Dr. S. K. Gupta - Director

Dr. S. K. Gupta is an independent Director at Sobha. He is a Metallurgical Engineer with a Ph.D. (Tech.) and D.Sc. (Tech.) from Moscow. He has over 49 years of experience in the field of metallurgy, engineering and management in the steel domain. He also has experience in the fields of research and development, engineering and management of steel plants, and large engineering companies in the public and private sector and has formerly occupied prominent positions of president / managing director / executive vice chairman of Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited; managing director of Rourkela Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Limited; chairman and managing director, Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants (MECON); and managing director, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), Ministry of Defense. He was the recipient of the “Metallurgist of the Year” award instituted by the Government of India in 1980 and was conferred the National Metallurgist award in 1998.