Mr Nistala Sreenivasa Rao assumed charge as the new Director (Projects) at RINL, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, on Thursday, according to a press release. Earlier, he was working as the Executive Director (Projects and Commissioning) in the steel plant. He joined Visakhapatnam Steel Plant as a management trainee in 1979 after completing M.Tech in metallurgical engineering (furnace technology). From 1979 to 1990, he was involved in the construction and commissioning activities of the steel plant. He was one of the key figures in the commissioning of the first blast furnace in 1990 and its stabilisation. The blast furnace achieved the rated capacity in the first year itself, adds the release. Mr A.P. Choudhary, Chairman and Managing Director of RINL, congratulated Mr N.S. Rao on assuming charge as the new Director (Projects).

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