Shri Sanjay Lohiya, an IAS Officer of 1994 batch (Assam Meghalaya cadre) took over as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines in October, 2020. He joined Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after graduating from Delhi University. Before joining as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, he held the post of Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Govt. of Assam. He worked in various capacities in Government of Assam. He has already worked in Govt of India as Director, PMO and subsequently as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and farmers’ welfare during 2011-2016. During his tenure in Govt of Assam, he worked in various departments like Finance, Agriculture, and urban development in various capacities and has wide experience.

Dr. Veena Kumari Dermal belongs to 1998 batch of Indian Postal Service (IPoS) of Government of India. She is currently working as Joint Secretary dealing with Policy & Legislative Division in the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, New Delhi.

Dr. Veena Kumari Dermal served in various capacities in the Postal Department at all India level.  She has joined as Director in the Ministry of Mines in 2017 and got promoted as Joint Secretary in 2020.  She has been associated with amendments to MMDR Act in 2020 and 2021 and the subordinate legislations to the Act. She has gained deep understanding of mineral policy in India.

Dr. Veena Kumari Dermal has done B.Sc.(Agriculture), M.Sc. (Horticulture) from Kerala Agriculture University and Ph.D in Horticulture from Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi.  She has done Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy from IIM, Bangalore.   She has participated in various short-term courses at the National and International level.

Dr. Veena Kumari Dermal has abundant experience of working in Government and Public Sectors.

Shri Radhashyam Mahapatro joined the Company as Director (HR) w.e.f. 01.01.2020.

Shri Mahapatro has rich experience in Power, Oil and Coal Sectors in different capacities and successfully shouldered varied and higher responsibilities. He is a physics graduate from Khallikote College, Brahmapur, Odisha and did his Post Graduation in Industrial Relation & Labour Welfare from Berhampur University. Shri Mahapatro has handled many areas of HR functions. During his tenure in NHPC, Engineers India Limited and Central Coalfields Ltd, he was instrumental in the introduction of Productive work culture through Team Work.

Shri Mahapatro’s areas of interest include improving productivity, human development, creation of employment through skill development, sports, culture and improvement of human dignity. He has passionately worked for reformation in administration to make it responsive to the need and aspirations of the communities. His forte includes transparency, leadership and teamwork.

Shri Manasa Prasad Mishra joined the Company as Director(Projects & Technical) w.e.f. 01.11.2020.

Born on 19.07.1963, Shri M.P. Mishra completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from University College of Engineering, Burla, Odisha. He joined NALCO as a Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) in 1984. During his long service association of three and half decades with NALCO, Shri Mishra has contributed significantly from Technology adoption to absorption in the field of Aluminium Technology. Shri Mishra has vast professional experience ranging from project execution to plant operation at Smelter & Power complex of NALCO and Business Development activities in Greenfield & Brownfield aluminium projects, renewable projects etc. Shri Mishra held the position of Executive Director at Smelter & Power Complex, Angul before taking over as Director(Projects & Technical).

Shri Mishra is a Member of National Council of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), FIE of Institution of Engineers (India) and Aluminium Association of India.

Shri Bijay Kumar Das, has taken over as the Director (Production) of the Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) with effect from 1^st December 2020. Prior to the new assignment, Shri Das was serving the Company as Executive Director (Projects) at Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar.

A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela (Formerly REC) , Shri Das began his career in NALCO as a 1^st batch Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1984. He was posted in the Company’s Captive Power Plant in Angul since inception of the project, where he held different key positions before taking over the challenging assignment of Business Development of the Company. He subsequently took over as General Manager (Corporate Planning & Strategic Management) to plan & strategise  the  growth path of the Company before being elevated to  Executive Director (Projects).

During his long service association of more than three decades with NALCO, Shri Das has contributed significantly in execution of various projects including diversification   &  opening of new vista in Renewable Energy Projects. With rich and varied experience of   Shri Bijay Kumar Das joining as Director (Production),  Board of Directors of NALCO has been further strengthened.

Born on 12.04.1965, Shri R. C. Joshi has completed his professional course from ICMAI in 1989. He has also completed Bachelor of Law from Sambalpur University.

Shri Joshi is a seasoned Finance & Accounts professional acknowledged for sound decision-making abilities, analytical and problem solving skills, business acumen, result-driven and team-oriented leadership. Shri Joshi has always demonstrated commitment to organizational growth. He has also keen interest in academics. He has a varied and rich experience in various areas of Finance spanning over 32 years, which includes 27 years in NALCO in the core areas of finance coupled with in-depth understanding of financial, contractual and regulatory issues. He is also a nominee director on the Board of M/s. Angul Aluminium Park Pvt. Ltd, a JV of NALCO.

Mr Sadashiv Samantaray has joined as Director (Commercial) of the National Aluminium Company Limited, a Navaratana CPSE on 22.03.2022.

Born in the year 1965, Mr Samantaray had been a position holder all throughout his education in schools and colleges. After completing his B.Tech (Mechanical) with University Merit certificates in all the four years of graduation from GB Pant University of Ag & Technology, Panatnagar, now in Uttarakhand, he joined Nalco as Graduate Engineer Trainee in the year 1985 (2^nd batch of GETs). He has done his MBA from Utkal University with specialization in Marketing Finance. He has also completed PG Diploma in Business administration and PD Diploma in Marketing Management.

Through his sincerity, hard work, dedication and competence on strategic management, he rose to the level of Executive Director (Commercial) before being selected as Director (Commercial).

Mr Samantaray has more than 36 years of rich experience in Plants and commercial areas. Working at Plants he was involved in erection, commissioning, operations and production planning in CPP and Smelter. Due to his strategies and  planning, Nalco could achieve highest levels of production and productivity. He was involved in many critical decisions and landmark achievements at Plants like restoration of burnt single line coal cable belt at CPP in record time to save Nalco from catastrophe, scientific spares planning, design and implementation of MIS system, strategy for enhancing critical equipment availability at smelter to increase productivity, Optimization of logistics system etc.

He has strong multi-disciplinary commercial experience in Marketing (export & domestic market involving all products), supply chain management (procurement, stores, inventory control) and logistics. During his long career he had introduced many landmark initiatives in the company such as maiden MOU system with customer, LME linked pricing mechanism, LME registration of metal, e-tendering for export, formulation of commercial manuals and guidelines to bring transparency, augmentation of logistics system for efficient supply chain and cost savings, opening of master stock yard at strategic locations, launch of mobile APPs for customers (NAGINNA) and vendors (NAMASYA), customer and supplier satisfaction index etc. He was deeply involved in development and launching of several value added products including launching of more than 12 new niche products. Under his leadership the commercial functioning of Nalco was developed to be dynamically competent to sense and seize the market opportunities which had resulted in record breaking performances during 16-17 to 2018-19. Out of box strategies taken by him assured supplies of all the major raw materials during the Covid-19 Lockdown to sustain the plant operations with zero loss of production while achieving huge savings in procurement cost which helped Company’s profitability in 2019-20 and 2020-21when the LME prices had nosedived.

Mr Samantaray is a National Council member of Indian Institute of Materials Management, Fellow in Institute of Engineers with Chartered Engineers certificate, member of Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering.

Shri Radhashyam Mahapatro joined the Company as Director (HR) w.e.f. 01.01.2020.

Shri Mahapatro has rich experience in Power, Oil and Coal Sectors in different capacities and successfully shouldered varied and higher responsibilities. He is a physics graduate from Khallikote College, Brahmapur, Odisha and did his Post Graduation in Industrial Relation & Labour Welfare from Berhampur University. Shri Mahapatro has handled many areas of HR functions. During his tenure in NHPC, Engineers India Limited and Central Coalfields Ltd, he was instrumental in the introduction of Productive work culture through Team Work.

Shri Mahapatro’s areas of interest include improving productivity, human development, creation of employment through skill development, sports, culture and improvement of human dignity. He has passionately worked for reformation in administration to make it responsive to the need and aspirations of the communities. His forte includes transparency, leadership and teamwork.

Shri Manasa Prasad Mishra joined the Company as Director(Projects & Technical) w.e.f. 01.11.2020.

Born on 19.07.1963, Shri M.P. Mishra completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from University College of Engineering, Burla, Odisha. He joined NALCO as a Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) in 1984. During his long service association of three and half decades with NALCO, Shri Mishra has contributed significantly from Technology adoption to absorption in the field of Aluminium Technology. Shri Mishra has vast professional experience ranging from project execution to plant operation at Smelter & Power complex of NALCO and Business Development activities in Greenfield & Brownfield aluminium projects, renewable projects etc. Shri Mishra held the position of Executive Director at Smelter & Power Complex, Angul before taking over as Director(Projects & Technical).

Shri Mishra is a Member of National Council of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), FIE of Institution of Engineers (India) and Aluminium Association of India.

Shri Bijay Kumar Das, has taken over as the Director (Production) of the Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) with effect from 1^st December 2020. Prior to the new assignment, Shri Das was serving the Company as Executive Director (Projects) at Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar.

A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela (Formerly REC) , Shri Das began his career in NALCO as a 1^st batch Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1984. He was posted in the Company’s Captive Power Plant in Angul since inception of the project, where he held different key positions before taking over the challenging assignment of Business Development of the Company. He subsequently took over as General Manager (Corporate Planning & Strategic Management) to plan & strategise  the  growth path of the Company before being elevated to  Executive Director (Projects).

During his long service association of more than three decades with NALCO, Shri Das has contributed significantly in execution of various projects including diversification   &  opening of new vista in Renewable Energy Projects. With rich and varied experience of   Shri Bijay Kumar Das joining as Director (Production),  Board of Directors of NALCO has been further strengthened.

Born on 12.04.1965, Shri R. C. Joshi has completed his professional course from ICMAI in 1989. He has also completed Bachelor of Law from Sambalpur University.

Shri Joshi is a seasoned Finance & Accounts professional acknowledged for sound decision-making abilities, analytical and problem solving skills, business acumen, result-driven and team-oriented leadership. Shri Joshi has always demonstrated commitment to organizational growth. He has also keen interest in academics. He has a varied and rich experience in various areas of Finance spanning over 32 years, which includes 27 years in NALCO in the core areas of finance coupled with in-depth understanding of financial, contractual and regulatory issues. He is also a nominee director on the Board of M/s. Angul Aluminium Park Pvt. Ltd, a JV of NALCO.

Mr Sadashiv Samantaray has joined as Director (Commercial) of the National Aluminium Company Limited, a Navaratana CPSE on 22.03.2022.

Born in the year 1965, Mr Samantaray had been a position holder all throughout his education in schools and colleges. After completing his B.Tech (Mechanical) with University Merit certificates in all the four years of graduation from GB Pant University of Ag & Technology, Panatnagar, now in Uttarakhand, he joined Nalco as Graduate Engineer Trainee in the year 1985 (2^nd batch of GETs). He has done his MBA from Utkal University with specialization in Marketing Finance. He has also completed PG Diploma in Business administration and PD Diploma in Marketing Management.

Through his sincerity, hard work, dedication and competence on strategic management, he rose to the level of Executive Director (Commercial) before being selected as Director (Commercial).

Mr Samantaray has more than 36 years of rich experience in Plants and commercial areas. Working at Plants he was involved in erection, commissioning, operations and production planning in CPP and Smelter. Due to his strategies and  planning, Nalco could achieve highest levels of production and productivity. He was involved in many critical decisions and landmark achievements at Plants like restoration of burnt single line coal cable belt at CPP in record time to save Nalco from catastrophe, scientific spares planning, design and implementation of MIS system, strategy for enhancing critical equipment availability at smelter to increase productivity, Optimization of logistics system etc.

He has strong multi-disciplinary commercial experience in Marketing (export & domestic market involving all products), supply chain management (procurement, stores, inventory control) and logistics. During his long career he had introduced many landmark initiatives in the company such as maiden MOU system with customer, LME linked pricing mechanism, LME registration of metal, e-tendering for export, formulation of commercial manuals and guidelines to bring transparency, augmentation of logistics system for efficient supply chain and cost savings, opening of master stock yard at strategic locations, launch of mobile APPs for customers (NAGINNA) and vendors (NAMASYA), customer and supplier satisfaction index etc. He was deeply involved in development and launching of several value added products including launching of more than 12 new niche products. Under his leadership the commercial functioning of Nalco was developed to be dynamically competent to sense and seize the market opportunities which had resulted in record breaking performances during 16-17 to 2018-19. Out of box strategies taken by him assured supplies of all the major raw materials during the Covid-19 Lockdown to sustain the plant operations with zero loss of production while achieving huge savings in procurement cost which helped Company’s profitability in 2019-20 and 2020-21when the LME prices had nosedived.

Mr Samantaray is a National Council member of Indian Institute of Materials Management, Fellow in Institute of Engineers with Chartered Engineers certificate, member of Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering.