【Ferro-alloys.com】Mr Atul Bhatt has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. Ministry of Steel said "The President is pleased to appoint Atul Bhatt, CMD MECON as CMD in RINL from date of his assumption of charge of the post till date of his superannuation ie November 30, 2024, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.”

On June 25, the Public Enterprises Selection Board had recommended Mr Bhatt’s name for the post of CMD of RINL. Mr Bhatt was the only candidate who was interviewed by the selection panel and recommended for the post of CMD of RINL VSP.

He is currently serving as CMD of Ranchi based PSU MECON Limited, since October 1, 2016.

Mr Bhatt is a Chemical Engineering graduate from IIT-Delhi. He also did post-graduation in Management from IIM-Calcutta. Prior to joining MECON he was Executive Director Business Development & Corporate Planning in NMDC Limited. He has also served in ArcelorMittal as Country Manager Iran and General Manager Mergers & Acquisition. Mr Bhatt has also worked in Tata Steel for a number of years, where he started his career as a Graduate Trainee in 1986.

Former RINL CMD Mr PK Rath retired on May 31, after serving the company for 38 years and currently RINL Director Commercial Mr DK Mohanty has been assigned additional charge as RINL CMD

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