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'''Ajit Chandra Chatterjee''' |
'''Ajit Chandra Chatterjee''' (born 1923) is an Indian civil servant who was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1975. |
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He was born in [[Lahore]], then part of [[India]]. |
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After a successful career in the Indian Railways (where he was a Divisional Superintendent in the Bhusawal and Bombay divisions of the Central Railway), he joined the public sector. He served with distinction as the Chairman & Managing Director of Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (MAMC) in Durgapur, WB during 1970-77. He took over the company when it was slated to be shut down and lead its recovery to a profit making public enterprise. For his efforts in this revival, he was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award by the government of India in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php |title=Search Awardees |work=National Portal of India |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |accessdate=2009-01-27 }}</ref> |
After a successful career in the Indian Railways (where he was a Divisional Superintendent in the Bhusawal and Bombay divisions of the Central Railway), he joined the public sector. He served with distinction as the Chairman & Managing Director of Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (MAMC) in Durgapur, WB during 1970-77. He took over the company when it was slated to be shut down and lead its recovery to a profit making public enterprise. For his efforts in this revival, he was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award by the government of India in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php |title=Search Awardees |work=National Portal of India |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |accessdate=2009-01-27 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:06, 5 February 2009
Ajit Chandra Chatterjee (born 1923) is an Indian civil servant who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975.
He was born in Lahore, then part of India.
After a successful career in the Indian Railways (where he was a Divisional Superintendent in the Bhusawal and Bombay divisions of the Central Railway), he joined the public sector. He served with distinction as the Chairman & Managing Director of Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (MAMC) in Durgapur, WB during 1970-77. He took over the company when it was slated to be shut down and lead its recovery to a profit making public enterprise. For his efforts in this revival, he was conferred the Padma Shri award by the government of India in 1975.[1]
He then served as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Heavy Engineering Corporation in Ranchi, Bihar from 1977-80. He also served as a member of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and as a director in several other companies.
After his retirement from government service, he served as a director in the Peerless General Finance and Investments Ltd (PGFI) in the 1990s as well as in its subsidiary, Peerless Hotels Ltd.
See also
References
- ^ "Search Awardees". National Portal of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 2009-01-27.