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took this opportunity to honour the presence of Mr. VS successful as this.
Rao, ex-tata Steel and first ceO of FAMD as a special the addresses of the dignitaries in the inaugural
guest of this seminar with a bouquet of flower. he then session are given in brief:-
requested following distinguished dignitaries on the Mr. V S Rao:
dais to address the gathering:

• Mr. V S Rao, Ex-Tata Steel, India.
• Mr. Anil Nair, Jt. MD, Rajadhiraj Tirupani Vinayak
Natraj Pvt. Ltd., India.
• Mr. AurindamDey,President - Projects, IMR
Resources, India.
• Mr. Anil Nair, Jt. MD, Rajadhiraj Tirupani Vinayak
Natraj Pvt. Ltd., India.
• Dr. Saurabh Kundu, Chief Process Research, R&D
Division, tata Steel & Keynote Speaker
he expressed his happiness for being able to attend
• Mr. B P Sarkar, Consulting Editor & Chief Mentor of this year’s seminar on 11th April 22 which he could not
Steel tech attend last year on 5th March 21 in spite of the invitation
• Mr. Jayanta K. Chatterjee, Chief Advisor & from Steel tech due to covid condition. he shared
convener of the seminar his long rich experience of the industry which he started
with tata Steel in 1961 and retired in 1997 and was
actively involved with the industry till 2008. he also

shared his experience of the Ferro Manganese plant
that was set up by tata Steel in 1956 with which he
was associated till his retirement; how tata Steel and
other ferroalloys manufacturers such as MOIl, Shyam,
Abhijitetc, increased their production and put India
in the ferroalloys map of the world and became an
important exporter after china. he also advised the
manufacturers to increase ferroalloys production in the
country with latest technology and also export more. At
the end he expressed his willingness to learn from the
Mr. D. B. Sundara Ramam, Vice President Raw
Material, tata Steel, the chairman of the Seminar seminar and wished it all the best.
core committee and Mr. PankajSatija, MD, tata Mr. Anil Nair:
Steel Mining could not attend the seminar due to
pressing assignmentbut had sent their best wishes
for the success of the seminar. Mr. Sen read out their
message sent by them - “Ferroalloys industry plays an
important role for Indian steel industry and the industry
is ready to fulfill the aspiration of growing steel industry.
India is a leading exporter of Manganese alloys and
the Ferroalloys industry is poised for the next level of
growth. The industry is capitalizing strength of skilled
workforce, competitive power cost and geographical
advantage. I am sure the conference will deliberate Mr Nair addressed the gathering and mentioned India
the challenges faced by the industry and come up with is a fast growing market and steel consumption will be
solutions for better tomorrow. We wish the seminar a more than double in coming years and he sees a bright
grand success”. Steel tech puts on record their future for the steel industry as well as raw material
support and guidance for the seminar right from the suppliers specially ferroalloys producers. he also wished
planning stage without which it could not have been as that this seminar would pave a way for technological

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