About

B KARTHIK. QHSE Subject Expert. Bangalore 560055, India.

Cell +91 9844026214  karaikudy@hotmail.com

  • 38 years experience in leading and executing Global QHSE best practices (Quality, Health, Safety, Environment) across the globe in Chemical, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing facilities, Aerospace / Heavy Engineering Supply chain operations, Corporate Office and Commercial space,& Construction projects. 
  • From 2012 onwards, (After 26 years with HSE Corporate in Global leader positions) leading own business consulting entity in India.  11 years of partnering with gig teams, carrying out tailored QHSE-specific programs (assessments/EHS Implementation /training). Programs cover Process safety management, and Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) implementation, besides EHS cultural change through leadership coaching &Engagement.  Carried out 90+ assignments in Chemical / Pharmaceutical, Wind Power installations, Construction, Oil & Gas,  Jewellery refining, and Electroplating facilities.
  • Besides the above, Expertise in a) EHS Due diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions, EHS Validations on toll manufacturing / III party EHS norms  (For USA/ EU Multinationals) operational aspects including Risk Assessments. b) operational design review for green/ brown field manufacturing facility layout, including pre-commissioning adequacy review c) Expertise in Energy & Sustainability initiatives, Business Continuity Management (BCM), and Product Stewardship (PS).
  • Hands-on knowledge in customized Business systems on lines of ISO management systems (9,14,45,50-1K) across locations in Four Continents’ (40+ sites) between 1992-2012 as global/ regional EHS Lead. Expertise in EHS linkage to Business operational systems (Lean-6Sigma) for operational excellence.  
  • At Corporate Life, 2000-2012 HSE operations Manager, directing a team of managers and monitoring successful Global HSE implementation (23 countries, 45 facilities) at Honeywell Aerospace. Regional Lead, South Asia & Indonesia at Monsanto.  Site HSE responsibilities (1985-1999) with Sandoz India, AstraZeneca, BASF,  in core Chemical / Pharma Manufacturing handling Hazardous substances.
  • More than 25 HSE Audits were carried out across Europe, Asia, Latin America, USA as Corporate/ SBG team members with corporate Audit team. (2000-2012). Expertise focused on Environmental operational excellence @Manufacturing sites at an Environmentally sensitive location for Hazardous category of Industry. (Dye Stuff, Speciality chemical& Pesticide manufacturing). (1991-99)
  • Masters’ qualification in Environmental engineering; first batch pass out in India (1985). Safety diploma from Technical Education Department, Govt. of Gujarat, India, (1990). Certified Lean expert Green Belt (2007). Process safety management from Basle, Switzerland. (1994). Qualified ISO 9000 lead auditor  from USA (2001). OSHA 1926 Construction safety trainer from USA. (2001).
  • Completed MBA in HR (2003) to link people’s perspectives to HSE. Qualified FCPA trainer. (2004)
  • Settled at Bangalore since 1996 after a 10-year stint at Manufacturing locations in Gujarat. Son and Daughter are both married and settled down in United States. Wife, A Math Home tutor.
  • Since March 2023, scaled down travel/ consulting to focus on reading Non-Fiction, pursuing new academic horizons. Resumed personal / professional Blogs. Qualified in Aug 2023 as Insurance advisor as per IRDAI. Spending quality time with wife as well plan to visit countries, I visited in my business travel (35#) with her.