Mr.
Debu Bhattacharya
Managing Director, Hindalco Industries Limited,
Vice Chairman, Novelis Inc. and Director, Aditya
Birla Management Corporation Private Limited
Mr.
D. Bhattacharya heads Aditya Birla Group's (one
of the largest and most respected business Groups
in India) non-ferrous metals business, and is the
Managing Director of Hindalco
Industries Limited, a Fortune 500 company with
revenues (consolidated) in excess of Rs.60,000 crore.
With Hindalco acquiring Novelis,
the world's largest aluminium rolling company in
May 2007, Mr Bhattacharya became the Vice Chairman
of Novelis Inc.
He
is the Chairman of Utkal Alumina International
Limited and of Aditya Birla Minerals Limited,
a wholly-owned copper subsidiary of Hindalco in
Australia, which runs two copper mines —
one in Nifty and the other one in Mt. Gordon.
Mr. Bhattacharya is Director of Aditya Birla Management
Corporation Private Limited; Birla Management
Centre Services Limited; Dahej Harbour and Infrastructure
Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hindalco),
Minerals & Minerals Limited and Aditya Birla
Power Company Limited.
Other
positions held by Mr. Bhattacharya include Hon.
President — Aluminium Association of India
(AAI); Director — International Aluminium
Institute (IAI), Director — The Fertiliser
Association of India (FAI); Member — Expert
Committee of Agriculture and Agro-Industry of
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of
India; and; Member — Industrial Advisory
Council for the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Before
taking over as Managing Director of Hindalco Industries
Limited, Mr. Bhattacharya was the Managing Director
of erstwhile Indo Gulf Corporation Limited.
Mr.
Bhattacharya is the recipient of the prestigious
"India Business Leader of the Year Award
(IBLA) 2005", and the much coveted "The
Asia Corporate Citizen of the Year Award (ABLA)
2005".
Mr.Bhattacharya
is the recipient of the LEXI Award 2007
for Strategic & Leadership Excellence.
Mr.
Bhattacharya earned a B. Tech (Hons.) in Chemical
Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, and a B.Sc. (Hons.)
in Chemistry from Presidency College, Kolkata.
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