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Mr. Jayant
Deo was born on 20th July 1944, at Jalna in Maharashtra State.
He has had brilliant academic record. He stood 2nd in the
Higher Secondary Board examination of Marathawada Division
in 1960. Mr. Jayant Deo completed B.E. (Mechanical) from college
of Engineering, Aurangabad in 1965. He holds a record of standing
first class first throughout the entire engineering course
in Marathwada University.
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After
completing two years of training in Heavy Engineering Corporation's
coal mining machinery plant at Durgapur, he joined ACC Babcock
Ltd. in Industrial Engineering Department. He spent two years
here for optimizing the fabrication work of power station
boiler meant for MSEB's Nashik Thermal Station.
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While working with ACC Babcock
he registered for doctorate work on "Techno-Economic
Life of Equipment" under the guidance of Prof. Dr. S.K.Basu
(Ex- Director of Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
- Durgapur). As a pre-requisite, he completed a part of Industry
oriented M.Tech. course in 1970.
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His research schedule was thrown
out of gear on account of the sudden change in the frequency
of breakdown of equipment under observation. This was attributed
to the changed behavior of technicians caused by the new Maintenance
Head.
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Fascinated by this, Mr. Deo
understood the futility of continuing the research, which
does not put the Human on center stage. He concentrated on
the study of human behavior, social behavior, and found that
Culture i.e. -habits acquired for survival -
has a major impact on behavior. He continued to pursue study
of related subjects rather than pursuing doctorate, and developed
a holistic approach.
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Later, Mr. Deo could help his
clients achieve quantum jumps in productivity levels on account
of understanding of complex interdependence of culture and
man-machine systems.
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In 1970 Mr. Deo shifted to Mumbai.
He worked for 5 years on productivity enhancement of manufacturing
of electrical motors and transformers for Siemen's Licensee
Bharat Bijlee Ltd.
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In 1974 he was picked by Mr.
R. K. Lal (who later became Chairman) of Britannia
Industries Ltd. and entrusted the job of achieving quantum
improvements to productivity of 2,000 strong Mumbai factory.
Mr. Lal became his mentor and sponsored him to study Finance
Management at Bajaj Institute, Mumbai in 1976.
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After successful completion,
Mr. Deo was promoted as the youngest production Controller
with responsibility of optimizing total cost of men, machines
and materials through production and material planning. Here
Mr.Deo learnt MNC's sophisticated financial control systems
and devised his own methods to fine-tune it.
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