Tata Steel group director Tridibesh Mukherjee has been awarded the 2008 Bessemer gold medal by the UK-based Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining for his services to the steel industry.
Mukherjee, who currently is director of integration and development, with Tata Steel group and is stationed in the UK, had joined the company in 1971 and rose to become deputy managing director (steel). As the group director now, he is responsible for integration, R&D and technology.
The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IMMM) promotes and develops all aspects of materials science & engineering, geology, mining and associated technologies, mineral and petroleum engineering and extraction metallurgy. It is the professional body for the international materials, minerals & mining community.
The award will be presented to Mukherjee on July 2, 2008 in London, following which he will deliver the Bessemer Lecture. The Bessemer gold medal is one of the prestigious awards given by the institute to acknowledge services and contributions to the steel industry.
Some of the previous recipients of the award were JRD Tata (1986), Stuart Pettifor (former COO of Corus, 2005), Sir Brian Moffat (former chairman of British Steel, 1996) and Lakshmi Mittal (president & CEO, ArcelorMittal, 2007).
Tata Steel is now the world’s sixth largest steel producer with geographic footprints in India, south east Asia, the UK and Europe.