Pradeep K. Goorha
PO Box 1320
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Telephone: 255-51-138858
Cellphone: 255-811-323734
e-mail: [email protected]
Date of Birth : July 31, 1946
Academic : MS, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA; 1971
Major - Management
Subjects - Economics, Quantitative Economic Analysis,
Finance, Operations Research, Managerial Policy,
Management of Human Resources etc.
BE (Bachelor of Engineering), University of Roorkee,
Roorkee, India; 1968
Major - Mechanical Engineering
Special Course, titled "Business Conditions Analysis and
Forecasting Techniques" at the New York University, Business
School, Wall Street, New York, USA; 1972
Professional
Membership : Member, Institute of Management, UK
Workshops/
Seminars : (a) Designed and development of a Workshop on Effective
Industrialisation in the a State in India. The participants
were drawn from all the constituents and stake-holders in the
industrialisation process; 1988
(b) Resource person in a Workshop on Prevention of Business
Failures; 1989
(c) Participated in a UNIDO Workshop on Technology Transfer in
Zanzibar, Tanzania; 1992
Consultancy
Assignments : (1) August, 1998 onwards - As Consultant for Shivji Group of
Companies in Tanzania, East Africa
I have been associated with this Business House since 1994 and
have been responsible for developing strategies in switching
business portfolio from a consumer goods importer to a
manufacturer of nation-wide reckoning. This involved a careful
charting of course in an environment where competition and
privatisation are the buzz words. There are several plans for
diversifying into products that have synergy with the current
businesses. I am spearheading the implementation of those along
with strengthening of current manufacturing lines.
(2) July, 1997 to July, 1998 - As Corporate Advisor and
Consultant to The MGT Group of Companies, Dubai, UAE
The Group has several business activities including trading,
clearing and forwarding and health and safety training in the
Gulf and CIS countries.
The main responsibility was to create a corporate development
plan and thereby rationalise the investment portfolio of the
Group. The Plan incorporated financial restructuring, divestment
strategies for a manufacturing project and development of new
projects. In addition, it required re-engineering of a "problem"
safety training company, employing expatriate personnel from UK,
USA, Australia and Malaysia, that has branches in Qatar and
Azerbaijan.
(3) One-year Assignment starting February, 1997 in Vanuatu,
South Pacific - As the Team Leader of a 5-man Commonwealth
Secretariat Team
At the behest of the Government of Vanuatu, a thorough study was
mounted with the view to identify viable industrial projects
followed by preparation of feasibility reports and
identification of prospective entrepreneurs. It was a
multinational team with experts drawn from Australia, New
Zealand and India. Towards structuring commercially viable
projects, the team had to visit and carry out extended research
in neighbouring countries, such as Australia, New Zealand,
Indonesia, and the Philippines in search of export markets. The
findings have been presented to the Commonwealth Secretariat.
April, 1994 to January, 1997
Independent Consultancy Assignments in Tanzania, East Africa:
Involved in consulting on portfolio selection, overall
development of small and medium scale projects. The expertise
runs through initial conceptualisation to the implementation of
the projects. Major assignments were;
a) Implementation of a soap manufacturing plant in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania for a client.
b) Negotiations with several prospective technical partners in
Europe vis-� vis transfer of brewing technology for a client
interested in putting up a brewery in Dar es Salaam. Concluding
firm agreements with a world-renowned German brewery engineering
company.
c) Preparation of pre-investment and take-over proposals for
different entrepreneurs interested in maize milling plant,
pharmaceuticals manufacturing unit, plastic woven sacks plant
etc.
April, 1991 to April, 1994
Expert/Adviser in development of projects in manufacturing
industry, hospitality industry and agro-forestry industry etc.
Seconded by CFTC (Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation)
of the Commonwealth Secretariat, London to the Tanzania
Development Finance Company Limited, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Some of the major contributions have been:
- Appraising term loan applications for all types of projects
and advising the CEO on the overall viability of the project
- Facilitation of prospective entrepreneurs by advising on
upgradation of their project concepts by corporate planning,
technology transfer, contracting and negotiations, sources of
machinery
- Monitoring of projects under implementation, establishing
systems for evaluating the progress and determining likely
delays and cost overruns
- Report on Design and Development of a Pricing Structure
towards increasing Occupancy Levels in Hotels owned by TDFL. The
proposal included introduction of Plastic Discount Cards for
Frequent Visitors.
1988-1991 (a) Managing Director and major shareholder, Beeline Quick Foods
Private Limited - a manufacturing project conceived, developed,
implemented and commercially run for over a year in Bhopal,
India. Specific work elements included; bankable feasibility
study, structuring for financial package, technology and
machinery selection, plant design, detailed engineering and
creation of a task force for civil construction, erection,
commissioning and trial runs.
(b) State Training Resource Centre of the Academy of
Administration, Bhopal, India - As Resource Faculty, designed
and developed training programmes for trainees from a wide range
of entry levels. Conducted workshops on Training Needs Analysis.
Acted as Visiting Faculty for programmes on Planning, Potential
Problem Analysis, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Project Formulation,
Project Management etc.
1985-1988 General Manager (Projects) at Lloyd Insulations (India) Private
Limited, New Delhi, India - the flagship company of the Punj
Group of companies in India. The Group had a turnover of over Rs
4,500 million and had nine manufacturing plants for thermal
insulations located all over India.
1980-1985 Projects Manager and Commercial Manager, Industrial Plant (EA)
Limited, Nairobi, Kenya - the largest and most sophisticated
chemical process plant manufacturer in Kenya - and at the same
time;
Managing Director, Inputs and Resources Limited, Nairobi, Kenya -
a Group Company involved in offering projects consultancy in
Kenya and Uganda. Some of the projects carried out were;
- As a Consultant to the Embassy of Finland in Kenya.
Represented Lab Systems Oy of Finland in Kenya and prepared a
Situation Report on the Politico-Industrial Scene in Post-Amin
Uganda for Fiskars Ab Oy of Finland
- Tied up with Booz, Allen & Hamilton of USA into a consortium
arrangement for tendering a bid to act as a programme evaluation
and monitoring agency to USAID Rural Enterprises Development
Program in Kenya
1979-1980 Manager - Projects Group, Emco Limited - a corporate level
company of Madhvani Group in Nairobi, Kenya.
1977-1979 Business Development Manager, Agrima Project Engineering and
Consultancy Services Limited, Bombay, India - a projects
development outfit for the Nairobi-based Mehta Group. Amongst
many assignments including projects in Sri Lanka etc., worked on
the feasibility study for an iron and steel foundry project for
Kenya. The product range included casting spares for sugar,
textile and cement industries along with in-house production of
low-speed diesel engines, centrifugal pumps and electric motors.
1972-1979 Sarabhai Group of Companies in the State of Gujarat , India in
the following capacities:
(a) Senior Research Analyst at Operations Research Group (ORG),
Baroda. Some of the major assignments in the realm of management
systems were;
- Design and implementation of Job Costing System, Order
Estimation System and Bill Provision Accounting System at a
Group company
- Exhaustive study of all the inventory items at Walchandnagar
Industries Limited, a large machinery fabricating client company
near Poona in India. Eventually designed an Inventory Control
System and a Production Planning and Control System for the
Company
(b) Senior Projects Executive at Sarabhai International,
Ahmedabad. Responsibilities included;
- Project coordination from Head Office level for the two
overseas joint venture projects in third countries, namely a
textile spinning mill in Indonesia and a composite towel making
plant in Mauritius
- Identification of manufacturing opportunities and preparation
of reports on investment climate after extensive visits to
Nigeria and Senegal in West Africa; Kenya in East Africa; Papua
New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia in Oceania
Activities : Founder Member and Director of Administration of the GIANTS Group
of Nairobi -- a social service organisation with over 150
chapters in more than 20 countries all over the world, 1980
An avid Cricketer -- Represented University of Roorkee in the
North Zone Inter-Varsity Cricket Tournament in India.
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