Trinidad & Tobago · Leadership · Learning · Legacy
Leader. Builder. Mentor. Lifelong learner.
An executive leader, engineer and lifelong learner whose story spans industry, agriculture, history and music.
A life in many dimensions
Ken’s journey is larger than a résumé. It is a story of building organisations, developing people, returning to study, documenting history and keeping music close throughout it all.
Leadership & industry
Seeram Ken Maharaj, former CEO, brings extensive executive and technical expertise in ceramic engineering, industrial, and general management. He provides strategic advice in structural ceramic products, refractories, construction materials, plant operations and quality management.
Founder and leader of an enterprise spanning specialised ceramic production, printing, professional advisory services and applied training.
Leadership and governance experience across employer representation, national insurance, tripartite labour relations, development institutions, insurance and standards.
The NIBTT 2009 Annual Report records Ken as Chairman of the Tenders Committee and a member of the Finance and Land Development Committees. A Ministry of Finance media release later records him among the members receiving instruments of appointment to the new Board in December 2010.
The ECA’s historical record documents Ken’s leadership of the national employers’ organisation across these successive roles.
View the ECA historical record ↗Select either clipping to open the complete article at full reading size.
Served in senior plant, general-management and chief-executive roles, leading strategy, operations, finance, engineering, capital planning, industrial relations and quality systems.
Progressed from Trainee Supervisor to Technical Manager/Assistant to the General Manager across clay and concrete operations, engineering, quality, quarries and industrial relations.
Agriculture & research
Drawing on extensive industry experience, Ken brought his engineering and management perspective into a new field: tropical agriculture.
His UWI work has included research on tunnel-ventilated housing systems for poultry, fodder production and nutritional assessment for ruminants. He is currently an MPhil candidate examining Tunnel Ventilation Housing Systems, with an overall focus on poultry development and CARICOM food security.
Recognised for Ken’s final-year research project on the use of tunnel-ventilated houses in the Caribbean.
View research reference ↗The article is explicitly credited “Written by Seeram Ken Maharaj.”
Read Ken’s conservation article ↗
History & editorial work
Editor · Commemorative publication
1813–2013
Ken served as Editor of the commemorative history published by Lodge United Brothers No. 251 S.C. The publication brought together two centuries of history, images and institutional memory in a limited edition of 225 copies.
Executive leadership across engineering, operations, entrepreneurship and national governance.
Continued learning focused on practical agricultural systems, livestock development and Caribbean food security.
Editor of the commemorative history of 200 years of Scottish Freemasonry in Trinidad and Tobago, 1813–2013.
Leader of the Indian crossover band Melo Bugs, later D Carib Melo Bugs, and the person who gave the band its name.
From the archives
Early roots, education, international representation and music — five moments that reveal the breadth of Ken’s journey beyond the formal résumé.
Trinidad Aggregate Products Ltd.
Archival moments from Ken’s executive leadership at Trinidad Aggregate Products Ltd., including quality certification and employee recognition.
Music & cultural legacy
Music has never been a footnote in Ken’s story. He led the Indian crossover band Melo Bugs, later known as D Carib Melo Bugs, and was the person who came up with the band’s name.
The story stretches from his younger years as a guitarist to later performances and reunions — a living connection to friendship, cultural crossover and Caribbean music-making.
Beyond the résumé
Sport, the outdoors, music and service have all remained part of Ken’s life. His interests have included cricket, football, swimming, lawn tennis, badminton, squash, volleyball, chess, camping, scuba diving, marathon running and golf — alongside a continuing commitment to mentoring and community service.
Seeram Ken Maharaj
This website serves as a living record of an accomplished career and multidimensional life. Further photographs, archival material and publications will be added as the collection grows.
