Mantosh Sondhi

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Mantosh Sondhi was an IOFS officer. [1] He served as the first General Manager of the Heavy Vehicles Factory, [2] [3] [4] one of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories. He was the founding Chairman & Managing Director of Bokaro Steel Plant. He was the first IOFS officer and first non-IAS officer to hold the posts of Secretary of Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Coal. [5] [6] [7] He studied engineering at the University of London. [2] He was awarded Padma Shri in 1968 by the President of India. [8] In 1995, he was decorated as Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the President of Finland. [9] The headquarters of Confederation of Indian Industry is named in his honour. [10] He was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission of India. He also served as the Chairman of several MNCs such as Ashok Leyland, [11] ABB, Wärtsilä. [12] His son is Vipin Sondhi, former CEO and MD of JCB India and Ashok Leyland.

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  1. ↑ Directorate of Printing, Government of India (March 24, 1956). "Gazette of India, 1956, No. 83" – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 "Second international conference on emerging trends in project management" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Lateral entry in Modi government: Why Opposition's objection is double-speak – What Indira, Manmohan did". June 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ MEMOries: Journal of a Bureaucrat's Life. Notion Press. 19 November 2022. ISBN   979-8-88815-694-0.
  5. ↑ "How I changed the business of lobbying". Business Today. November 26, 2009.
  6. ↑ Service, Statesman News (June 18, 2018). "Lateral recruitments in Defence ministry". The Statesman .
  7. ↑ Seminar on Steel Foundry Technology in the Eighties, 30th Sep.-1st Oct., 1983, New Delhi: Background Paper. Steel & Alloy Steel Foundry Division, Association of Indian Engineering Industry. 1983.
  8. ↑ "Gazette of India" (PDF). www.padmaawards.gov.in. 1968-01-26.
  9. ↑ "SANSCO SERVICES - Annual Reports Library Services". Archived from the original on 2024-04-02.
  10. ↑ "CII Contact Us". www.cii.in.
  11. ↑ "Mantosh Sondhi Business Photo Mantosh Sondhi, Chairman ..." Times Of India.
  12. ↑ "The 4th Wärtsilä-Mantosh Sondhi Award conferred upon National Thermal Power Corporation". Wartsila.com.


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