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Ashwini Pahuja is a distinguished cement industry stalwart, chemical engineer, and sustainability pioneer with 45 years of robust industrial experience. He is the former Director General of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCBM) and the former Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) & Executive Director of Manufacturing at Dalmia…Read More

Ashwini Pahuja is a distinguished cement industry stalwart, chemical engineer, and sustainability pioneer with 45 years of robust industrial experience. He is the former Director General of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCBM) and the former Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) & Executive Director of Manufacturing at Dalmia Cement (Bharat). Widely recognized as a leading authority on low-carbon manufacturing, Pahuja currently serves as the Chairman and Managing Director of NextCem Consulting, where he orchestrates deep-tech and energy-efficient transformations for global building material enterprises.

Pahuja’s career spans over four decades of technical leadership, charting the evolution of India’s cement manufacturing sector from legacy operations to global benchmarks in green efficiency:

NextCem Consulting: As the Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director, he leads a specialized advisory firm driving Industry 4.0 digitization, value engineering, and thermodynamic optimization across cement production lines.
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd: Serving as Executive Director of Manufacturing and Chief Sustainability Officer, he was the primary architect behind the company’s celebrated transition toward net-zero targets and carbon-neutral production pathways.
National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCBM): As Director General of this apex national research and technological body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, he guided the technical, regulatory, and research standards for the Indian cement and construction industries.

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