Mr. R. S. Shekhawat
Age:                          63 years
Present Address:     401 , Coral Crown Gulab,
D-227, Tulsi Marg,
Bani Park, Jaipur-302016.
Tel (0141) 4001551, 2201309, 98290-11551
Mr. R. S. Shekhawat is a known name in power and communication cable industry. He is a professional having more than 40 years of rich experience with outstanding track record. He has to his credit, setting up and operation of Six Large scale cable manufacturing plants including for Optical Fiber Cables. He has been holding top management positions in various companies; the details of the same are being given below.
COMPANY
POSITION HELD
DURATION
M.P. Birla Group of Industries
Birla Ericsson Optical Limited
Vindhya Telelinks Limited
Universal Cables Limited
Managing Director
President
Production Manager
22 Years
GTCL Group of Companies
Gujarat Telephone Cables Limited
Gujarat Optical Communication Limited
GTCL Mobilecom Technology Limited
Group President
7 Years
Himalaya Communications Limited (H.P.)
Managing Director
2 Years
He had long and close association with M/s. Ericsson Cables AB of Sweden and has played active role in bringing their technology and financial participation in India. After initial training at ABB Cables, Sweden for power cables and Ericsson Cables, Sweden for communication cables, he had been frequently visiting them for mutual technological benefits and up gradation
Over and above perfecting the Cable designing and processing technology he has major contribution in following areas
  • Given majors inputs in formulating and revising the Cable Specifications.
  • Pioneering and developing indigenous sources of many raw materials for Telecom Cables.
  • Pioneering the indigenisation of Telecom Cable manufacturing machinery, effectively reducing the project costs to 40% of     the normal industry standard.
    With his past experience and results achieved he has proved himself very strong in the area of man management and HRD functions related to
  • Training of work force
  • Effective team building
  • Motivating people to contribute their best.
    In support of above statement we would like to mention that people groomed by him are now holding key positions in various cable units in the country. He has effectively contributed in marketing functions, Cable Association activities and building up customer relationship.
    Achivements
    • The cost of the projects implemented was comparatively lower than the industry standard and in no case there was an over run.
    • By effective use of science and technology he could maintain material contents at very low level there by achieving considerable saving in raw material cost wherever he worked. Even today the material contents at ECPL are comparatively lower than any other competitor in the industry.
    • The selection of machinery and manufacturing process has been set so well that there is hardly any rejection.