Madhu Palakkada Madhavan, CAPM®

Selected for Amdari's Project Management Career Experience Internship (PMCEI) — a 4-month remote program where consultants deliver end-to-end project management on simulated real-world business engagements across 5 client projects. Key responsibilities: • Develop project charters, scope statements, and detailed project plans aligned with stakeholder objectives and business cases • Build and maintain project schedules, WBS, and milestone tracking using Microsoft Project and Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid methodologies • Conduct stakeholder mapping, requirements gathering, and gap analysis to translate business needs into actionable deliverables • Maintain risk registers, issue logs, and change control documentation to proactively manage project risk • Produce weekly status reports and executive-ready communications for project stakeholders • Collaborate with cross-functional virtual teams to deliver projects on scope, on schedule, and within quality standards

• Calibrated and tested level sensors, gas monitors, flowmeters, pressure transmitters, RTDs, thermocouples, and process instrumentation. • Programmed and configured industrial controllers to support accurate process monitoring and equipment performance. • Performed troubleshooting, calibration, inspection, and verification of instrumentation systems for field service and customer requirements. • Prepared calibration records, technical reports, test results, and service documentation for completed work. • Supported instrumentation, automation, process control, and maintenance activities in industrial environments.

• Developed a hydroelectric power generation concept using multilayered vertical tunnels in water bodies. • Prepared technical descriptions, design logic, and system documentation for a provisional patent application. • Researched turbine placement, water flow control, energy generation, feasibility, and system improvement opportunities. • Applied electrical engineering, renewable energy, fluid flow, and technical problem-solving knowledge to develop an early-stage innovation concept. • Continued AutoCAD learning to support design visualization, technical drawing, and future prototype development.

• Coordinated field project activities, including task planning, work execution, team communication, documentation, and stakeholder updates. • Used Microsoft Project, Maximo, and Microsoft Office Suite to support project tracking, reporting, scheduling, and field documentation. • Supported project execution by monitoring deliverables, resource requirements, quality expectations, and performance criteria. • Facilitated communication between field teams, internal departments, and external stakeholders to support project completion. • Applied project management practices including risk tracking, progress monitoring, quality control, and issue resolution. • Led field teams in a technical environment while maintaining focus on safety, quality, productivity, and schedule requirements.

• Calibrated magnetic flowmeters, differential pressure flowmeters, level systems, pH analyzers, chlorine analyzers, and water analytical equipment. • Installed and commissioned ultrasonic flowmeters, magnetic flowmeters, chlorine dosing pumps, and process measurement equipment in water treatment plants. • Used ABB VeriMaster and Endress+Hauser Heartbeat verification software to diagnose faults and verify flowmeter accuracy. • Reviewed piping and instrumentation diagrams to identify instrument connections, disconnects, testing points, and repair requirements. • Troubleshot and repaired instrumentation systems by replacing defective electronic boards, displays, and components for ABB, Endress+Hauser, and Rosemount flowmeters. • Prepared calibration reports with test readings, pass/fail results, service status, and maintenance recommendations. • Trained operators on chlorine dosing pump functions, controller readings, operation procedures, and basic maintenance. • Supported water treatment plant reliability through calibration, commissioning, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.

• Supported calibration, testing, inspection, and maintenance of instrumentation and control systems in a nuclear power environment. • Calibrated and tested amplifiers used in Shutdown Safety System 1 and Shutdown Safety System 2. • Performed testing and maintenance of digital control computers, safety system monitoring computers, startup instrumentation, and communication cables. • Assisted with calibration and maintenance of particulate monitors, iodine monitors, gas chromatography systems, body contamination monitors, and small article monitors. • Measured coolant flow using ultrasonic flowmeter equipment and performed conductivity testing using conductivity analyzers. • Installed, tested, and maintained intelligent 4D multisensor smoke detectors and linear heat detector wires. • Followed safety procedures, technical documentation requirements, and quality standards in a regulated nuclear facility. • Led a team in an innovation pitch competition, demonstrating technical creativity, teamwork, and presentation skills.

• Inspected control panels, relay panels, substation equipment, and protection systems for electrical power distribution assets. • Tested and commissioned control and relay panels for transformers, bus couplers, bus transfer systems, and line feeders. • Worked with overcurrent relays, earth fault relays, distance relays, differential protection relays, overload relays, under-voltage relays, and over-voltage relays. • Supported transformer protection systems including transformer differential protection, restricted earth fault protection, busbar protection, distance protection, and synchronizing schemes. • Tested CTs, PTs, CVTs, and power transformers as part of substation maintenance and commissioning activities. • Prepared test reports, cable schedules, inspection records, and maintenance documentation for substation equipment. • Planned and supported monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and yearly preventive maintenance activities for substation systems.