Balasubramanian Muthuraman (born 26 September 1944) is an Indian industrialist, corporate executive, he was the

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's largest steel manufacturer and chairman

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Early life and career

He studied metallurgical engineering at

IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has ...

, followed by M.B.A. from XLRI Jamshedpur, and started his career at

in 1966. He is also an alumnus of the GMP (General Management Program) a
CEDEP
the European Center for Executive Development, where

has been a Corporate Member since 1991. He is also the former Chairman of the Board of Governors of XLRI- Xavier School of Management (XLRI),

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and

National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (NIT Jamshedpur or NITJSR), is an Institute of National Importance for Technical Education located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. Established as a Regional Institute of Technology on 15 August 196 ...

(N. I. T.). Mr. B Muthuraman, was also nominated as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of

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by the Honourable President of India, Mrs.

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. He is currently the Chairman of Board of Governors of

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. He is also currently the Chairman of XIME, Chennai. He retired at the age of 70, as per norms laid out by the Tata Group. He has been awarded the

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by the

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in 2012. Balasubramanian Muthuraman joined Tata Steel as a trainee in 1966. Where he worked for 20 years .

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