SAIl’s Bokaro Steel Plant (BSl) CEO Anutosh Maitra, has been conferred with the prestigious SMS-Demag Excellence Award for the year 2014 by the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM).
The award was presented to him at a glittering ceremony at Pune on 14th November. The awards ceremony was jointly organised by the IIM Pune, Mumbai, Baroda and Nagpur Chapters in association with College of Engineering, Pune.
Maitra won the coveted award for his exemplary contributions in various areas as CEO of Bokaro Steel Plant. He authored a successful turnaround of the plant, meeting the Annual Business Plan in almost all areas of operations, setting a number of records and developing new products. Blast Furnace#2 of the plant breached the threshold of 5000T in daily production for the first time under his leadership.
He played a key leadership role in bringing a number of projects and maintenance campaigns to a successful conclusion. Simultaneously, he laid stress on systems in operations and maintenance, with special emphasis on the repairs of facilities with maintenance backlogs. This approach helped the plant break free from recurring breakdowns and constrained equipment availability. In order to enhance BSl’s product basket, Maitra took special efforts to spearhead development of special value added products. He also regularly interacted with customers to understand their needs and took initiatives to fulfil their requirements. Ten new products were developed during the last two years under his leadership. High strength steels as per IS 2062 E 350 BR & 450 BR were developed for lighter, stronger and safer railway wagon with increased payload capacity.
Grades like EN 10120 P245 used for manufacture of export quality high strength lPG cylinders were developed in close association with customers. BSl also helped its customers in developing customized grades like EN 10120 P265 and IS 6240 for normalized cylinders as per their requirements and processing. In similar lines, customized SAE 1010 grade was also developed in close association with the customer. Development of high strength CR grades IS 513 CR1, Grade 340 AlK & IS 513 CR1, Grade 390 AlK for auto body components has helped in enhancing BSl’s presence in that sector. Bokaro Steel also supplied DMR 249 steel for India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. Several other value-added steel grades were also developed under Sri Maitra’s leadership.
Maitra’s efforts and initiatives lead to positive year-end accounts and a robust momentum of operations during fiscal 2013-14. He also fostered a culture of innovation and team work which led to the employees winning innumerable laurels at both the national and international levels.