Tapan Kumar Chand

Independent Director at Bharat Aluminium Company Limited

Mr. Tapan Kumar Chand is appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Company w.e.f. 8th Dec 2020. Mr. T.K. Chand brings along more than 3 decades of rich experience in mining and metal sector. In the areas of Corporate Governance, he was adjudged as the outstanding performer by SCOPE and Department of Public Enterprises, Govt. of India. Mr. T K Chand is also a member of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of Bharat Aluminium Company limited.

Mr. Tapan Kumar Chand (born 17 November 1959) is an Indian mining veteran, executive, and author. He has been in the mining and metal sector since 1982, earlier serving as Chairman cum Managing Director of National Aluminium Company , Director Commercial of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited / Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and Director Personnel & Director I/c (Sales & Marketing), of Central Coalfields Limited.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and a master's degree in arts, public administration and history from Utkal University. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and a diploma in social welfare (labour welfare) from Calcutta. He graduated as a gold medalist from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.