A mechanical engineer's second act, in service of plants that have to deliver.
Suprabhat Dasgupta is a manufacturing and operations professional with over 35 years of experience across leading organizations including L&T, ISGEC, and Alstom/GE — a career that has tracked the spine of Indian heavy engineering.
Across more than three and a half decades, the throughline has been the same: manufacturing done correctly, the first time. Boilers and pressure vessels do not forgive shortcuts, and neither do the customers who buy them.
Through SD Consulting Services he provides practical, results-oriented advisory support to manufacturing and EPC organizations — partnering with them to improve operational performance, strengthen execution capabilities, optimize costs, and achieve sustainable business growth.
The practice is for boards, plant heads and project owners who want senior, unvarnished judgement — and someone who has actually run a shop floor.
From welder qualification reports to the strategy room.
- PresentFounder & Principal ConsultantSD Consulting Services
Independent advisory for plants, OEMs and EPC contractors across manufacturing excellence, QA/QC, project management and digital transformation.
- Senior leadershipManufacturing & Operations LeadershipLarsen & Toubro · ISGEC · Alstom / GE
Progressive responsibility across manufacturing, operations, quality and project functions in boilers, pressure vessels, piping and heavy engineering — from line engineering through general management.
- FoundationMechanical Engineering · shop-floor yearsHeavy engineering, boilers and pressure equipment
Built a career on time spent in fabrication bays, weld shops and inspection floors — where the discipline of manufacturing is actually learned.