March 10, 2007
New Managing Director, Suresh Thawani, takes charge
Mr.Suresh Thawani joins Tata Sponge as the Managing Director of the company with effect from 10th March 2007. He replaces Mr.Ashok Pandit after the latter retired on completion of his term on 9th March 2007.
A Graduate in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur (1972 batch), Mr Thawani started his career as a Graduate Trainee in Tata Steel in 1972. He has spent three decades in Tata Steel.
Mr Thawani holds multifarious experience of working in Scientific Services Division, Sales and Marketing, Production Planning and Raw Material Commercial Division of Tata Steel. He was the Executive Director (Operations) of Standard Chrome Limited during 1995-96. Around 1997, he was deputed to Timken Company, USA and Luken Steel, USA to explore business opportunities for them in India and South East Asia. He worked as the CEO of Nilanchal Refractories Limited and thereafter served for three and a half years as the Managing Director at Jamshedpur Injection Powder Limited, a joint venture company promoted by Tata Steel, SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG, Germany and Tai Industries, Bhutan prior to assuming the Managing Directorship of Tata Sponge.