident in two and half months with continuous operation of refinery units. BPCL, Mahul Refinery never crossed more than 9 million manhours without loss time accident since 1955 when company was set up by Burma shell. I studied the system thoroughly and started eliminating unsafe acts, unsafe condition, carrying out RCA of near miss accidents, discussions with shop floor employees, giving training to company employees through lectures and discussions, Doing analysis of various accidents etc. From 2011 to 2017, there were no accidents and I could able to achieve 27 million manhours without loss time accident which is highest record in history of BPCL from zero million.Many employees were very happy because during my tenure since they got good money as safety incentive after completion of million manhours. I was transferred to sewree in May 2017. With in 9 months accident happened and MMHr WLTA score became zero and never went above 9. As of today, it is only 6 million manhour without loss time accident. To achieve such feat, you require passion, dedication, sincerity and day and night monitoring of refinery safety system. Whenever some refinery employees/officers meets me , he says sir during your tenure there were no accidents and we were benefited financially through safety incentive award. I think it is through blessings of shri M D Joshi Sir’s words of appreciation, I could able to miracles in BPCL ,Mahul Refinery.

It was indeed a great day in my life to meet my HSSC 75 classmates cum friends after a very long period of 47 years .It was possible to meet them due to organising skills of Ashutosh with such a small notice I gave to him.

Hadas high school memories were shared in todays meet. These school memories are the treasures we have locked deep within storehouse of our souls and hearts.It gave very pleasant feeling today when we remembered them.

In an hours time I could able to my 13 old friends to whom I have not met since last 47 years.It was pleasant feeling and experience to talk to you all in one hour. Thanks to all of you for making today memorable as it gave me lot of happiness.

In future ,whenever I visit Nagpur , I will make it a point to meet you all.I will give advance information on my plan of visiting Nagpur and will keep one day reserved for you all.I will always cherish todays fond memories in my heart.😊😊🙏🙏👍👍

Thank you so much for all the thoughtful words and amazing messages you have posted me on my birthday through whatsapp and facebook. I’m so blessed to have such a wonderful group of friends. You really made my day great. My 11 th Hadas High School 1975 batch friends are the best!