Subhrakant Panda is Managing Director of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) which was established in 1961 and is today India’s leading producer of value added ferro chrome. He serves as Trustee of the Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation, the CSR arm of IMFA. He is Immediate Past President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), India’s oldest apex business chamber; Past President (2017-18) of the International Chamber of Commerce (India Chapter); and was only the third Indian to head the Paris-based International Chromium Development Association (2013-15).
Mr Panda graduated with honours summa cum laude from the Questrom School of Business, Boston University in 1993 with a dual concentration in Finance and Operations Management. He has written articles for leading publications on topics relating to the economy, trade, manufacturing, and SMEs.