S. K. Roongta

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Sushil Kumar Roongta ^[1] is the former chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), serving from August 2006 to May 2010. He is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT).

He was also the first chairman of International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL) – a JV of five leading Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs): viz. SAIL, Coal India Limited (CIL), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), NMDC, and NTPC.^[1]

He has been part of various think tanks and is widely regarded as one of the principal experts in the field of metal, power and public sector turnarounds. He was Chairman of ‘Panel of Experts on Reforms in Central Public Sector Enterprises’ constituted by Planning Commission, widely known as ‘Roongta Committee’. Its report is used as a benchmark for public sector reforms today.^{[citation needed]} Roongta has been and continues to be director on multiple corporate boards. He is also associated with educational institutions and non-profit organization. He was chairman of the board of governors of IIT-Bhubaneswar.