Ministry of Steel Joint Secretary visits RINL    25-Oct-2017     View PDF


Ms Ruchika  Chaudhry  Govil, IRS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel arrived on a maiden visit to RINL  and held discussions with the top management led by Sri P Madhusudan, CMD,RINL today. The other officials from the Ministry of Steel who accompanied the Joint Secretary are Ms Pramodita Sathish, Economic Advisor, Ms Pally Kundu, Deputy Director General and Sri Neeraj Agrawal, Director. While welcoming the dignitaries, Sri Madhusudan, CMD gave an overview of the performance, completion of expansion and modernization of existing units etc and the challenges before the Company during the year. He said that several measures being taken by Ministry of Steel, Government of India and various internal initiatives   have led to performance improvement. The team members witnessed a Corporate presentation  given by Corporate Strategic Management Department of RINL, highlighting the historical perspective of the plant, production facilities, performance and achievements of the plant. After witnessing the presentation, Ms Ruchika Chaudhry advised RINL to take advantage of the huge infrastructure funding by GOI in the construction of National Highways, Railways, Housing etc for increasing the consumption of steel in the country. She said that RINL should penetrate into the market by establishing its brand image prominently across the country and should play a vital role as a Long Steel producer. She  commended RINL for its Greenery, environmental protection measures and green initiatives in energy consumption etc. She also said that employees should be given further training to enhance the skill levels to increase efficiencies in  operations. The Joint Secretary and other dignitaries planted saplings at the Dedication Park and visited Coke Ovens, Blast Furnace-3, Wire Rod Mill-2 etc. They visited the “Steel Museum”  and were highly impressed at the replica of various production units exhibited in the museum. They also went round the Skill Development Centre at Technical Training Institute and interacted with the trainees. Sri PC Mohapatra, Director (Projects), Sri P Raychaudhary, Director (Commercial), Sri KC Das, Director (Personnel), Sri V V Venugopala  Rao, Director (Finance), Sri PK Rath, Director (Operations), Executive Directors and GMs participated in the discussions. Ms Ruchika Chaudhry interacted with the representatives of Steel Executive Association, Unions, SC&ST Association, WIPS on 26.10.2017 before leaving for Delhi.