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Pankaj Kumar Satija
Managing Director, Tata Steel Mining Limited

Skills & Experience

A graduate mining engineer from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad with PGDBM from XLRI, Pankaj Satija has blended mining operation with framework of Safety, Health and Environment. A PMP certified professional has undergone Indo German Manager Programme at Germany, Global Advance Management Programme at Beijing and Tata Group Executive Leadership Development Program at UK. He is also a LEAD Fellow of cohort 19. He is a certified coach from Erickson Coaching International.

Pankaj Satija works as the Managing Director of Tata Steel Mining Limited, leading the commercial mining and ferro alloys business, covering the full mining value chain serving domestic and international customers. He has more than 27 years of experience in Strategic Planning, Project Management, Mine Planning, Mining Operations, Training, Production and Maintenance. Under his leadership, vetiver plantation experiment was carried out first time in Indian mining industry with collaboration of IIT Kharagpur at Joda East mine of Tata Steel in 2012. He has been in task force for Sustainable Development Framework for Indian Mining Industry constituted by Ministry of Mines. Under his leadership, Sukinda chromite mine of Tata Steel became the first mine in the country where pilot launch of SDF (Sustainable Development Framework) was done in Jan 2016. Under his leadership, Noamundi became the first mine in country where pilot launch for Drone Application in Mine Monitoring (DAMM) was launched in Jan 2017. ‘SABAL - Centre for Abilities’ (2nd in India) was also started at Noamundi under his leadership which will groom PWD (Person with Disability) for a brighter future by offering various skill development courses.”Tejsawini”, upskilling female workforce for mainstreaming them into core production processes as HEMM and crane operator was initiated under his leadership at raw material location.

He is the recipient of FIMI Gem Granite Sustainability Award 2014-15 and Excellent Performer Award 2015 from Legasis. He is member of QP & NOS committee and Governing Board of Skill Council of Mineral Sector. He is chairman of Delhi chapter of MEAI and co-chair of FICCI mining committee. He is a recipient of Best Corporate Management Innovative Excellence Award 2016-17 at GeoMinTech symposium, Bhubaneswar. He is the recipient of Bala Gulshan Tandon Excellence Award from FIMI for his significant contribution towards assisting the mine achieving excellence through Sustainable mining for 2016-17. He is the recipient of IME Journal annual award for innovation in 2017.MEAI bestowed Service Excellence Award for his contributions to mineral sector of the country for 2017-18 and 2019-20. He has been associated with professional bodies and has numerous papers in National and International Journals to his credit.