Tata Steel GD bags UK Bessemer Gold Medal

Jamshedpur, Apr 23: The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in the UK has awarded Tata Steel Group Director Tridibesh Mukherjee with 2008 Bessemer Gold Medal. The award would be presented to Dr Mukherjee on July second in London, company sources said here today.

The institute promotes and develops all aspects of materials science and engineering, geology, mining and associated technologies, mineral and petroleum engineering and extraction metallurgy. It is the professional body for the international materials, minerals and mining community. Previous winners of the award include legendary J R D Tata (1986), Stuart Pettifor (formerly COO of Corus, 2005), Sir Brian Moffat (formerly Chairman of British Steel, 1996) and Lakshmi Mittal (President and CEO, ArcelorMittal, 2007).

Dr Mukherjee joined Tata Steel in 1971. He is currently responsible for Integration, R&D and Technology of the plant.

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