Binod Kumar

Biography

  Shri Binod Kumar, 56, is Director(Commercial) of the Company w.e.f. 2nd December, 2013. Prior to this, he was Executive Director(Marketing – Special Steels) at SAIL’s Central Marketing Organisation (CMO), which manages the country’s largest steel marketing network. A B. Tech. in Metallurgy from IIT/Kanpur, Shri Kumar joined SAIL’s marketing team in 1980. In his over 33 years of service in SAIL, Shri Kumar held several important positions in CMO and established his credentials as a hardcore marketing professional with his result - oriented performances in each posting. Shri Kumar took charge as Executive Director (Marketing - Special Steels) in late 2011, at a time when the domestic steel market was experiencing an unprecedented downswing in demand. Using several strategic initiatives, Shri Kumar succeeded in arresting the decline in sales of special steels. He has also worked closely with the SAIL plants and R&D centre in the development of a number of commercially viable steel grades for specific strategic applications.

Research Interest

  Organic and Inorganic chemistry Physical & Synthetic chemistry Geochemistry & Astrochemistry Polymer chemistry & Biochemistry Analytical and Biophysical chemistry Material chemistry Nano chemistry Pharmaceutical Chemistry Forensic and Medicinal chemistry