Indus Valley Times

Mr Sashi Shekhar Mohanty elected Vice Chairman

By Amisha Banerjee

Bhubaneswar, March 4:  Mr Sridhar Patra, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Aluminium Company Ltd. has been elected as Chairman, CII Odisha State Council 2022-23. His name was announced at the first meeting of the reconstituted Odisha State Council held in Bhubaneswar on  March 4, 2022.

Mr Sashi Sekhar Mohanty, CEO and Managing Director, Essar Minmet Ltd has been elected as the

Vice Chairman, CII Odisha State Council for the year 2022-23.

Mr. Sridhar Patra, CMD, NALCO is known for his ‘’Simple Living-High Thinking’’ attitude. He has carved a niche for himself and has earned the tag of a result-driven and team-oriented leader.

Prior to assuming the charge as CMD, Mr. Patra was Director, Finance of NALCO. He has over 3 decades of experience on handling finance and accounts functions of PSUs. He has expertise and exposure in corporate accounts, budgetary control, direct and indirect tax management, strategic financial and business planning. His expertise in financial evaluation of contracts, cost excellence and treasury function are assets any organisation or company will strive and vouch for. Mr. Patra’s professionalism, ‘hands-on approach’ style and sharp business acumen has endeared him to one and all.

Mr Sashi Shekhar Mohanty , CEO & MD, Essar Minmet Limited has over 44 years of experience in the Steel Industries. Essar Minmet Limited is a part of Essar group (having US$ 15 Billion annual turnover at present) under the Metals & Mining vertical with business interests in area of steel, iron ore pellets and mineral trading.

A brief profile of Mr Sashi Shekhar Mohanty is as follows:

• For last 44 years in Metallurgical Field

• Former Director (Tech) and additional charge of Director -Commercial, Director Projects &

Business Planning , SAIL, New Delhi

• Former Managing Director , Bokaro Steel Plant , SAIL

• Former Director of International Coal Venture Mining(ICVL) , SAIL & Tata Mining ,

International Development Corporation Ltd. (IDCOL ) , SAIL-MOIL JV

• Past President of Indian Institute of Metals

• Former Vice- Chairman & MD of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd. (NINL)

• Distinguished Alumnus of NIT , Rourkela , VSSUT

• Past Chairman of AIST , India Chapter

• 2 Patents & 50 Technical Papers

• Former Chairman of Metal Division of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)