Mr Naveen Ahlawat presently leads the Power to X vertical of Jindal Steel & Power, he is responsible for the development of Green Steel, Green Hydrogen, CCSU initiatives across the group. He has accumulated over 13 years of experience in various fields including manufacturing of speciality chemicals, coal gasification & co-products marketing, integrated steel plants (brown & green field)
Naveen started his career as process engineer with Jubilant Organosys Limited and subsequently moved to Reliance Industries as operations manager in petrochemical vertical. He became part of the executive team, leading to the world’s first coal gasification based DRI plant in Angul, Odisha.
Naveen spearheaded group procurement function in Jindal Steel and Power via various disruptions in supply chain in the last 4 years, to ensured availability of the material since the beginning of the Covid-19 pamdemic. Jindal Steel & Power is the only steel company in India that has posted 12 percent growth in Q1 & Q2 of 2020-2021.
Naveen graduated as a chemical engineer with Hons from Government Engineering College, Thrissur, in Kerala and received his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.