Mr. K C Mehra, Former Jt Managing Director Tata Steel, Resident Director, Shapoor Pallonji and Chairman SKF India

Mr. K C Mehra joined Tata Steel in 1962 and has held several positions of importance in his long career of almost 48 years. In 1975, he left Plant Operations and was appointed Resident Director, Tata Industries in Delhi which position he held with distinction upto 1981, when he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Tata Steel.

In Tata Steel, at various times he was directly in charge of all plant operations, engineering divisions, R & D, raw materials and coal and helped to shape and execute the modernization and expansion plans of the Tata Steel Group of Companies. He was Chairman of Tata Robbins Frazer, Tata Davy / Tata Construction and projects, The Indian Tube Company, Tata Stewarts and Llyods, Tata Projects and several other companies. He represented India at the ILO meetings on Steel and technology and was a member of the joint consultative committee on steel and the joint bi-partite committee on coal (JBCCI). He was also a Director of the UP State Minerals Development Corporation.

In 1997, he took charge of the Forbes Group of companies and was the Dy Chairman and Managing Director of Forbes Gokak Ltd, and also a Director of several companies.

Mr. Mehra is a keen sportsman and has held positions of eminence on several State and national bodies. Before he left Mumbai, he was the Hon Council General of Sweden for many years. He is on the executive committees of ASSOCHAM, CII and several other professional organizations. He has been appointed by the Govt of India on the Government Council of VV Giri, National Labour Institute.

In addition to being the Resident Director (Corporate) of the Shapoorji Pallnji Group, he continues as Chairman of S K F India, P T Gokak Indonesia, Forvol travels and is a Director on several boards including Telcon – a joint venture between Tata Motors and Hitach.