T. K. Chand

Tapan Kumar Chand
Tapan Kumar Chand
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Born	November 17, 1959 (age 65)
Nationality	Indian
Education	University of Calcutta; Utkal University ; Andhra University
Occupation	Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO
Years active	1981-Present
Title	Chairman cum Managing Director, NALCO ; ex-Director (C), RINL ; ex-Director (P), CCL ; ex-Director I/c (Sales & Marketing), CCL ; ex-Chairman, CSI, Vizag; ex-Chairman, CII,Vizag
Board member of	National Aluminium Company
Spouse	Preeti Roy
Children	Ananya Chand,Ankit Chand

Tapan Kumar Chand (born 17 November 1959) is an Indian mining veteran, executive, and author. He is the Chairman cum Managing Director of National Aluminium Company.^[3] NALCO is the largest integrated aluminium unit in Asia and is also one of the largest aluminium complexes of the world. Mr. Chand has more than three decades of experience in mining and metal sector, 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.^[4]

Early life and education

From a small village near Puri to the Chairman of a global enterprise. Despite the lack of resources he graduated as a Gold Medalist from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.^[5] He was also the former Student President at Utkal University in 1981.^[5]

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.

Career

After taking charge as Chairman cum Managing Director of National Aluminium Company on July 27, 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 is trying to convince the board to include mining in its vision plan.^[6] Chand also announced investments of Rs 65,000 crore to be made for a number of projects, including a greenfield aluminium smelter abroad.^[6]

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, the introduction of non-unionized supervisory cadre, incentive schemes for beyond capacity utilization etc.^{[clarification needed]} 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.^[7]

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.^[7] 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.

Bibliography

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 for green-cites and smart-cities. The book was also gifted to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India by the author at Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar.^[8]