SETHU VIVEKANANDAN

He was born at the village of Kandaramanickam, Thirupathur taluk and Sivangangai district. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from Annamalai University, Chidambaram.

He started his career, in 1981, as a Turner (Operator) in Lathe Machine in Iyyapan Industries, Chennai, which lead him to start his own business, in the name of Vivek Engineering Construction at Neiveli, Tamilnadu, (NLC Registered contractor). Construction & Maintenance works in TPS-I & II, Fertilizer Plant and Township Administration.

He had extensive work experience at senior levels, when he worked for 9 Years working in Texmaco Group at Karawang (West Jawa) & Semarang (Central Jawa) Indonesia, as Production Manager. Manufacturing of Textile Machineries. In 2003 Moved to United Arab Emirates, working with IHI (Japanese Firm) & Khansaheb Civil Engineering, as Project Manager. In 2011 Joined in Black Tulip Group, as a General Manager. With enormous support from the Managing Director Mr. Mohamed Gani Mohamed Ehiya, he started a Structural and Architectural Division under the name of “Black Tulip Metal Bldg. Const. Ind” and in the year 2013, the status of the company has been changed to an ‘LLC’ (“Black Tulip Metal Bldg. Const. Ind LLC”) and he is now its “Managing Director”.