Rourkela: Mr Bhairava Nath Singh, managing director of Rourkela Steel Plant received the prestigious Best Chief Executive Gold Award at a function held in Hyderabad recently.

The award has been instituted under the Indira Gandhi Memorial National Awards, 2007, for excellence in Indian Industries by Public Sector Today.

An eminent metallurgist and an expert in iron making with more than three and a half decades in the public sector steel industry, Mr BN Singh is a member of the board of directors of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Mr Singh was awarded in recognition of his leadership in various assignments during his illustrious career.