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Er. Ankur Kaplesh: the talk, the books and the conversations

CMD & Founder of Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd. What 535+ MEPF and solar projects taught him — on a TEDx stage, in two books, and in interviews. And how to bring him to yours.

▶ TEDx talk · 17 min 📘 Two books 🎤 Interviews & press 📎 Press kit

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Er. Ankur Kaplesh, CMD & Founder of Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

Er. Ankur Kaplesh CMD & Founder, Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

The TEDx talk

“Turning a Setback into Success”

TEDxYouth@VedicIntSchoolSambalpur 1 September 2024 Sambalpur, Odisha, India Theme: Ignite. Innovate. Inspire. 17 min

About the talk

How an engineer from a middle-class home chose building a company over a conventional career, and what the setbacks along the way taught him — from the first small electrical jobs to leading Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd. and an AI video-analytics venture. A talk about persistence, continuous learning and treating failure as working material.

Listed by the organisers as Founder & Director, Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd. — a tech entrepreneur and published author who leads an electro-mechanical contracting company and an AI-driven video analytics business.

Watch on YouTube (TEDx Talks) ↗ Event listing on TED.com ↗

The books

Two books, one argument: projects fail in coordination, not construction

Both are written for the people who pay for buildings — owners, project managers and architects — not for contractors.

Published

11 Deadly Facts You Must Know to Save up to 27% of Your Project Value

A bestseller distilling 15+ years and 31,000+ on-site hours into the exact checks that protect project value.

The eleven checks that protect project value before a contract is signed
Drawn from 15+ years and 31,000+ on-site hours across MEPF and solar work
Written for owners, project managers and architects — not for contractors

Buy on Amazon.in ↗ Free: the 11-point project savings checklist →

ISBN-10 8197111332 · Paperback · Amazon.in

Upcoming — launching soon

From AutoCAD to Actual Site: Why Indian Buildings Never Match the Drawing

20 pain points, 20 solutions — why projects drift from drawing to site, and how to close the gap. This blog series is adapted from it.

The 20 pain points that derail MEPF and civil projects in India
A field-tested solution for each, from coordination to commissioning
Why design, approvals and execution have to live under one roof

Get notified at launch Read the chapter-by-chapter blog series →

Interviews & press

Interviews, podcasts and press

Ankur is available for interviews, podcasts, panels and bylined articles on how Indian buildings get built — and why they so often drift from the drawing.

What he talks about

Why Indian buildings never match the drawing — the 20 pain points between AutoCAD and siteFrom the upcoming book “From AutoCAD to Actual Site”
The checks that save up to 27% of a project's value, and why owners skip themFrom the published book “11 Deadly Facts”
Projects fail in coordination, not construction — the case for one accountable MEPF partnerThe thesis Secured Engineers is built on
Solar as an engineering outcome: designing for 25-year yield, not contractor margin535+ projects including industrial rooftop and ground-mount solar
Fire NOC, CEIG and the approvals critical path for a new factoryApprovals filed in-house across North India
Turning a setback into success — an engineer-entrepreneur's routeThe TEDx talk, TEDxYouth@VedicIntSchoolSambalpur

Formats

Keynote or TEDx-style talk
Panel discussion
Podcast or video interview
Written Q&A or bylined article
Guest lecture at an engineering college
Technical evening for an industry association

In person across North India, or online. Hindi and English.

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Press kit

For organisers, hosts and journalists

Name, bios, headshot, covers and the company facts — with the source each figure comes from.

Name and title

Er. Ankur Kaplesh

CMD & Founder, Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

“Er.” is the engineer's honorific used in India; in running text, Ankur Kaplesh.

One line

Er. Ankur Kaplesh is the founder and CMD of Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd., a TEDx speaker and the author of “11 Deadly Facts”.

Short bio

Er. Ankur Kaplesh is an engineer-entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and published author. He founded Secured Engineers Pvt. Ltd. in 2011 and has grown it into an MEPF and Solar EPC company with 535+ projects across 18+ Indian states, working for clients that include the Indian Army, NXP and WHO-GMP pharma facilities. His book “11 Deadly Facts You Must Know to Save up to 27% of Your Project Value” distils that experience; a second, “From AutoCAD to Actual Site”, is forthcoming.

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Facts

Founded: 2011
Projects completed: 535+
Indian states: 18+
Team strength: 300+
Repeat clients: 89.77%
Projects delivered early: 93.32%

Source: Company Profile 2025; see the sourced fact sheet on the About page. Company facts, with sources →

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