TBB BUREAU
BARBIL, JUNE 11, 2022
Tata Steel Long Products Senior General Manager (O&M) Manikanta Naik has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Keonjhar Chapter of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) at its first Annual General Meeting here today.
The meeting was attended by representatives from most of the metal and mineral industries and professional institutes in Keonjhar who have joined the chapter.
Speaking on this occasion, Naik thanked the members and requested the industry and academia to come forward to use the platform provided by IIM, Keonjhar to collaborate with each other in addressing the future challenges.
Minmet Consultants Managing Director Suresh Chandra Khattoi who was elected Vice Chairman of the Chapter, laid stress on the huge prospects of industrial development in Keonjhar, especially in the metal sector. Such a forum provided an apt platform for providing a fillip to industrialization in the district, he added.
TSLPL Deputy Divisional Head (Electrical) Pratyush Nanda was elected as the Secretary of the Chapter.
JSPL Executive Vice President Brij Badhadra who was elected as Joint Secretary urged all present to contribute ideas to make the Chapter more vivid and interactive.