Calgary, Alberta-based New Millennium Iron Corp. announced Wednesday the recent appointment of Chanakya Chaudhary to the Corporation's Board of Directors. Chaudhary succeeds Koushik Chatterjee.
Lee Nichols, Non-Executive Chairman of NML, commented, "We are very pleased to have Mr. Chaudhary join our board. His experience in Tata Steel raw materials and with establishing best practices across the Tata Group brings important guidance as we continue to advance our projects."
Chaudhary joined Tata Steel in 1988 as Graduate Engineer Trainee in the Raw Material Division at Jharia, Dhanbad, India. After working in various capacities in the Raw Material Division, he was transferred to the Total Quality Management and Business Excellence Group at Jamshedpur, India, where he was responsible for working with various divisions of Tata Steel to obtain ISO-9000 certification among other initiatives of employee involvement. He then headed Tata Steel's Corporate Affairs office in New Delhi, India as Chief Resident Executive and, on November 1, 2013, was appointed to his present role as Group Director - Corporate Communication & Regulatory Affairs.