Shailendra Chouksey

Biography

  Shailendra Chouksey is Whole-Time Director of JK Lakshmi Cement Limited. Dr. Shailendra Chouksey, aged 62 years, is a Ph.D. in Management, Post Graduate in Physics and is a MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University. He has over 36 years of corporate experience. He started his career as a Management Trainee in Times of India group. He joined JK Corp Ltd in 1986 as Sr. Sales Manager and moved up the ladder by dint of sheer hard work to positions of General Manager, Vice President and Joint President by the year 1998. He was inducted in the Board of JK Lakshmi Cement as a Whole-time Director in 2002. The Company is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of different varieties of cement. He joined the Company when the capacity was 0.5 million tonne. He played a key role in raising this capacity gradually to the present level of 5.3 million tonnes which is poised to grow further to 8.5 milion tonnes. He played key role in making JK Lakshmi Cement the first cement unit to have got ISO 9002 certification in North India in 1994. He introduced the concept of coloured packing for cement for the First time in the industry and getting requisite approval from BIS, etc. He played a key role in changing the profile of cement which was perceived as a pure commodity to be recognised as branded category.

Research Interest

 Management