LOW-priority.
[!] unverified current employerapplies to everything company-specific below.[~]= estimate.
1. Company overview & snapshot
1.0 The connection — Ramchandra Parandekar
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Current title (LinkedIn) | Assistant Manager, Engineering — Pimpri-Chinchwad [!] unverified current employer |
| Last confirmed employer | Precision Camshafts Ltd (Solapur): Assistant Manager QA, 11+ years in machine shop quality |
| Exit | His own LinkedIn posts (2020–21) say he lost the job in Covid-era layoffs and was looking for work |
| Skills | Diploma in Mechanical Engineering; CMM, grinding-burn inspection, Marposs in-process gauging, camshaft machining quality |
| Authority | Mid-level engineering; not a budget holder |
| Connection | 1st-degree |
| Profile not directly located; use people search | |
| None on file. A personal phone/email appears in his 2020 job-search posts; not used (personal, possibly stale, and posted in a job-search context) |
1.1 Legal identity
Current employer: unknown [!] unverified current employer.
Last known employer: Precision Camshafts Ltd (NSE: PRECAM), CMD Yatin S. Shah; registered office D-5, MIDC Chincholi, Solapur 413255; also MIDC Akkalkot Road, Solapur.
1.2 Revenue (last known employer, context)
| FY | Basis | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY25 | Consolidated | ₹865.4 Cr | Audited results |
| FY25 | Standalone | ₹612.0 Cr | Audited results |
| FY26 | Consolidated | ₹772.9 Cr; PAT ₹5.8 Cr after ₹48.8 Cr impairment (German step-down subsidiary MFT insolvency) | Audited results |
| FY26 | Standalone | ₹577.6 Cr | Audited results |
Working revenue range: unknown for current employer [!]. Precision Camshafts (context): ₹770–870 Cr consolidated, high confidence.
1.2a Scale & MSME
Current employer: unknown. PCMC auto-component plants range from micro machine shops to ₹1,000 Cr+ forgers.
1.3 Plants
- Current: unknown, somewhere in Pimpri-Chinchwad (Bhosari MIDC, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Chakan, Talegaon)
[!]. - Precision Camshafts: two national plants in Solapur (foundry + machining); new Solapur plant (10 lines, 200,000 camshafts/month) starting production in Q1 FY27; ~29 MW solar at Mangalwedha.
1.4 Champion map
| Type | Name | Role | Why | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connection | Ramchandra Parandekar | AM Engineering [!] | https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=Ramchandra%20Parandekar | unknown | Find current employer |
| P&L | name TBD | Plant head at current employer | — | — | After he replies |
| Maintenance | name TBD | Maintenance head at current employer | — | — | After he replies |
| Context | Karan Y. Shah | WTD-BD, Precision Camshafts | https://in.linkedin.com/in/karanshahpcl | unknown | Separate Solapur prospect |
Decision path: unknown until employer is confirmed.
2. Energy profile
DISCOM: MSEDCL — all of Pimpri-Chinchwad and Solapur are MSEDCL territory (Pune and Solapur zones).
- Current employer: bill unknown
[!]. PCMC forge/foundry/machining plants commonly run ₹10 lakh–₹2 Cr/month[~]. - Precision Camshafts (context): BRSR FY26 reports grid electricity 171,612 GJ (~47.7 GWh), renewable 76,488 GJ (~44% of electricity), plus 72,276 GJ of fuel. At ~₹8–9/kWh all-in, the MSEDCL grid bill is roughly ₹3–4 Cr/month
[~]. That makes PCL a Band A energy prospect in its own right, but in Solapur and via a different route (Karan Shah), not via Ramchandra.
3. Operations, equipment & digital stack
3.1a Machine inventory (Precision Camshafts, context only)
| Class | Present? | Count / size | OEM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNC turning / lathe | Yes | many | — | Camshaft machining |
| VMC / HMC | Yes [~] | — | — | — |
| HPDC / LPDC / GDC | No (sand/shell casting) [~] | — | — | — |
| Forge | No | — | — | — |
| Heat treatment | Yes [~] | — | — | Induction hardening of cam lobes |
| Melt (foundry) | Yes | — | — | Chilled cast iron camshafts; induction melting [~] |
| Press / stamping | No | — | — | — |
| Grinding | Yes | — | Marposs gauging | Cam/journal grinding |
Utilisation per company: foundry ~80%, machining ~90%.
Current employer’s equipment: unknown.
4. Stamped Energy fit analysis
- Fit score: 2/10. Employer unknown, mid-level role, no budget authority.
- Upside: PCMC is dense with LNM-like plants; if he’s at a forge or foundry, he could become a plant-level champion.
The strongest wedge is: a simple reconnect asking where he works now, then a plant-level introduction if his employer runs furnaces, forging or heavy machining in the MSEDCL Pune belt.
4.6 Concern scores (1–10)
| Concern | Score | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy / electricity bill | 3 | unknown | Unknown employer |
| Maintenance / uptime | 5 | unknown | Engineering role suggests maintenance exposure |
| Production / OEE | 6 | unknown | Machine-shop background |
| Overall efficiency | 5 | unknown | — |
5. Before you reach out
- Do not lead with a pitch; do not lead with Precision Camshafts as if he still works there.
- Do not use the personal contact details from his 2020 job-search posts.
- Do not lead with “verified on the next MSEDCL bill”; use verified with evidence.
- Discovery questions:
- Current company, plant location and what it makes
- His role: maintenance, process engineering or quality?
- Plant’s rough size and whether it has furnaces, forging, die casting or heat treatment
- Who owns the MSEDCL bill there
- Does he still know people at Precision Camshafts (separate prospect)?
- Other PCMC plants in his network
6. Risks, flags, controversies & sources
6.1 Risks & controversies
- Current employer unverified
[!]: the whole kit rests on finding out where he is. Possible that the LinkedIn title is stale or he has moved again. - Sensitivity: his public posts were about losing his job; be warm, don’t reference the layoff.
- Controversies: none searched for the unknown employer. Precision Camshafts: German step-down subsidiary MFT entered insolvency (board noted Sep 2025), ₹48.8 Cr impairment in FY26. No regulatory or labour controversies found (searched: “Precision Camshafts” + MPCB / penalty / lawsuit / labour).
6.2 Data quality flags
- LinkedIn profile URL not found; search URL used.
- PCL bill estimate derived from BRSR energy data
[~].
6.3 Sources consulted
- Ramchandra Parandekar’s public LinkedIn posts (2020–21) about leaving Precision Camshafts
- Precision Camshafts FY25/FY26 audited results and FY26 BRSR (NSE filings) — revenue, impairment, energy data, plants
- Precision Camshafts board outcome, Sep 2025 — MFT insolvency
- https://in.linkedin.com/in/karanshahpcl
- MSEDCL service area (Pune and Solapur zones)