Mr. Anil Kr Singh Harshana joined Tata Steel as a Graduate Trainee in 1999 after completing B.E in Mechanical from University of Roorkee. He subsequently completed Executive Post-Graduate Diploma from XIM, Bhubaneswar. Since 1999, he has worked in different capacities across Supply Chain. He has varied and rich experience of having worked in Planning, Logistics, Physical Distribution, Surface Transport and Scrap Sale.
Mr. Harshana was appointed as Manager Planning in 2000. In 2005, he was promoted as Senior Manager Planning and moved as Senior Manager, Scrap Sale in 2007. In 2011, he was promoted as Head (Logistics System). He was appointed as Head Physical Distribution, in 2014 and later transferred as Head (Surface Transport) in 2015. He was promoted as Chief Operations & New Initiatives in 2020.
Mr. Harshana has been a leader with a proven track record and has significantly contributed towards managing operations & supply chain for industrial by-products across processes – Blast Furnace slag, Steel Making slag, Metallic Scrap & Pooled Iron. He has played a key role in developing new products in collaboration with Marketing & Sales, E&P and R&D to enable continuous value creation from industrial by-products. He has been pivotal in driving Shikhar initiatives for IBMD.