Dr Likhi takes over as MIDHANI boss

Renowned technocrat Dr Dinesh Kumar Likhi took charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited, (MIDHANI), on Tuesday.

Dr Likhi, a gold medallist in Metallurgical engineering from IIT, Roorkee, a PhD in Strategic Alliance from IIT Delhi and an MBA in Corporate Strategy and Economic Policy from the Maastricht School of Management, the Netherlands, brings to the coveted CMD’s post, a blend of extraordinary academic achievements coupled with practical industry experience of over three decades.

Prior to this he was functioning as Director (Production and Marketing) of the organisation and was instrumental in formulating policies for ensuring implementation of growth oriented projects. These steps saw the company’s turnover increase from Rs 418 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 656 crore in 2014-15.

Dr Likhi has been awarded the Jawahar Award for Outstanding PSU Executive in 1995, group awards for his contribution in turnaround of SAIL in 2000 and preparing growth plan for SAIL in 2005 and new business development project of Wagon Building in 2011. He was a recipient of the ‘Award of Excellence’ in the area of Technology and Management by Lions Club International in 2013.