Mr. H. M. Nerurkar
CHAIRMAN

Flat No.1201, Lodha Grandeur, Sayani Road, Opp. Parel Bus Depot, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400 025

Date of Birth: 20th October, 1948

Mr. Hemant Madhusudan Nerurkar was appointed as Chairman of the Board of TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited on August 27, 2011. A Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering from the College of Engineering - Pune University, Mr. Nerurkar has attended several management courses in India and overseas, including CEDEP in France. Mr. Nerurkar has vast experience of over 35 years in Tata Steel in various positions. He joined Tata Steel in 1972 and rose to the level of Managing Directors in-charge of India and South East Asia Operation and superannuated from services on 31st Oct' 2013.

Mr. Nerurkar has been conferred with several prestigious awards such as the 'Tata Gold Medal 2004', 'SMS Demag Excellence Award 2002', 'Steel 80's Award-1990', 'SAIL Gold Medal - 1989', 'Visveswaraya Award-1988', 'NMD Award-1987', 'CEO with HR Orientation Award-2010', 'Maxell Foundation & Maharashtra Corporate Excellence Award-2012' and has been honoured with Melvin Jones Fellowship Award from Lions Club International.

Chairman of TRL Krosaki: Since 27.08.2011

Mr. P. B. Panda
MANAGING DIRECTOR

TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited, Belpahar, Jharsuguda, Odisha - 768218, India

Date of Birth: 4th April, 1958

Educational Qualification: B.Sc. (Tech) Ceramics, Calcutta University

Mr. Priyabrata Panda is an engineer B.Sc. (Tech) Ceramics from Calcutta University in 80's. He has completed Advanced Management Program from IIM, Calcutta, Productivity Enhancement Program from AOTS, Japan and Strategy Leadership Program from ISB, Hyderabad and Executive Management program from Stern School of Business New York University. He has a rich experience for more than 33 years in India's leading refractory industry (Tata Refractories Ltd.) and was instrumental in setting up a 30,000 TPA ultra-modern refractories plant at China for manufacturing Magnesia Carbon refractories and its expansion to 60,000 TPA. He managed the plant as CEO for four years.

Mr. Priyabrata Panda has been conferred ''Honorary Citizen'' of Lioning province, China and awarded best ''Foreign Investor Company'' in Lioning province of P.R.China. He has presented about 15 technical papers in various national and international seminars. He is Fellow of Indian Institute of Ceramics, Life Member of Indian Ceramic Society & Indian Institute of Metals. Prior to stepping up as the Managing Director, Mr. Panda was the Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 01.01.2015

Mr. Kotaro Kuroda
DIRECTOR

1-1, Higashihama-machi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, 806-8586, Japan

Date of Birth: 21st July, 1956

Educational Qualification: B.Sc. (Kyushu University, 1979) M.Sc. (Kyushu University, 1981)

Mr. Kuroda has over 30 years of experience in the area of Research & Development, and he has served as Plant Manager of Monolithic Refractories. Further, he has over five years of experience in General Management of the Manufacturing Division of Krosaki Harima Corporation. He is presently Director, Managing Corporate Officer and General Manager of Krosaki Harima Corporation's Monolithic Refractories Division. He also serves on the Board of Krosaki Harima Cera Corporation, a subsidiary of Krosaki Harima Corporation.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 31.05.2011

Mr. Kiyotaka Oshikawa
DIRECTOR

1-1, Higashihama-machi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, 806-8586, Japan

Date of Birth: 27th January, 1960

Faculty of political science and economics (Waseda University ,1984)

Mr. Oshikawa has 26 years of experience in the areas of Finance, Accounting and Corporate Planning. He has served as auditor of several subsidiary companies of Krosaki Harima's corporation. He is presently General Manager and serves on the Board of Krosaki Harima Europe B.V.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 31.05.2011

Mr. Sudhansu Pathak
DIRECTOR

Chief Manufacturing - Flat Products, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur

Date of Birth: 22nd October, 1961

Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgy), Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh in 1984 and PGDBM from XLRI, Jamshedpur in 1990. He has also completed the General Management Programme at CEDEP, France.

Mr. Sudhansu Pathak joined Tata steel as a Graduate Trainee in July, 1984. He has over 28 years of experience in various positions such as Chief of the Steel Melting shops in the Long and Flat products areas, Chief of TOP (Total Operational Performance), Chief Aspire Long Products, and Chief Manufacturing Flat Products since January 2010, in Tata Steel. Presently he is working as Vice President (Steel Manufacturing) in Tata Steel Ltd.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 23.01.2019

Mr. Toshikazu Takasu
DIRECTOR

1-1, Higashihama-machi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, 806-8586, Japan

Date of Birth: 7th Feb, 1959

Educational Qualification: B.E. 1981, Akita University, Mining College, Department of Metallic Materials

Mr. Takasu has over 33 years of rich experience in the areas of production of refractories at Krosaki Harima Corporation (KHC), Japan. He is presently Corporate Officer, Senior General Manager of Flow Control Refractories Division of KHC. He has also served in significant positions in organizations like AG Tube Plant, Wuxi Refractories Co. Ltd. (China) and TYK Corporation. He also serves on the Boards of Krosaki Harima Cera Corporation and SN Refractories Tokao Co. Ltd.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 21.03.2015

Mr. Rakesh Kulshreshtha
DIRECTOR

C-01, Ispatika Apartments, Sector -4, Plot No.29, Dwarka Phase - 1, New Delhi - 110 075

Date of Birth: 8th October, 1952

Educational Qualification: B.E. (Metallurgical Engineering)

Mr. Kulshreshtha, 59, is a gold medalist in Metallurgical Engineering. He has acquired additional qualifications in Industrial Engineering & Business Management and also a Black Belt in Six Sigma. During his 36 years of service in the Steel Industry, he has worked in different capacities in Operations, Marketing International Trade, Production Planning & Control, Raw Materials & Logistics, Management Services, and Total Quality Management & HR. He is presently working as Executive Director (Corporate Planning) responsible for Business Planning, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Information & Technology and Business Excellence. He has been instrumental in taking several new initiatives in SAIL such as Six Sigma, Knowledge Management, implementation of ERP System, Social Accountability Standard (SA 8000) and Balance Score Card. He is a recipient of UNIDO fellowship and has been trained in premier Institutions in India and Abroad.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 12.12.2011

Mr. P. S. Shrivastava
DIRECTOR

Executive Director, Chairman's Secretariat, Steel Authority of India Limited, New Delhi

Date of Birth: 18th February, 1955

Educational Qualification: B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering and PG Diploma in Materials Management.

Mr. P.S. Shrivastava joined Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in 1977 and presently working as Executive Director in the Chairman's Secretariat. During his 35 years of service in SAIL, he has worked in different capacities in Material Management, Inputs & Logistics Management and Production Planning & Control of the Integrated Steel Plant.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 26.10.2012

Mr. Sadayoshi Tateishi
DIRECTOR

1-1, Higashihama-machi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, 806-8586, Japan

Date of Birth: 14th October, 1958

Educational Qualification: B. Ec., 1982 (Kyushu University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Business)

Mr. Tateishi has over 23 years of experience in the areas of Sales, Marketing and Business Planning at Krosaki Harima Corporation. He is presently the Group Manager of Overseas Business Division, Overseas Sales and Marketing Department, Sales Group 1. He also serves on the boards of IFGL Refractories Limited, Krosaki USA, Inc. and Krosaki Magnesita Refractories, LLC.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 21.03.2015

Mr. Arun Kumar Rath
DIRECTOR

Date of Birth: 30th May, 1959

Educational Qualification: B.Tech. (Electrical)

Mr. Rath is a distinguished alumnus of Institute of Technology, Rourkela, in Electrical Engineering. He started his career in Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in 1982. He has around 34 years of rich experience in Steel plants and has proved his mettle in Electrical Maintenance and repair of large Electrical Machines. Mr. Rath has taken charge as CEO, Durgapur Steel Plant on 24th March, 2016. Prior to this, he was Executive Director (Projects) at IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur.

Mr. Rath has undergone specialized training programmes in India and abroad, and has won several awards and recognitions including Jawahar Award from SAIL for his exemplary performance.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 22.11.2016

Mr. Hisatake Okumura
DIRECTOR

3-4-17-904 Chuou, Fukutsu City, Fukuoka 811-3217, Japan

Date of Birth: 22th November, 1962

Educational Qualification: Master of Science (Meiji University in 1985)

Mr. Okumura has around 14 years of experience in technical services, managing plant and management of flow control productions.

Mr. Hisatake Okumura joined Krosaki Harima Corporation on 1st October, 2004. He has 7 years of experience as Technical Service Manager of Flow Control Refractory and total 5 years of experience as Plant Manager of Flow Control Refractory (Alumina-Graphite & Sliding Nozzle) at Yahata Plant and total 2 years of Management experience in areas of Flow Control Refractory Division. He is presently, Corporate Officer of Krosaki Harima Corporation for Overseas Division.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 01.04.2018

Mr. Takeshi Yoshida
DIRECTOR

1-2-40-907 Momozono Yhatahigashiku, Kitakyusyu City, Fukuoka 805-0068, Japan

Date of Birth: 11th November, 1962

Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Economics (Keio University in 1985)

Mr. Takeshi Yoshida has 25 years of experience in areas of Machinery & Materials Procurement and Labor Relations in Nippon Steel Corporations.

Mr. Takeshi Yoshida joined Krosaki Harima Corporations on 1st April 2010. He has 8 years of experience in Corporate Planning. He is presently, Corporate Officer of Krosaki Harima Corporation. He is also on the Board of Dan Dong Harima Refractory Corporation.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 01.04.2018

Mr. Sudhir Krishnaji Joshi
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Flat No. 6, Building No. 4, Govt Colony, Keshav Rao Khadye Marg, Haji-Ali, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400 034

Date of Birth: 15th August, 1951

Educational Qualification: Chartered Accountant from ICAI Master of Business Administration from University of Hull, UK

Mr. Joshi is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is an Ex-Director (Finance) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, a fortune 500 Company where he had served over three decades. He was a member of the study group formed for the purpose of preparing a long term perspective plan for the oil industry in India, which had come out with the report titled 'Hydrocarbon Perspective : 2010 - Meeting the Challenges.' Mr. Joshi is instrumental in formulating and implementing the Foreign Exchange, Interest and Commodity Risk Policies as well as Credit Policy for BPCL. He has extensively dealt with Global and Domestic Institutional Investors for over two decades. Post retirement in August 2011, Mr. Joshi is actively engaged in Investment Banking & Capital Markets.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 21.03.2015

i. Appointment Letter

ii. Declaration of Independence

Sunanda Lahiri
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Flat- 35, Chaturanga, 32 Gobinda Auddy Road, Chetla, Kolkata- 700 027

Date of Birth: 7th August, 1947

Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Ms. Sunanda Lahiri has vast experience in Banking Industry. During her tenure of service at UCO Bank, she has handled Bank's Treasury and International Division. She has worked on various significant positions in UCO Bank's overseas branches. During her tenure UCO Bank's Initial Public Offer was successfully launched. In June 2005, she joined as Executive Director of United Bank of India and retired in 2007. In September 2005, she was appointed as Govt. Nominee Director in Industrial Investment Bank of India Limited (IIBI), a Financial Institution wholly owned by the Govt. of India, which is presently under Member's Voluntary Winding up.

Director of TRL Krosaki: Since 21.03.2015

i. Appointment Letter

ii. Declaration of Independence