India: Alok Kumar Mehta Appointed as New Director (Commercial) at NMDC

Alok Kumar Mehta assumed charge as Director (Commercial) of state owned NMDC Limited, on Saturday, June 1, 2019. Shri Alok Kumar Mehta, Executive Director (ED), NMDC Limited has been appointed as Director (Commercial) on the Board of NMDC Limited from the date of his assumption of charge of the post i.e.,1st June'19 till the date of his superannuation (30th Sep'21), or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Dr. TR K Rao. Director (Commercial), NMDC Limited, is relieved from the services of the Company on 31st May'19 on attaining the age of superannuation. Accordingly, he ceased to be a Director on the Board of the Company with effect from 1st June'19.

Alok Kumar Mehta, a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Raipur, with more than 35 years of experience in Iron ore mining, Iron & Steel Industry and Copper Industry in India and abroad. He started his career with Hindustan Copper Limited in July 1983 and later joined in Saurastra Chemical, Porbander in 1993.

He also worked for Aditya Birla group at Birla Copper Dahej and in 2003 he was given the responsibility of Mount Garden P lant situated in Queensland, Australia. He has distinction of handling construction of Plant at Mount Garden, Australia.

In the year 2006 he joined NMDC Limited (a Navratna PSU) and given the responsibilities of bringing up 3.0 MnTPA Steel Plant at Nagarnar. He successfully conceived the Rs. l 5,525 Crore Steel Plant at Nagarnar with the cooperation of all stake holders.

Prior to joining as Director (Commercial), he was responsible for the execution of all the Engineering, Contracts and Projects activities of NMDC Limited from head office as Executive Director.