“We have seamlessly integrated several smart automations in our plant operations to improve efficiency, increase safety and reduce manual intervention. Our digital dashboards make use of smart analytics for real-time data and trend monitoring of various business operations using thermal image processing”, Abhijit Pati, CEO & Director at BALCO

Abhijit Pati is the Chief Executive Officer & Whole Time Director of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco). Abhijit Pati has been a name to reckon with the Aluminium industry for the past three decades. He joins Balco after an appreciable stint as Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda. He comes with a rich experience and an illustrious career spanning over 30 years in the Aluminium Industry.

An Alumni of Calcutta University, Abhijit Pati started his career as an engineer with Indian Aluminium Company (a subsidiary of ALCAN, a major Canadian aluminium Producer) in 1989. Later joined INDAL/HINDALCO, Hirakud, under the flagship of Aditya Birla Group of Industries and established himself as a frontline leader. As a young and budding professional in his early career, he was awarded the 'Exceptional Contributor Award' by Group Chairman Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla for his significant contribution to the turnaround story of the Hirakud Aluminum Smelter in the year 2006. Also, he bagged the Prestigious British Sword of Honour for Hirakud Smelter in 1999.

He served the group's aspiration as Vice President until 2008, when he was offered the position of Chief Operating Officer for leading one of the world's largest Greenfield Aluminium cum Power complex at Jharsuguda, Odisha, by the global natural resources giant and conglomerate Vedanta Group. Subsequently, on March 16, 2015, Abhijit Pati was elevated to the coveted position of President and CEO of Vedanta Ltd.'s Aluminium business and headed the world's largest single-location aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda for a little over four years. Under his able leadership, Vedanta Ltd., Jharsuguda became an illustrious member of the prestigious 'Million Tonne Club' of global aluminium producing companies. He is a proud Senior Management Executive Committee member of Vedanta's Global aspiration in its quest to emerge as a frontrunner in the global natural resource business.