Salem Steel Plant gets new executive director

: Salem Steel Plant announced Wednesday the appointment of A V Kamlakar as its executive director with immediate effect.

An alumnus of Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Kamlakar joined the Bhilai Steel Plant, Chhattisgarh, and has over three decades of experience, a statement from Salem Steel Plant said.

Kamlakar was involved in rail and structural mill of Bhilai Steel Plant for over two decades and was instrumental in the development of new grades for rails, the statement said.

Later, he became the general manager, rail and structural mill, in 2013, it said.

Salem Steel Plant, a unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd, produces steel in the form of coils and sheets at the facility in Salem, Tamil Nadu.