ABOUT - LEADERSHIP TEAM

Leadership

Parmod Sagar CEO & Managing Director

Parmod has successfully led the merger of the three Indian subsidiaries of RHI Magnesita to form the integrated entitiy. With more than 28 years of experience in the refractory industry, Parmod has been instrumental in the growth and expansion of RHIM India operations since its takeover of Orient Refractories Ltd. in 2013. Parmod has also served as Chairman of Indian Refractory Makers Association, the apex body of the refractory Industry in India.

Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee Head – Sales (Steel) India

A Ceramic technologist from Calcutta University, Jyotirmoy has over 2 decades of experience in the refractory industry. He joined us in 2005 as a Sales Manager and rose through ranks to become the Vice President – Marketing at erstwhile RHI India Pvt. Ltd. He successfully led the integration of sales team of the three Indian subsidiaries to create a new integrated sales organisation that works even closer to our customer and provides customer support more effectively. In the integrated India entity, he now leads our Steel industry Sales function.

Vijaya Gupta Chief Financial Officer

Vijaya, a Chartered Accountant, was appointed as CFO of RHI Magnesita on May 27, 2022. She comes with 30 years of experience with large corporations in Steel, Mining & Metals, Banking and Automotive industries. She has demonstrated experience of leading business transformation to make organizations profitable and scalable. She has expertise in building systems, processes & controls, automation of finance processes, setting up of shared services and optimizing cost.

RVS Raju Chief Operating Officer

After successfully setting up his technology venture in the US immediately after completing his Mechanical Engineering bachalors from Bangalore University, RVS returned to India in 2005 to join as the Director at erstwhile RHI Clasil Pvt Ltd. Under his leadership, RHI Clasil emerged as a leading refractory player in domestic as well export markets. He also served as Chairman of CII Andhra Pradesh and Convenor of CII Employability Program. Post-merger of the Indian subsidiaries of RHIM, he now leads the operations and integrated supply chain of all our plants in India.

Niranjan Sahoo Plant Head – Vizag

A Ceramic Technology expert, Niranjan joined us in 2006 as the Head of our Vizag facility. In his career spanning over 3 decades, he worked with organisations like TATA Refractories Ltd., Vishwa Vishal Engineering and Orient Abrasives Ltd. He has been instrumental in implementing RHIM global best practices at our Vizag plant and making it evolve as a world class facility that supplies to customers in more than 85 countries. In the new integrated organization Niranjan continues to lead the operations of the Vizag facility.

Suneel Chawala Head of Procurement

Suneel comes with an industry experience of over 33 years. He joined RHIM group in 2015 and have been driving the entire supply chain function for the erstwhile Orient Refractories Ltd. He has been instrumental in leading the integration of the entire procure to pay value chain of the three subsidiaries and developing one robust and well networked supply chain network for the new merged entity. In the new organisation he continues to lead the procurement function.

Purshottam Das Plant Head – Bhiwadi

Purshottam comes with 32 years of intensive experience in plant operations and HR. He joined RHIM Group in 2013 and since then have been leading the Bhiwadi manufacturing facility of us. He successfully led the capacity expansion project and set up the new ISO plant at the Bhiwadi. A TQM, Six Sigma and TPM specialist, Purshottam worked for 26 years at Samtel Color Ltd. prior to joining us. In the new integrated entity, he continues to head the Bhiwadi plant operations.

Parmod Sagar

CEO & Managing Director
Vijaya Gupta

CFO