KalingaTimes Correspondent
Bhubaneswar, April 24: ArcelorMittal has announced the appointment of its India Corporate Responsibility (CR) three member team to lead the initiatives at its two projects in Jharkhand and Orissa.

“The appointments strengthen the company's resolve to achieve an appropriate balance between Corporate Responsibility and growth in business operations,” said Sanak Mishra, CEO for ArcelorMittal India.

The three team members are Sudhir K. Sinha, Country Head – Corporate Responsibility and Resettlement & Rehabilitation; Sumana Datta, Corporate Responsibility Head - Jharkhand; and Bibhudendu Panda, Corporate Responsibility Head - Orissa.

A veteran with over 24 years of experience in CSR and R&R, Sinha will be primarily responsible for steering and rolling-out ArcelorMittal's CR commitments in India .

In addition, Sinha will oversee the implementation of a model R&R plan of the company for its two mega steel plants coming up in Jharkhand and Orissa.

Datta, with a doctorate in Renewable Energy from IIT (Delhi) and over 20 years of consulting experience with multilaterals, private sector and NGOs, brings strong policy and operational experience to the Jharkhand team.

Panda, with a strong background in cross-sectoral planning and management of a range of development initiatives, will lead the CR activities in Orissa.

The appointments became effective earlier this year, according to the company.

“The India CR team will identify and prioritise the development needs of the project areas that will sustain growth of the society and economy. We will continue to engage all relevant parties to build an R &R plan on a convergent model that benefits all stakeholders,” said Remi Boyer, Vice-President (CR) of ArcelorMittal.

ArcelorMittal has announced to set up two steel projects in Jharkhand and Orissa, with a total investment of US $ 20 billion (approx Rs 80,000 crores), which will include iron ore mines, power and steel plants of 12 million tonnes per annum capacity each, representing a total steel capacity of 24 million tonnes.