Salim Takes Over As RINL Dir (Operations)

Visakhapatnam: Dr Salim G Purushothaman on Sunday assumed charge as Director (Operations) at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

A mechanical engineer by qualification, Dr. Salim did doctorate from Lincoln University College, Malaysia in 2024. He started his career as a Management trainee (Technical) in SAIL, Bokaro in 1988 and worked in the area of thermal power plants till 1996 when he joined RINL.

At RINL, he made significant contributions in the area of import substitution of high value Russian spares of boilers and turbines. Dr Salim was a member of the core team of NEDO (New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organisation, Japan) plant under Indo-Japanese collaboration.

As a certified BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) Energy Manager, he contributed significantly in obtaining ISO 50001 certification for RINL. Later he joined Braithwaite & Company Limited as Director (Production) in 2018.