Vishnu Kant Pandey

Completed schooling from Central School, BHU Campus, Varanasi. B Tech (Mechanical) 1983-87 batch from IIT-BHU. Joined SAIL through Campus selection in July, 1987. After 1 year Plant orientation at BSL, joined Central Marketing Organization (CMO) – the marketing vertical of SAIL at Bokaro. Involved in field marketing at Bokaro (1988-92), Kanpur (1992-94), Gwalior (1994-96), Trichy (1996-2001), Nagpur (2001-04) and Ghaziabad (2006-09). Worked as Branch Manager at Trichy, Nagpur and Ghaziabad. Had stint at HQ, Kolkata (2004-06) in Market Research.

Joined newly created group – Market Analyst Group in 2009 at Delhi. Was involved in Annual Business Planning, Long Term investment planning, member of core committee on proposed JV with Kobe Steel and ArcelorMittal. Was also core committee member of End Use Study of Steel and Rural consumption of Steel being conducted by Joint Plant Committee (JPC) under Ministry of Steel (MOS).

In December, 2013 joined as Staff Officer to Director (Commercial). Was responsible for preparation of Board note on matters related to Marketing, Policy and Strategy formulation and coordination with MOS on marketing issues.

In June, 2016 joined as Sales Resident Manager (SRM) at Bokaro. Coordinated order booking of BSL products, Production and Dispatch planning. Helped in new product development, Investment planning at BSL and complaint redressal of BSL products.

In December 2018, Joined as Executive Director (Materials Management) at BSL. Responsible for Purchase of Stores and Spares, Marketing of Secondary Products and C&IT dept of BSL.