T. K. Chand

Last updated

Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand
T K Chand.jpg
Dr. T K Chand in August 2015
Born (1959-11-17) 17 November 1959 (age 64)
Nationality Indian
Education Queensland University of Technology
University of Calcutta
Utkal University
Andhra University
Occupation(s) President, Vedanta Limited

Resident Director of Vedanta Limited

Former Chairman and managing director of NALCO
Years activeSince 1981
TitleEx Chairman and managing director, NALCO


President, Aluminium Association of India [1]
Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)- Odisha State Council [2]
ex-director (C), RINL
ex-director (P), CCL
ex-director I/c (Sales & Marketing), CCL

Contents


ex-chairman, CSI, Vizag [3]
ex-Chairman, CII, Vizag [4]
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Board member of National Aluminium Company
SpousePreeti Roy [5]
ChildrenAnanya Chand (daughter)
Ankit Chand (son)
Parent
  • Bishnu Priya Chand (mother)

Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand (born 17 November 1959) is an Indian mining veteran, executive, and author. He is the Resident Director of Vedanta Limited. He was the chairman cum managing director of National Aluminium Company. [6] NALCO is the largest integrated aluminium unit in Asia and is also one of the largest aluminium complexes of the world. He has been in the mining and metal sector since 1982, earlier serving as the director commercial of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited / Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and Director Personnel & Director I/c (Sales & Marketing), of Central Coalfields Limited. [7]

Early life and education

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and a master's degree in arts, public administration and history from Utkal University. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and a diploma in social welfare (labour welfare) from University of Calcutta.

He graduated as a gold medalist from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. [8] He was also the former student president at Utkal University in 1981. [8] The Utkal University, awarded him the Honoris Causa D.Litt. for his contributions towards 'nation building', on the occasion of the university's 47th convocation. [9]

He also holds Advanced Management degrees from International Center for Promotion of Enterprises, (ICPE), Slovenia and Queensland University of Technology, Australia [10] .

Career

After taking charge as chairman and managing director of National Aluminium Company on 27 July 2015, he asked his team to renegotiate contracts with the aim of reducing procurement costs by 20%, which would save Nalco nearly 100 crores. In addition, he was trying to convince the board to include mining in its vision plan. [11] He also announced investments of $10 billion to be made for a number of projects, including a greenfield aluminium smelter abroad. [11]

During his tenure in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant, he had worked for various segments of the company and pioneer initiatives which have changed the way the firm works. Some of his initiatives include the introduction of a productive work culture, organizational restructuring, etc. in the field of HR. He won the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding performance as an executive for his initiatives and efforts to improve the organization. In 1983 he joined in as a management trainee in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, eventually becoming its director in 2010. [12]

In 2007 he joined as the director (P) of Central Coalfields Limited. Here his focus remained in the field of HR and brought a paradigm shift. His efforts and initiatives in the areas of corporate social responsibility and welfare earned the company a good name and the membership of UN Global Compact. [12] Exercising powers as a functional director, he has handled and decided all important matters of sales and marking – e-auction, forward e-auction, road sales, sales realization, coal linkage through LOA, etc. since joining.

Political Life

Dr. Chand joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha on 6th March 2024 , the Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha President, Shri. Manmohan samal () welcomed Dr.Chand to the State unit of the party. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Bibliography

A book titled ‘Aluminium: The Future Metal’, authored by Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand was released by Union Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Indore in July 2019. The book, focussing on the entire value chain of the aluminium industry is the second one by Dr Chand named ‘Aluminium: The Strategic Metal’, which was highly acclaimed by the industry leaders and policymakers.

This book is aimed at promoting the strategic use of aluminium in all sectors. The author pressurises on the importance of using aluminium for green-cities and smart-cities. The book was also gifted to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India by the author at Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar. [18]

Honors

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hindalco Industries</span> Indian multinational aluminium manufacturing company

Hindalco Industries Limited an Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company, is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group. Its headquarters are at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

National Aluminium Company Limited is an Indian public sector company having integrated and diversified operations in mining, metal and power. Presently, the Government of India holds a 51.28% equity stake in NALCO, while the Ministry of Mines has administrative control over the company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College</span> College in Odisha

Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar Autonomous College, better known as BJB Autonomous College, is a college in Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India that offers courses at primarily the higher secondary and undergraduate levels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tapan Kumar Pradhan</span> Indian writer

Tapan Kumar Pradhan is an Indian poet, writer and translator from Odisha. He is best known for his poem collection "Kalahandi" which was awarded second place in Sahitya Akademi's Golden Jubilee Indian Literature Translation Prize for Poetry in 2007. His other works include "Equation", "I, She and the Sea", "Wind in the Afternoon" and "Dance of Shiva".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harekrushna Mahatab</span> Politician from Odisha, India

Harekrushna Mahatab was the leader of the Indian National Congress, a notable figure in the Indian independence movement and the Chief Minister of Odisha from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1956 to 1961. He was popularly known by the sobriquet "Utkal Keshari".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mishra Dhatu Nigam</span> Metallurgy industry

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited, is a specialized metals and metal alloys manufacturing facility in India, located in Hyderabad, Telangana. It is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), under the administrative control of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. MIDHANI is the only producer of titanium in India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brajanath Ratha</span> Indian poet from Odisha

Brajanath Ratha was an Indian poet who wrote in Odia. Brajanath Ratha is internationally recognised and is the recipient of many prestigious awards like the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award, Vishuba Award, Gokarnika Award, First Shudramuni Sahitya Award and Honoured by South Korea's Ambassador, from Global Cooperation Society International, Seol, Republic of Korea for Contribution in World welfare, Cooperation and Services.

Dr. Nikhilanand Panigrahy is a popular Indian Science writer and columnist from Odisha. He has been contributing regularly to a variety of prominent Oriya news papers and magazines since 1973.

The Odisha Construction Corporation or OCC is a premier Government of Odisha undertaking. Established in the year 1962 under the then Indian National Congress government of Biju Patnaik(fourth Chief Minister of Odisha) to undertake specialised civil and mechanical construction works hence creating an infrastructure base in the state of Odisha. The Odisha Construction Corporation is headed by the principal secretary to government, water resources as ex-officio chairman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mayadhar Swain</span> Odia science writer

Mayadhar Swain is an Odia writer from Odisha, India.

Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) or Public Sector Enterprises (PSE) in India are government-owned enterprises in which 51 percent or more share capital is held by the Government of India or state governments or Joint venture between multiple Public Sector Enterprises. Depending on the level of government ownership, they can be broadly categorised as Central PSUs or State PSUs. These entities include government companies, statutory corporations, banking institutions, and departmentally run companies. PSUs are officially classified into three categories, which are Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) and Public Sector Banks (PSB) owned by the central government or other CPSEs/PSBs, and State Level Public Enterprises (SLPE) owned by state governments or other SLPEs. CPSE is further classified into Strategic Sector and Non-Strategic Sector. Depending on their financial performance and progress, CPSEs are granted the status of Maharatna, Navaratna, and Miniratna.

The eOdisha Summit 2013 was the first edition of the eOdisha Summit, a Conference, Exhibition and Awards Summit held on March 6, 2013 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India with themes of eGovernance, Information Technology (IT) and Healthcare. The eOdisha Summit 2013's Chief Guest was the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik and the guest of honors were Dr. Damodar Rout, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Odisha and Ram Sewak Sharma, Director General and Mission Director of UIDAI.

Prafulla Kumar Jena was an Indian metallurgist who served as director of the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Bhubaneshwar. He previously held the TATA Chair for the Distinguished Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 1977.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Subrat Kumar Prusty</span>

Subrat Kumar Prusty is an Indian Odia-language scholar, activist, social entrepreneur, literary critic and author. He is Member Secretary of the Institute of Odia Studies and Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He was instrumental in preparing the research documents, advocating the awarding of Classical Language status to Odia, forming Central Institute of Classical Odia, Odia University and implementation of the Odisha Official Language Act, 1954. He was awarded the Presidential Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman – 2019 for Classical Odia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bishnu Sethi</span> Indian politician (1961–2022)

Bishnu Sethi ( ) was an Indian politician who was the deputy leader of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He was the MLA from Dhamnagar Assembly Constituency.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baidyanath Misra</span> Indian economist, educationist, author, and administrator

Baidyanath Misra was an Indian economist, educator, author, and administrator from the state of Odisha. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Deputy-Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board, Chairman of Odisha's First State Finance Commission, Secretary of Odisha State Welfare Board, founder Secretary and President of Orissa Economics Association, and the founder Director and Chairman of Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies. He wrote 16 books in English and 20 in Odia. He was also a columnist in several leading Odia journals and newspapers. He organised several camps across Odisha, for helping the cause of the poor and downtrodden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lakshman Kumar Mahapatra</span> Indian anthropologist (1929–2020)

Lakshman Kumar Mahapatra was an Indian anthropologist born in Odisha. He graduated in anthropology from the University of Calcutta and received a doctorate from the University of Hamburg. He was Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University in 1986 and Sambalpur University in 1989. While heading the anthropology department at Utkal University, he was the first academic in India to start a course on Southeast Asia in the regular curriculum at the university level in India.

Soma Mondal is an Ex-Chairperson of Steel Authority of India. Smt. Soma Mondal has the distinction of not only being the first woman Functional Director of SAIL, but she was also the first woman Chairman of the company. As a chairperson she was also the chief executive of the corporation. Post retirement from SAIL Smt. Mondal is now a member of Public Enterprise Selection Board. Known as the "Queen of Steel" for her immense contributions to the industry, Soma Mondal has been included in the list of " World's most powerful women" by Forbes in 2022 and 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dilip Kumar Patnaik</span> Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, India

Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik, AVSM, VM is a retired officer in the Indian Air Force. He served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command. He took over the office on 3 October 2021, succeeding of Air Marshal Amit Dev and superannuated on 30 September, 2022. He was succeeded by Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar.

References

  1. ↑ "Aluminium Association of India elects Nalco CMD as president". moneycontrol.com. 29 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Delegations meets NALCO CMD Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand". orissadiary.com. 13 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chand is new Chairman of CSI, Vizag". thehindubusinessline.com. 30 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Entrepreneurship key to success: CII chief". The Hindu. 7 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "NALCO Chief visits KIIT, KISS and KIMS". Orissa Diary.
  6. ↑ "Tapan Kumar Chand Chairman and Managing Director, National Aluminium Co. Ltd". bloomberg.com. 3 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "T.K. Chand to take over as NALCO Chairman". The Hindu. 22 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Hot seat with T K Chand, CMD Nalco – Full Interview". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Nalco Chief T.K. Chand to receive D.Litt. from Utkal University". Odisha Diary.
  10. ↑ "TK Chand takes over as CMD of Odisha based Nalco | Sambad English". 27 July 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Nalco puts expansion, diversification plan in fast mode". India Times.
  12. 1 2 3 "New Director (Commercial) for RINL assumes charge". The Hindu BusinessLine. 22 September 2010.
  13. ↑ "LS Polls 2024: Former NALCO CMD Tapan Chand joins BJP in election boost". Business Today. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Ex-Nalco CMD Tapan Kr Chand joins BJP". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Former Nalco CMD, 5 ex-servicemen join Odisha BJP". The Economic Times. 6 March 2024. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  16. ↑ Service, Express News (7 March 2024). "Former Nalco CMD Tapan Chand joins BJP". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  17. ↑ Dash, Mrunal Manmay. "Inspired by development agenda of PM Modi, former NALCO CMD Tapan Chand joins BJP in Bhubaneswar". Inspired by development agenda of PM Modi, former NALCO CMD Tapan Chand joins BJP in Bhubaneswar. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "NALCO Chief presents his book to PM". The Pioneer.
  19. ↑ "Vedanta President T K Chand Conferred ASSOCHAM Lifetime Achievement Award In Bhubaneswar". odishabytes. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  20. ↑ "Highest Management Award conferred on Nalco CMD Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand". Odisha Diary.
  21. ↑ "India Gaurav Award conferred on Nalco CMD Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand". Odisha Diary.
  22. ↑ "TOI coffee table book in honour of 9 top achievers". The Times of India. 29 June 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.