Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, May 1. 2015:

N R Mohanty, Director (Projects & Technical) of Navaratna public sector unit run by the Indian government, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has been given additional charge of the chairman-cum-managing director of the company, following the superannuation of the Ansuman Das on Friday.

Mohanty graduated in B.Sc Engg (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology [NIT], Rourkela in 1980 and was awarded as best Graduate of Sambalpur University. Mohanty started his career from Larsen & Toubro and worked in BALCO before joining Nalco in 1986.

Mohanty has worked in various capacities in company’s smelter plant and corporate office. He has been instrumental in creating new vision and mission plan for the company. Besides, he has also initiated various growth oriented greenfield projects and brownfield projects and has successfully steered NALCO into ‘Green Energy’ with the commissioning of wind power projects at Gandikota in Andhra Pradesh and Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.