Akilan Sankara

Mr. Akilan's appointment as a Managing Director of Zamil Steel India, is an additional responsibility to his current position in Saudi Arabia as the General Manager of Zamil Pre Engineered Buildings Company Ltd, Building Component Solutions LLC, and Zamil Structural Steel Company Ltd. Akilan graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and completed his Master's from NIT Trichy, specializing in Welding Engineering. He brings 28 years of wealthy experience and long association with Zamil Steel, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). His outstanding contribution in various strategic and top leadership role includes managing diverse business verticals such as Pre-Engineered Buildings, Sandwich Panels, Structural Steel, Pressure Vessels and Transmission & Telecom Towers. Akilan's business acumen, global industry connects, dealing with major national and international customers and continual customer focus will benefit Zamil Steel India to rise to the next level. His professional certifications include European Engineer by FEANI-Brussels, Professional Engineer by Engineering Council of UK, Manager of Quality & Organizational Excellence (CQM) and Quality Engineer (CQE) by American Society of Quality (ASQ). He is an active member of several renowned national & international associations like Institution of Engineers (India), American Welding Society (AWS), American Society of Quality (ASQ), National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE, USA), American Society of NDT (ASNT) and the Welding Institute (UK). Akilan has been assigned as Managing Director of Zamil Steel India effective from 1st January 2022.