S.S. Verma has taken over as the new executive director of Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISP) at Bhadravati in Shimoga district.
VISP is a subsidiary of Steel Authority of India Ltd. A press release said here that Verma has 37-year experience in operation, maintenance and project management.
As Executive Director (Projects) in Rourkela Steel Plant, he headed the team responsible for executing the massive construction work to expand the production capacity of hot metal from 2 million tonnes per annum to 4.5 million tonnes, it said.