Hareshchandra M. Thakur
Mumbai, India
Hareshchandra M Thakur is a professional in the Power Sector with over 30 years’ experience in setting up of multiple Power Plants in Nuclear, Oil & Gas sectors in India and abroad. Presently, he is working as Associate Vice President, Project Management, Energy Solutions with Wartsila India Pvt. Ltd. Hareshchandra has held various positions in Financial Management and Project Management with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., Wartsila Finland Oy and Wartsila India Pvt. Ltd.
He has closely worked with cross functional and cross cultural teams and has vast international exposure in key areas - Project Management, Strategic Financial Management, Contract Management and Resource Management, Competence building, Formulation of Business Strategies and Establishing way of working for Indian & global projects. He is a Certified NLP Practitioner and has been visiting various Engineering and Management institutions as a guest lecturer. He has made presentations at IPMA World Congress at Helsinki, Istanbul & Crete and Global Symposiums on Project Management in New Delhi.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from College of Engineering, University of Poona and a Master’s degree in Financial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, University of Mumbai. He has obtained PMP Certification in April 2002. He lives in Mumbai, India and can be contacted at hareshthakur@yahoo.com.
Articles and Papers
- Project Management – Pandemic and Beyond - Featured Paper - Thakur - January 2023
- Change Management in Challenging Times – A New Dimension - Advisory Article - Thakur - May 2020
- Risk Management – A critical link in Project Success - Advisory Article - Thakur - November 2019
- Project Leadership: Top 10 Cardinal Principles – Part 2 - Advisory Articles - Thakur - September 2016
- Project Leadership: Top 10 Cardinal Principles: Part 1 – The First Five - Advisory Articles - Thakur - August 2016
- Resilience: A Key Enabler for Project Success - Featured Papers - Thakur - February 2016
- Determinants of Project Success in Multicultural Environment: A Project Team’s Perspective - Featured Papers - Thakur - August 2015