Director (Commercial)

Shri Sanjay Kumar Verma, did his B.Sc (Mechanical Engineer) in 1988 from BIT Sindri, holding extensive knowledge and experience in the field of Blast Furnaces. He played an instrumental role in successful running of more than 19 Blast Furnaces. Shri Verma has been spearheading his campaign to bring the Indian Blast Furnaces as par with global standards and even excelling over them.

Apart from being a true technologist, he also holds experience in marketing activities. Under his leadership, MECON has successfully galvanized the business development, marketing and contracting activities resulted in Substantial Business procurement growth and signing of number of MoUs with strategic partners.

Shri Verma has also enriched the engineering and academic fraternity by his numerous publications published over a range of journals and seminar compendiums. Shri. Verma is a recipient of many accolades from the Industry including Award of excellence from Indian Institute of Metals and “Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Life time Achievement Award ” from IE(I).

Director(Technical)

Shri Arun Kumar Agrawal has taken over as the Director(Technical) of MECON on 01^st June 2020.

Born on 2^nd May 1963, Shri Agrawal, a 1985 metallurgical engineering graduate from Institute of Technology, Benaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), now IIT-BHU, Varanasi, joined MECON Limited in the year 1986 as Management Trainee (Technical) after one year stint in Aditya Birla Group Hindustan Aluminium Co. (Hindalco) at Renukoot.

He joined in the Iron Making Division of MECON and has been deeply involved in basic engineering & design, detail engineering, consultancy and project management and site services of various Iron Making Projects particularly DR (Direct reduction) projects – both coal and gas based. In Blast Furnace area, he was the co-ordinator for NMDC BF in Nagarnar and 1.2 Mtpa BF Complex of PTKS, Indonesia. He was involved in engineering of no. of coal & gas based DR projects, most prominent being world’s first syngas based DR plant in Angul for JSPL.

He has nearly 34 years of varied and rich experiences in Iron & Steel technology, conceptualisation of project along the entire value chain and development of process flow sheets, making and guiding preparation of multitudes of reports, etc. Besides he has been rendering expert services to Ministry of Steel (MoS) by being part of several committees, policy and norms formulation and their subsequent regulation as well as handling of diverse technical queries. In the process he has immensely contributed to the development and growth of Indian Steel Industry.

Shri Agrawal has exposure in all business verticals ofMECON Limited, both technical & commercial. Besides ferrous areas, he also has exposure to non-ferrous area covering aluminium industry. He has displayed strategic insight and business acumen for future business opportunities and has constantly explored possibility of strategic tie-ups with companies for enhancing company’s business prospects. 

Director (Finance)

Shri Mukesh Kumar has taken over as the Director (Finance) of MECON on 7^th December, 2022.

Born on 1972, Shri Kumar is an Associate Member of the Indian Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) and also holds management degree in Finance.

Before his joining in MECON as Director (Finance), he has served The Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Company Limited, Kolkata as Director (Finance) since July, 2020. He has also being appointed as Director (Finance)- Additional Charge on the Board of Scooters India Limited, Lucknow for the period August, 2020 to August, 2022.

Prior to his Board level appointment in The Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Company Limited, he has served in Project & Development India Limited (PDIL) for 12 years. Shri Kumar has rich and varied experience of more than 24 years working in Government, Public & Private Sectors with wide exposure in all aspects of Corporate Accounts & Financial Management.

Director, MECON & Additional Secretary & Financial

Smt. Sukriti Likhi is  Additional Secretary and  Financial Adviser to  the Ministry of Steel, Government of India. She belongs to the Indian Administrative Service. An Economics graduate from Lady Shri Ram College, she holds a Masters degree in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. Presently, Smt. Likhi is also Director on the Board of SAIL, NMDC, RINL, MOIL, KIOCL, MECON and NSL.

Most recently she was Additional Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India. Her varied experience in administration includes working in the Ministry of Finance, as Director in the Department of Financial Services, later as Counsellor (Economic) with the Embassy of India at Washington DC. In the Haryana State Government her experience includes Finance, Urban Development and food procurement as MD Hafed.