Anand Sen, vice president (TQM and KPO), Tata Steel Ltd.

Mr. Anand Sen is currently vice president (TQM and KPO) of Tata Steel Ltd. This division looks after the maintenance, infrastructure, supply of industrial gases and utilities to the Jamshedpur Works of Tata Steel. He is also responsible for promotion of TQM across Tata Steel India. Mr. Sen serves on the boards of TAYO Rolls Ltd., Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Ltd., Tata BlueScope Ltd. and The Tinplate Co. of India Ltd. He chairs the Agrico Profit Centre Council, the Jharkhand Boxing Association and Jamshedpur School of Arts, among other things. He is also a member of Executive Council of Indian Institute of Metals. Mr. Sen graduated from Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur as a metallurgical engineer and joined Tata Steel as a graduate trainee in 1981. Subsequently, he completed his M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management – Kolkata and executive M.B.A. from CEDEP at INSEAD. Mr. Sen has spent a significant part of his career in the area of marketing and sales, strategy and business leadership. He has led the company's foray into branded steel from India's first dedicated steel distribution channel. He has also been associated with the development of specialized steel for the automotive industry. He has served as chairman of the Living Steel Project of the World Steel Association. Mr. Sen has authored a number of papers and was awarded the Essar Gold Medal of the Indian Institute of Metals.