Mr Ganatantra Ojha, Executive Director (Personnel & Administration), Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), has been appointed as Director (Personnel) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
An MA (History), LLB Mr Ojha joined SAIL as an Executive Trainee in 1973. In a career spanning around 33 years, he has handled various challenging assignments in different units of SAIL, especially those with serious industrial relations implications for the organisation.
Under his able leadership, BSP became the first steel plant in the country to obtain ISO 9001:2000 certification for the entire gamut of personnel functions. Launching of Knowledge Management, OHSAS:18001:1999 certification for safety, SA:8000:2001 for social accountability and ISO:14001:2000 for environment for Bhilai township are some of the initiatives that Mr Ojha took during his tenure in BSP. A Corporate Sustainability Report was published during 2005-06, which qualified BSP as the first steel plant in the public sector in India to come out with such a report.