MP Birla Cement Senior Management Team

Mr. Sandip Ghose

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Shri Sandip Ghose, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, is a Business Leader and General Management professional, with multi-disciplinary skill sets. He has nearly four decades of experience and held a variety of senior leadership positions in industries, ranging from Consumer Goods (FMCG), Media and Cement, across India and Nepal. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Professional Coach accredited by the International Coach Federation.

Mr. Aditya Saraogi

Group Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Saraogi is a Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining BCL, he was with the Indian associate firms of Ernst & Young and BDO. He served several large clients including ITC, Bharti Airtel, Lafarge India, Peerless, iGate and Reliance Communications.

Mr. Rajat Kumar Prusty

Chief of Manufacturing and Projects

Mr. Prusty, BE (Mining Engineering), has more than three decades of manufacturing experience in the cement industry. Starting as a Management Trainee in ACC he had risen to become the Chief Project Officer (O & M) of the Company. Earlier, he was the Chief Manufacturing Officer of ACC. He is an expert in turnaround strategy in difficult environment.

Mr. Kalidas Pramanik

Chief Marketing Officer

Mr Pramanik, an MBA and Physics graduate, has close to three decades of experience in sales, marketing & logistics. He was Executive Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, Coromandel International Limited. Starting his career with Union Carbide India Limited, he worked with ACC Limited (Holcim Group) for nearly two decades and left the Company as Director, Sales and Marketing.

Mr. Manoj Kumar Mehta

President, Company Secretary & Legal Head

Mr. Mehta is a Chartered Accountant & Company Secretary, having more than 32 years of experience in diverse industries in the fields of Secretarial, Legal, Taxation, Accounts & Finance and general compliance, holding senior leadership positions at the MP Birla Group companies since 2006. He has been on the Board of Secretarial Standards of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Mr. Rajesh Kakkar

President-Head Human Resources

Mr. Kakkar has more than four decades of experience in the cement industry. He is BE, Electrical & Electronics, and is BEE-certified Energy Auditor. His range of experience includes project planning and execution of thermal power plant, waste heat recovery power plant and solar power plant projects.

Mr. Arun Agarwal

President-Group Controller & CFO (RCCPL)

Mr Agarwal, Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary & Cost Accountant, has a career span of more than 25 years in the Company. He has been playing diversified roles in Management Audit, Financial Planning, SAP implementation and Business Strategy.

Mr. Tamal Pal

President-Corporate Development

Mr Pal, Post-Graduate in Analytical Finance & Strategic Marketing from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, & B.Tech, is a President’s Gold Medalist in Marine Engineering from the Marine Engineering & Research Institute, Kolkata. He has more than two decades of experience in business development and business transformation, driving innovation across shipping, power generation and cement industries. Having worked in multi-cultural & multi-national environment across geographies in domestic and international set-up, he has developed & implemented the strategic growth roadmap for large organizations. He has previously worked with Chevron Corporation (USA), Reliance group and the Adani group.

Mr. Kaushal Kumar Mishra

President, Unit Head Satna Cement Works (IU), Vindhyachal Steel Foundry

Mr. Mishra is a mechanical engineer, with PGDM in Operations and Supply Chain Management, having more than three decades of experience in the cement industry. He had served L&T Cement & Ambuja Cements Limited - Holcim Group, in leadership positions. His expertise includes maintenance management and operational excellence.

Mr. Deepak Jasuja

President, Unit Head Birla Cement Works, Chanderia Cement Works (IUs)

Mr. Jasuja, B.Tech from NIT, Jaipur, is a seasoned cement industry professional, with more than 22 years of experience with ACC Limited, Ambuja Cement and Bamburi Cement PLC (Holcim Group), Kenya, among others. He had leadership roles in plant operation and commissioning as well as large-scale performance transformation.

Mr. Prahlad Kr Choudhary

Unit Head Maihar (IU)

Mr Choudhary is B.E. (Mechanical) and has nearly three decades of experience in the cement industry. Apart from mechanical maintenance of cement plants, his range of experience includes project planning and execution of grinding units.

Mr. Jayant Kandpal

Unit Head Mukutban (IU)

Mr Kandpal, BE Mech. (Hons.), has more than three decades of experience in the cement industry. He has served Siddhe Cement, DLF Cement, Ambuja Cement and Reliance Cement. He is experienced in commissioning and operation of cement plants (both integrated & grinding units).

Mr. Devendra Kumar Patel

Unit Head Kundanganj Grinding Unit

Mr Patel, BE (Chemical), M.Tech (Manufacturing Management) & MBA (IIM, Kozhikode), has more than 25 years of experience in the cement industry, serving in Sanghi Cement, Binani Cement, ACC Ltd., J.K. Cement Ltd. & Ambuja Cements. He joined Chanderia Cement Works in 2022 & was transferred to the RCCPL-Kundanganj Unit in 2023. He is experienced in brownfield cement projects as well as commissioning and operations of integrated cement plants.

Mr. Biplab Bose

Unit Head Durgapur Grinding Unit

Mr Bose is a Mechanical Engineer, passing out from Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, and has experience of three decades. He served Midsea Marine Corporation Ltd (under Garden Reach Ship Builders, Kolkata), Birla Technical Services and Durgapur Cement Works. His range of experience includes project planning & execution and preventive & predictive maintenance of cement plants.

Mr. Balmukund Tiwari

Unit Head Butibori Grinding Unit

Mr. Tiwari has nearly three decades of experience in the cement industry and had worked in Maihar Cement, ACC, Dalmia Cement, JP Cement & Shree Cement. He joined Satna Cement Works in 2016 and was transferred to the RCCPL Butibori unit in 2018. Skilled in cement manufacturing, R&D activities, operations & administration, he holds a PG degree from RDVV Jabalpur and PGDEIA diploma.

Mr. Narendran Thimma

Unit Head, Raebareli Grinding Units

He has nearly three decades of experience in the cement industry in the areas of project, erection & commissioning, O&M and procurement, having obtained Bachelor of Technology (Instrumentation) from the Madras Institute of technology, Chennai, and B. Sc (Mathematics) from the Madurai Kamaraj University. He had been with Shree Digvijay Cement Co. Ltd., as Head, Manufacturing, Project and Procurement.

Mr. Rajeev Bhalla

Unit Head Birla Jute Mills

Mr. Rajeev Bhalla is a mechanical engineer, graduating from MITS, Gwalior. He started his career in 1983 with Birla Corporation Limited's Satna Cement Works. After about 33 years, he was transferred to the Chanderia Cement Works as technical head. Before the present assignment, he was the Unit Head at Raebareli Cement Works and Durgapur Cement Works.

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