The Indian Chamber of Commerce has announced the appointment of Dr. Amritanshu Prasad, chairman of ICC Jharkhand chapter and Dipankar Panda as the Co-chair of ICC Jharkhand chapter. Founded in 1925, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is the leading and only National Chamber of Commerce having headquarters in Kolkata with nine Regional offices, and one of the most proactive and forward-looking Chambers in the country today. Its membership spans some of the most prominent and major industrial groups in India.
Dr. Amritanshu Prasad is a Post Graduate in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, MBA from BIT Mesra and PhD in Business Management from Ranchi University. He has rich experience in leading organizations such as SAIL, JSW, Usha Martin, Reliance Energy, Adhunik and Adani Group in the field of HRM, Business Development and Corporate Affairs. Currently, he heads Corporate Affairs in Adani Jharkhand. He has an excellent track record of managing Human Resources & Industrial Relations as well as business development functions in Indian as well as transnational contexts both at the strategic as well as operational levels. Recipient of several awards and recognitions, he has authored many papers and management articles and has represented his organizations in several national and international seminars.
While the Co-Chair Dipankar Panda has been a retired civil servant of Jharkhand and presently working as Director – Projects, JSW Jharkhand Steel Limited, Ranchi, Jharkhand. He was a special Secretary to Ex-Governor of Jharkhand, Additional Secretary, Department of Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Director, Handloom, Sericulture and Handicrafts, Dept. of Industries, Govt. of Jharkhand, Managing Director, Ranchi Industrial Area Development Authority (RIADA), Dept. of Industries, Chief Executive Officer, Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Department of Urban Development, to name a few. Dipankar did an Executive MBA, PGEXP from IIM Ranchi, MA (History), JNU, Delhi University and before that he pursued BA (History) from St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi University.