T Saminathan appointed CMD- KIOCL Limited

Shri T Saminathan presently Director(Commercial), KIOCL Limited, has been selected to post of Chairman and Managing Director, KIOCL Limited recommended by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). He holds Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management and has more than 3 decades of experience in KIOCL Ltd in the iron ore Mining, Beneficiation, Palletization and Pig iron making since joining in the year 1986 as Graduate Engineer. During initial period, he served in Kudremukh mine Beneficiation Plantand later moved to Corporate Office, Technical Services Department, Bangalore in 1992 and executed projects viz: Crusher III installation, Relocation of Crusher I and installation of additional Ball Mills. Served in CMD’s Secretariat as Technical Officer to CMD for a shorter period and moved on to materials department in the year 2009. Prior to assuming charge as Director (Commercial), he was GM (Materials) heading both the Materials & CommercialDivisions. He is instrumental in bringing tolling concept which has resulted in increased Capacity utilization of Pellet Plant. He is also put in system improvement in supply chain and logistics which has resulted in reduced transit and handing losses of iron ore fines, brought down inventory holding level, framed and implemented risk management across the organization, introduced e-procurement through service provider MSTC and started GeM procurement. He is a life time member in Indian Institute of Materials management (IIMM) and Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME).

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