Mr. A. K. Kanth, the CEO of KHAS Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from B.I.T, Mesra, Ranchi. He graduated in the year 1980 and joined the Heavy Engineering Corporation in the year 1981 as a Engineer Probationer, in Research & Development Department of  Heavy Machine Tools Plant. He also completed his ME in Machine Design from B.I.T, Mesra while working in H.E.C. He was trained as` CNC Machine tool Designer in O-M Ltd, Japan for 3 months in the year 1989. Since his joining in HMTP Unit, he took responsibility for development of many Vertical Turning and Boring machines from table dia. 1250mm to 5500mm to meet special application demands of industry. He was also responsible for design of large CNC Lathes & CNC Deep Hole Boring Machines for machining of Gun Barrel for Defence application. Many of his development of Special Purpose machines for space applications have been recognized by Aerospace Division, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bangalore; VSSC, Trivandrum and S.D.S.C SHAR, Sriharikota. The special machine for SDSC, SHAR was designed for high speed machining of Rubber insulation of dia. 4000mm and height 11000mm.At the testing stage at HEC,  the machine was inaugurated by Dr. Madhavan Nair, the then Chairman, ISRO and at the commissioning stage the machine was inaugurated by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at SDSC, Sriharikota.

Mr. Kanth’s contribution as a designer for Wheel and Axle Plant Modernization Project of DSP, Durgapur in the year 1990-1994 can be seen even today, where 15nos. of CNC Vertical Turning and Boring machines are still working in 3-shifts at DSP, Durgapur for uninterrupted production of Railway wheels. His recent achievement was winning an overseas contract in Bangladesh in the year 2012 for Modernization of Saidpur Railway workshop. The project was successfully commissioned.

Mr. Kanth has been conferred with the following prestigious Awards for excellence in Design & Development of machines:

  • ♦ ANWESHAK Award-2008 by the Society of Aerospace Manufacturing Engineers(SAME- An Independent Body of ISRO)
  • ♦ Indira Gandhi Shiromani Award and Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding & Distinguished Services to the nation.
  • ♦ Rashtriya Gaurav Award by India International Friendship Society for Meritorious Services and Outstanding Performance and Remarkable Role.

Before superannuating as Head of Heavy Machine Tools Plant of HEC Ltd., Mr. Kanth functioned as Head of  Research & Product Development and Marketing Teams of HMTP Unit and also acted as the General Manager(Corporate Marketing).

Today market demand for dynamic manufacturing concepts is growing rapidly, in direct proportion to the strong trend towards  increasingly complex workpieces and intensified engineers endeavour to design optimized machine elements for its realization.

With the vision of providing quality Services to the manufacturing industries in the area of Machining, Machine Tools & Design Engineering, KHAS Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd has been established. KHAS pledges to provide quality Services to all its Partners and envisions for a better tomorrow by helping the manufacturing industries establish their operation for the benefit of all the stake holders.