| Name | D P Deshpande |
| Designation | Strategic Advisor |
| Company Name | Consultant India |
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Mr. DP Deshpande's distinguished career spans leadership roles such as Ex-Managing Director at Tata Sponge Iron Ltd., Ex-Executive Director at Tata Metaliks Ltd., and Ex-Chief of Coke, Sinter, and Iron at Tata Steel, where he led initiatives like the Deming Award challenge and benchmarking with POSCO. With 39 years at Tata Steel, he is now an independent advisor, focusing on cost and performance improvement, technical inspections, and steel-making projects. His consulting clients include SBI, Trafigura, Hitachi, and BCG. Mr. Deshpande is a director at ACRE Industrial Solutions and Simplex Coke and has chaired the Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association of India. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Mumbai, an MBA from XLRI, and advanced management certifications from the University of Lancaster, JUSE, Japan, and the Goldratt School Programme