P K Singh takes charge as SAIL Chairman

New Delhi: P K Singh, who was selected by government headhunter Public Enterprise Selection Board in September for the top post at SAIL, on Thursday took charge as the chairman of the domestic steel giant.

He had been serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Durgapur Steel Plant since 2012.

"Singh took charge as SAIL Chairman today," sources said.

In July this year, he was given additional charge of CEO of IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur (West Bengal).

An alumnus of IIT-Roorkee, Singh started his career in SAIL at the Bokaro Steel Plant in 1980.

 He also worked at the IISCO Steel Plant, Durgapur Steel Plant and Bokaro Steel Plant.

Singh took over the baton from MSME Secretary Anup Pujari who held the additional charge of SAIL Chairman.

In June, the Maharatna PSU had said that C S Verma had relinquished the charge as Chairman and Managing Director on completion of his tenure and Steel Secretary Rakesh Singh had assumed the charge till a regular chief was appointed.

Verma was appointed CMD of the public sector undertaking (PSU) for a five-year term in June 2010 by previous UPA government and was eligible for an extension till he attained the superannuation age of 60 years in September 2019, which was not approved by the current NDA government.

After Rakesh Singh retired in September 2015, Pujari assumed the additional charge of Steel Ministry as well as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the country's largest steel producer.