M. Sivaprakasam is an accomplished manufacturing and engineering leader with over three decades of experience across the chemical, plastics, food and pharmaceutical industries. Having progressed from Instrumentation Engineer to Plant Head and now serving as an Independent Engineering Consultant, he brings extensive expertise in process engineering, industrial automation, reliability-centred maintenance, process safety, HAZOP and lean manufacturing. He has held senior leadership positions at Bayer Material Science, Covestro and Lanxess. During his tenure as Plant Head at Covestro India, he successfully led a major capacity expansion from 2.5 KT to 6 KT, securing critical regulatory approvals. At Lanxess, he spearheaded the complete plant relocation from Madurai to Jhagadia. An ISO 9001 Lead Auditor and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Sivaprakasam specialises in operational excellence, plant modernisation, process optimisation, industrial automation and manufacturing leadership.