Ajit Kumar Saxena, Chairman and Managing Director of MOIL Ltd, assumed additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director of MECON Limited with effect from August 18. MECON Limited is a Schedule-A public sector undertaking (PSU) under Ministry of Steel, Government of India. It specialises in providing engineering, consulting, and project management services to various sectors including metallurgy, mining, infrastructure, energy, and environment. MECON has its headquarters in Ranchi, Jharkhand. MECON has played a significant role in the development and expansion of Indian industries.

 

Saxena is a Metallurgical Engineering graduate from IIT-BHU, having more than 36 years of experience in the steel sector and has held key positions at Bhilai and IISCO steel plants of SAIL. He has also worked as Director (Operations) at RINL, where he spearheaded several technological innovations leading to record production and cost optimisation. He is a recipient of “Young Metallurgy of the Year Award’’ for the year 2000 from Ministry of Steel, Government of India. In a short span of 6 months, Saxena has led MOIL to record levels of production and sales.