New Delhi: Pankaj Kumar Sharma has taken over as the Director (Production) of the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Mines, with effect from February 1. Prior to the new assignment, Sharma was serving in NMDC as Chief General Manager at Global Exploration Centre, Raipur and was also shouldering the responsibility as CEO of the JV Company NMDC-CMDC Ltd. and CEO of Bastar Railway Pvt. Ltd., Raipur.

Sharma, a graduate in Electronics Engineering from IIT, BHU began his career in NMDC as Executive Trainee in 1992. He has varied and rich experience of working in all facets of the open-cast mining industry. During his association of more than 30 years with NMDC, the Navaratna CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, Govt of India, he has successfully completed challenging assignments in different key positions.

NALCO CMD Sridhar Patra congratulated Sharma on his assuming the position as Director (Production) and expressed the hope that with his joining, the Board of NALCO will be further strengthened.

According to an order issued from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) on January 28, Sharma has been appointed to the post for a period of five years with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post till the date of his superannuation, or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

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