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Dr Rakesh Nandan Sahay Assumes Charge as Director (Personnel) at RINL

Newsmantra — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:31:21 +0000

NEW DELHI. Dr Rakesh Nandan Sahay has assumed charge as Director (Personnel) of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) . He brings over 29 years of extensive experience in human resource management, spanning strategic HR, organisational development, industrial relations, and change management across the power, mining, renewable energy, and research sectors. Prior to joining RINL, he held senior HR leadership positions at NTPC and its joint ventures with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Coal India Limited (CIL), and various state governments, where he played a key role in managing HR functions for large greenfield and brownfield projects, as well as major project transitions and takeovers in thermal, hydro, gas, and mining sectors.

A Gold Medallist in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, Dr Sahay holds a PhD in Commerce and Management, along with degrees in Economics and Law, including LLB and LLM. He is a Life Member of the National HRD Network and the Administrative Staff College of India. A national-level awardee, he received the AIMA Best Young Manager Award in 2021 and was the AIMA National HR Quiz Winner in 2005. An accomplished sportsman, he has represented MECON, Ranchi University, Ranchi District, and NTPC in various prestigious cricket tournaments and office leagues.

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Five Executives of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant conferred with the coveted Jawahar Award

Newsmantra — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:14:35 +0000

The coveted Jawahar award was conferred on 5 executives of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) this year for outstanding work done by them in their area of work, contributing towards improvement in production, productivity, maintenance, services, quality, cost reduction and safety. Mr. Alok Verma, Director In-Charge, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) presented the award to the winners at the 77^th Republic Day Celebration held at Ispat Stadium.

The prestigious award has been conferred on Mr. Sajal Chanda, General Manager (Coke Ovens), Mr. Suryakanta Nayak, General Manager (SMS-2), Mr. Dilip Kumar Naik, General Manager {RS(M)}, Mr. Sarat Kumar Senapati, Assistant General Manager (HR) and Mr. Samarendra Pattnaik, General Manager (BOM, OGoM-CMLO).

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Shri Manish Raj Gupta assumes additional charge as CMD at RINL

Newsmantra — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 07:04:42 +0000

VIZAG. Shri Manish Raj Gupta, Director (Technical, Projects & Raw Materials) at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) assumed additional charge as CMD of

RINL today. A Mechanical Engineering graduate from MANIT Bhopal with a Postgraduate Diploma in Management, he joined SAIL in 1991 as a Management Trainee (Technical) at

Durgapur Steel Plant and has since built a distinguished career across various SAIL units, marked by strong leadership and technical excellence.

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SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant registers excellent performance in key areas in Calendar Year 2025

Newsmantra — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:37:12 +0000

-Caster-4 of Steel Melting Shop-2 becomes operational

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a flagship unit of Maharatna Steel Conglomerate, SAIL, concluded the calendar year 2025 with a string of remarkable achievements in key production units, demonstrating its best-ever performance for any calendar year. The year also witnessed commencement of slab casting from of Caster-4 of Steel Melting Shop-2 on 13^th October, 2025.

The Blast Furnace-5 ‘Durga’ produced 32,39,390 tons of Hot Metal in 2025 to register its best calendar year performance improving upon its earlier best figure of 30,72,786 tons achieved in 2024. Similarly, the Blast Furnace-1 tapped 10,62,722 tons of Hot Metal to clock its best annual performance with a growth of 8.9% over the previous calendar year 2024. The Hot Strip Mill-2 rolled 26,54,530 tons of HR Coils to achieve its best calendar year performance thereby improving upon its earlier best performance of 25,23,587 tons achieved in 2024. The Sheet Shearing Line also produced 3,16,582 tons of HR Plates to clock its best calendar year record with a growth of 39.3% over the previous year. The New Plate Mill registered its best calendar year performance by rolling 9,75,133 tons of plates and exceeding its earlier best figure of 9,47,778 tons achieved in 2024. The Sintering Plant-3 produced 37,45,069 tons of sinter to register its best annual performance surpassing the earlier best record of 37,30,532 tons achieved in 2021.

With 32,11,017 tons direct dispatch and 6,17,396 tons road dispatch, RSP achieved a growth of 11% and 19% over the previous year respectively.

In the techno-economics area also, RSP exhibited record performances with sustained focus on reducing input cost. The coal to hot metal ratio was all time best 0.882 while the shop coke rate stood at all time best figure of 385 Kgs. The Coke Rate of BF-5 was an all time best of 368 Kgs. The year also witnessed record improvements in different areas. A best yearly average ladle life of 147.5 heats was achieved in CCM-II. The SMS-2 Converters also achieved Best-ever yearly average life of 7,734.5 heats.

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