The Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Amarendu Prakash, highlighted the company’s pivotal contribution to nation-building, noting that the company’s upcoming projects will integrate green technologies, efficient logistics, and customer-centric solutions.
“Guided by the National Steel Policy 2017, this journey will be anchored on technology, digitalization, sustainability, and above all, our people,” he said.
“Steel is often called the backbone of modern civilisation, strong, resilient, and enduring. Just like steel, our company too has been tested by fire, shaped by challenges, and strengthened by experience.” He underlined SAIL’s role as both a witness and partner in India’s development journey towards Viksit Bharat by 2047.
On sustainability, Prakash emphasised SAIL’s efforts to advance green steelmaking through hydrogen-based trials, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), biochar injection, and renewable energy projects.
“Climate change is a defining challenge for our industry. The world is at the cusp of a green transition, and SAIL is determined to be at the forefront of this change,” he asserted.
To build a future-ready organisation, SAIL has launched two transformational programmes: PRAVARTANAM, focused on digital transformation, and SAIL DARPAN, aimed at HR transformation. These initiatives seek to create a resilient and self-sustaining ecosystem across the company’s plants and mines.
Concluding his address, the CMD said, “SAIL is ready for tomorrow. I am confident that SAIL has the resilience, capability, and vision to emerge stronger and achieve greater heights.”