THE TEAM
AFC is led by a team of three technocrats. Ably supported by a team of 20 people, the company has a flat organizational structure where innovation is welcomed. This results in product development in shortest possible time frames with customer satisfaction and eventually customer delight.
A profile of the leaders of AFC is presented below:
Mr. Vijay Kumar - A mechanical engineering graduate from N.I.T. Jamshedpur (erstwhile RIT), Mr. Vijay Kumar has over 25 years of experience in FRP and metallurgy. As the proprietor of the company, he manages the HR, technical and finance activities. He has received technical know-how of FRP from IIT Chennai and IIT Kharagpur. Prior to starting AFC 20 years back, he was a graduate trainee in TATA Steel where he received a diploma in metallurgy and worked for 3 years.
Mr. Anand Kumar - holds a Masters degree in Industrial Chemistry from the prestigious IIT Kharagpur. As a technical and marketing lead in AFC, he takes care of technical issues and is in charge of dealing with customers. He has received training in the FRP domain from the IIT. He also has 3 years of IT experience behind him – working for companies like Infosys Technologies Ltd and SAP.
Mr. Pratik Kumar – currently in his Final Year - B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from BIT Mesra, Ranchi. He participated in the Formula Student competition which was held in Silverstone, London, UK in July 2007. He was the chief designer of the racing car which was made by eight BIT Mesra students all by themselves from scratch. The body of the car was made in FRP and AFC manufactured the same in a record time of 7 days which included on spot designing of the FRP body by Pratik and pattern, mould making, manufacturing and finishing by us.