Founder & CEO — Kannamwar Engineering LLP

Ameya Kannamwar

B.Tech & M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur – Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture

Ameya Kannamwar is a Naval Architect, Offshore Engineer, and Entrepreneur with more than nine years of multidisciplinary experience spanning vessel conversions, FPSOs, subsea pipelines, and renewable energy projects across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Recognition and publications

• Elmer L. Hann Award (SNAME, USA) — First Indian recipient, for excellence in ship production engineering.
• Published Author — Research presented at SNAME, OMAE, and the Journal of Ocean Engineering.

Professional journey

• Over 400+ multidisciplinary engineering projects delivered by the team across vessel conversions, FPSO module integrations, and life-extension of offshore platforms.
• Directed FEED, detailed design, and project management for marine assets under DNV, IRS, BV, ABS and other IACS classes.
• Expertise in offshore structural, mooring, riser, and pipeline engineering — from concept to commissioning.
• Successfully diversified into renewable and floating energy systems including floating solar and OTEC under India's Deep Sea Mission.
• Strong leadership background in operations, strategy, and growth, mentoring teams and driving organizational scalability.

Timeline

• 2010–2015 — IIT Kharagpur — B.Tech & M.Tech in Ocean Engineering
• 2015–2016 — Indian Register of Shipping — Assistant Surveyor
• 2016–2021 — Oceanergy (Co-Founder) — Scaled to $1.2M, 200+ projects, 20+ countries
• 2021–2024 — ChefKart (Strategy → COO) — 3X profitability, 40% NPS boost
• 2025–Now — Kannamwar Engineering (Founder) — Offshore & Marine Engineering

Class societies worked with

ABS · DNV · LR · BV · IRS · NK · KR · BKI · RINA · CCS