TAK Mathews has 2 decades experience in the vertical transportation and construction industry. His exposure extends to all aspects of this industry covering projects and construction, service and modernization and planning and sales of elevators and escalators.

He is widely traveled and has exposure to international vertical transportation practices and processes. He is familiar with most equipment and latest technology.

As a qualified Civil Engineer with hands – on experience in all aspects of the vertical transportation industry, Mathews is perfectly positioned to understand the compulsions of the Developer, Architect and the Project Engineers and balance it with the constraints and language of the vertical transportation manufacturers. His study of transportation engineering also helps him understand the principle of traffic analysis.

Mathews has conducted seminars and presentations on the subject of vertical transportation and technological advancements in the field as well as on the subject of traffic analysis. The audiences have included the engineers of ECC L&T – Chennai, Andhra Pradesh Housing Board, Dalal Mott MacDonald, MCHI and CREDAI.

Mathews has been a representative on the ET25 panel constituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards for rewriting the Elevator & Escalators Codes as well as for the elevator section of the National Building Codes.

Mathews is also a correspondent for Elevator World India (www.elevatorworldindia.com)
He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers (FIE).

He is a member of the
 American Society of Mechanical Engineers
 National Association of Vertical Transportation Professionals USA (NAVTP)
 National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities International USA (NAESAI)
 International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE)
 Consulting Engineers’ Association of India (CEAI)
(Affiliated to FIDIC - Federation Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils)

Mathews is also a Qualified Elevator Inspector, in conformance with the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ QEI-1.

Mathews has done his engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam, MBA from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. He is also an alumnus of IMD, Lausanne.