Shri Arvind Pande

Mr. Arvind Pande, aged 67 years, is an independent Director on our Board. Mr. Pande holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Allahabad and a master’s degree in economics from Cambridge University, United Kingdom. Mr. Pande joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1965. In the course of his career, he was advisor to the executive director for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the World Bank, representing GoI and assisting in policy issues relating to the World Bank and processing projects in India, was with the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, GoI and was also the Director and Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. Mr. Pande moved to the corporate public sector in 1986 and joined SAIL as a whole time director dealing with several areas like corporate planning, personnel and human resources, Rourkela Steel Plant, special steel plants etc. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SAIL from January 1997 to September 2002, during which period he led the implementation of a major restructuring exercise of the company. Currently, Mr. Pande is a member of the Board for Reconstruction of Public Enterprises, GoI and on the board on several Indian companies such as HDFC Bank Limited and Visa Steel Limited. He is also advising Posco India Limited, a South Korean steel company, in setting up a 12 million tonne per annum steel plant in Orissa, along with an associated iron ore mine.