Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand (born 17 November 1959) is an Indian mining veteran, executive, and author. He is the Resident Director of

Vedanta Limited Vedanta Limited is an Indian multinational mining company headquartered in Mumbai, with its main operations in iron ore, gold and aluminium mines in Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Odisha. History Sterlite Industries Vedanta (then called Sterlit ...

. He was the

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cum

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National Aluminium Company National Aluminium Company Limited (abbreviated as NALCO; incorporated in 1981) 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 ...

. 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

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commercial of

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (abbreviated as RINL), also known as ''Vizag Steel'', is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Steel, Government of India based in Visakhapatnam, India. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited ( ...

Limited /

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Visakhapatnam (; formerly known as Vizagapatam, and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is between the Eastern Ghats and the coast of t ...

and Director Personnel & Director I/c (Sales & Marketing), of

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Limited.

Early life and education

He holds a

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in history and a

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in arts,

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and

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from Utkal University. He holds a

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in law from

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, and a diploma in social welfare (labour welfare) from

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. He graduated as a gold medalist from

Utkal University Utkal University (UU) is a public university in Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Odisha, and is the oldest university in the state, and the 17th-oldest university in India. The university was established in 1943 and was operating from Ravenshaw College ...

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. He was also the former student president at Utkal University in 1981. The Utkal University, awarded him the

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D.Litt. for his contributions towards 'nation building', on the occasion of the university's 47th convocation. He also holds Advanced Management degrees from International Center for Promotion of Enterprises, (ICPE), Slovenia and

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Career

After taking charge as chairman and managing director of

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. He also announced investments of $10 billion to be made for a number of projects, including a greenfield aluminium smelter abroad. During his tenure in

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

Limited, eventually becoming its

in 2010. In 2007 he joined as the

(P) of

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. 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

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Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

on 6 March 2024, the

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President, Shri. Manmohan samal

welcomed Dr.Chand to the State unit of the party.

Bibliography

* Aluminium : The Future Metal 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. * Aluminium : The Strategic Metal This book is aimed at promoting the strategic use of aluminium in all sectors. The author pressurises on the importance of using

aluminium Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...

for green-cities and smart-cities. The book was also gifted to

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by the author at Raj Bhavan,

Honors

* ASSOCHAM Lifetime Achievement Award * J Mathai National Fellowship Award, The Highest Management Award * Honoris Causa D.Litt. * India Gaurav Award * Jawaharlal Nehru Award * Corporate Governance Award * Achievers of Odisha Award by

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References

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