Tata Steel's Muthuraman to chair IIT Kharagpur
B Muthuraman, managing director of the world's fifth largest steel producer Tata Steel, has been nominated as the Chairman of Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur by the government for three years.
Muthuraman has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur, one of the premier engineering colleges in the country, the company said in a statement.
He has been a member of Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur and serving as the director on the Board of CEDEP, France. He is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of Xavier Labour Relations Institute in Jamshedpur.
"I accept the nomination with a great deal of pride and would try my best towards contributing to the affairs of IIT, Kharagpur," Muthuraman said.
Muthuraman, a National Council Member of Confederation of Indian Industry, is also a member of Business Advisory Council of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
He has been conferred with the Honorary Fellowship of All India Management Association in September last year.
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