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Mr. D. Bhattacharya, Managing Director, Hindalco Industries Ltd. and Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Limited

Mr. Debu Bhattacharya
Managing Director, Hindalco Industries Limited, Vice Chairman, Novelis Inc. and Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation 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 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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