Team
Our team comprises of most experienced- Business and Systems Consulting specialists.
The criteria used to select our team are:
- Business Process Analysis Skills.
- Manufacturing and Supply Chain Functional strengths.
- Industrial Management Skills.
- Excellence Project Management and Change Management Skills.
Mr. Vilas Gharat
Managing Director
Mr. Vilas Gharat is proud Son of Ex. Army Man who served Indian Army.
He has completed his Textile Engineering from VJTI in 1968.
He has been still active in Textile Industry for last 50 years with following achievements in various textile units in India & Abroad.
Mr. Vilas Gharat is working as a Managing Director, having over 50 years’ experience in managing all composite sectors of Textile Industry. Out of which more than a decade in Operations and HR with emphasis in Business process.
Specialization
- Change Management, Business Development and Project Management.
- Project Management, Business Development
- Supply Chain Management
- Resource allocation
- Process Reengineering
- Change management, Production and Business
- Planning function
- Training and Mentoring Business Head .
- Mentoring Non-Performers.
Experience
- Project Director: -for Oswal Hammerle Textiles state of art technology plant for manufacture of sophisticated Yarn Dyed Shirting Project. Primarily catering to the needs of international garment manufacturers. This is a Joint Venture project of Oswal group and F.M. Hammerle (Austria).
- Previous assignment involves restructuring and transformation of a large Textile units.
- Executive Director -Suvin Advisors Pvt Ltd.
- Senior President – S Kumar’s.
- Technical & Commercial Advisor – J.K. Cotton Mills
- Senior President – Morarjee Brembana Ltd
- Production Manager: -Birla’s in Indonesia.
- CEO: Bhojsons, Nigeria.
- Past Present Textile Association India Mumbai.
Positions Held
- Managing Director: Gharat & Associates
gharatandassociates.com - Group Advisors: S Kumars Pvt.Ltd.
skumars.co - Board Members of Trustees: Textile Association India-Mumbai Unit.
http://textileassociationindia.com - Articles Published. In JTA & Textile Learner: –
- You may find all articles in website under heading of Articles
- Weekly Expert Reports for The Yarn Bazar Pulse.
Awards
- Textile Association (India) – (1999 F T I)
- Best General Manager Award in MSTC
- National Award for energy conservation for Simplex Mills & MSTC.
- Best Vendor Award from Johnson & Johnson
Professional Association
- Advisory Committee Member for DKTE –Textile & Engineering Institute at Ichalkaranji from 2013 to 2016.
- Jury member of Fashion Show held in 2019 by P V Polytechnic -SNDT University.
- Guest Speaker VJTI.
- Associated as Advisor Marketing to MUVTONS Castors Pvt Ltd. (Website: www.muvtons.com, contact: nsh@muvtons.com OR vilasgharat@gmai.com)
- Associated as ‘Mentor of Change’ for AIM – NITI Aayog, Govt. of India.
Professional Training
- Transformation of Leadership Program
- Training in Valle Brembana for High Value Yarn Dyed Shirting in Italy.
- Training in Hammerle -Austria.
- Breaking the barrier concept training.
- Training for Mentoring.
Mr. Dilip Karandikar
Mr. Dilip Karandikar has over 35 years experience inTextile Management, Project Consultancy and Project Planning & Execution, Mill Management etc. He has worked in this field for over 35 years.
Specialization
- Techno Economic Feasibility Report, Project Planning & organization, General Mill management.
Experience
- Mill Lay-out.
- Maharashtra State Textiles Corporation
- All India Federation of Co-operative Spinning Mills
- Morarjee Gokuldas Spinning & Weaving Mills
- Finlay Mills Ltd.
- De centralized Textile Industry ( Power Loom & Co-operative Spinning Mills )
Mrs. Vrishali Gharat
Ex. Director
Mrs. Vrishali Gharat is working as a proprietor.
Specialization
- Chemistry
Experience
- Teaching & Administration experience for the secondary as well as Higher Secondary Classes.
- Human Resource Development.
- Cash Flow Management.
Mrs. Aditi Gharat
Associate Director
Mrs. Aditi Gharat is working as a Fashion Designer having experience over 6 years.
Specialization
- Textile & Fashion Designing
- Creativity & Styling of Garments
- Computer Aided Designing
- Quality Control in Fabric Manufacturing
- Textile Testing
- Pattern Making (Garment)
- Dyeing & Printing
- Weaving Techniques
- Traditional Embroideries
Experience
- Sheetal Garments (Lamington Road, Mumbai)
- Textronics Design System (Mumbai)
Mr. S Neelakantan
Placement Head
Specialization
- Technical Services function right from Spinning up Garmenting (both Knittted and Woven)
- Source development for Export of yarn all types and Blends
- Customer Services right from Product Development right from initialisation to final product, Trouble shootong, handling customer complaints right upto Claim settlement
- Training of personnels for Export Units
Experience
- Staretd the carrer in BTRA in Industrial Eneineering in 1969. Then worked in Textile Industry in Mumbai Mills in Production, QA, IE, Cotton and project, Technical and Marketing Services and Export of yarn in different capacities in reputed mills like Morerjee Mills, Dawn Mills, Hindoosthan Spg & Wvg, Mills
- Handled the major function of Development of fine count yarn for Morarjee Brembana when they started the first colour woven Shirting Plant in Nagpur in 1997 with Italian Collaboration and part of manegement team in Technical Services, Product Development and customer handling. upto 2010. In between worked in Indusfila in Bangalore in their colour woven cotton shirting project.
- Worked as a consultant in Shirting and suiting Plant of Donear Industries for one year.
- Last 5 years working as a Technical Advisor in Yarn Exporting Company (Star Exporter) in Mumbai