Brijendra Pratap Singh Appointed as Next CMD of NALCO

Tags: Person in news

The Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) has appointed Brijendra Pratap Singh as the next Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO).

An Overview of the News

• He is expected to assume office on November 1, 2024, succeeding the incumbent CMD, Sridhar Patra, who will retire on October 31, 2024.

• The appointment is subject to necessary clearances and final approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).

Background of Brijendra Pratap Singh

• Brijendra Pratap Singh currently serves as the Director in charge of the IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) and Durgapur Steel Plants (DSP) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

• He began his career with SAIL at the Iron Ore Mine of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh in 1989.

• Singh was promoted to Executive Director (ED) (Operation) at BSP in 2019 and later re-designated as ED (Works). He took charge as ED (Works) at DSP in 2020.

About NALCO

• NALCO is incorporated under the Companies Act of 1956 and is recognized as one of the largest integrated Bauxite-Alumina-Aluminium complexes in Asia.

• It operates as a Navratna Schedule 'A' Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of Mines (MoM).

• Established: 1981

• Headquarters: Bhubaneswar, Odisha

• Current CMD: Sridhar Patra