Mr. Dhasandhan

Mr. Dhasandhan

Mr. Dhasandhan, a 2006 passout student re-visited the University on 22nd September 2015, to boost the valour of the present students of the department. Dhasaradhan, at present working for the Shell oil company, interestingly belonged to the first batch of the students with a class strength of 20 to graduate from the Chemical Engineering Department.

His perspective towards choosing the best field according to an individual's interest were a supercharge to the final year students, who are at present edging towards the end of their course and advancing to enter a new phase of their career.

He shared to his anxious juniors, the experiences he gained while attending interviews one after the other and the challenges he faced in every process. He was of the opinion that, one of the finest utilization of the concepts learnt at under graduate level can be experienced in practice, only when we work as a part of core-companies.

Dhasandhan, with a cumulative grade point of 6.7 on a scale of 10, was initially hired by SPIC(Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd). He openly agreed that his knowledge about the stream, while he graduated was very minimal and SPIC was the hub that abetted him to gain complete awareness. His alacrity towards refinery made him shift jobs to HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited),ONGC(Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited) and finally to Shell.

The few tips he endowed to the future aspirants were that, firstly if we aspire to work in any plant, then being freshers, we should be ready to take the charge of the plant any time, as a Chemical Engineer will not know when opportunities would knock his door.

Secondly, we should not have ego and over-confidence, as both of them will facade us to drip in our performance. He voiced another point that, a brimming asset for an individual to survive in his work place is through the abutment of his Alumni, as they would have with them fettered links of experienced people from other giant companies.

Apart from being well-versed in Chemical Engineering subjects, Instrumentation and process control along with mild touch of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering is a must for a person to work in any plant. He insisted on 'Economic planning and design' as an emerging area, giving vivid opportunities for Women in industries.

He also relished his memories and recalled his admission at SASTRA. Dhasaradhan was left with no other branches of Engineering to choose, other than Chemical Engineering. He said that it was Dr. Vaidhyasubramaniam sir, who encouraged him to take the course with confidence.

He also spoke on the smarter ways of preparing an resume. He said, highlighting on the various training one underwent during the four years and mentioning about the multitudinal soft wares learnt are the most crucial up-liftment of a sound resume.

Following up, there were a few queries raised by the students regarding his Shell interview experience, work atmosphere for a Chemical Engineer and also about the reasons for the gradual decrease in oil resources.

As a token of acknowledgement, a memento was given to Dhasaradhan by the Associate Dean of Chemical Engineering Dr. R. Kumeresan. The session came to an end leaving behind, noteworthy inputs to the young minds of Chemical Engineers.