Prasanta, who has been the technical director at Liberty Galati since December 2020, will report into Paramjit Kahlon, CEO, Primary Steel and Integrated Mining, Liberty Steel Group.
He will be responsible for driving an improvement in the plant’s production levels up to around 3 million tons of steel a year from around 2 million tons in 2020.
Prasanta joined Liberty Group at the end of last year from the Stallion Group for which he had been CEO of its Premium Steel and Mines and Platinum Steel Turkey for five years.
“I am very pleased that Prasanta has stepped up to take on the leadership of the Liberty Galati team. I know that his unrivaled technical and operational experience, his drive for continual improvement and his collaborative management style will help the Galati team increase the plant’s production and push forward its move to carbon neutrality so that it can achieve long term sustainability,” said Kahlon.
Prasanta brings almost thirty years’ experience in the steel and aluminum industries, having held senior operational and commercial roles for companies including the SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant, Aditya Birla Group, Jindal and ArcelorMittal.
He started his career with Tata Steel and holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from NIT Rourkela and a Diploma in Sustainable Business Strategies from Harvard Business School.