HeidelbergCement India Limited appointed Mr. Vimal Kumar Jain as whole-time director of the company for a term of three years from 10 June 2022 to 09 June 2025, in place of Mr. Sushil Kumar Tiwari. Please note that Mr. Vimal Kumar Jain has taken charge as whole-time director of the company with effect from 10 June 2022. Mr. Vimal Kumar Jain, aged 54 years, has done B.E.-Mechanical Engineering from Madhav Institute of Technology & Sciences, Gwalior (M.P.} and has also completed post graduate diplomas in business management and projects management from IGNOU.

In his career spanning over 30 years, consisting of 19 years abroad and 11 years in India, Vimal has acquired rich and vast experience of over three decades in the cement sector in operations & maintenance and project management from concept to commissioning. Vimal has a successful track record for developing strategic initiatives, organizational improvements, capacity expansions, de-bottlenecking, production and quality improvements, adoption of new technologies, overall cost reductions, waste processing, and working with diverse cultures & challenging environments.Vimal is working with HeidelbergCement Group since 2007. Vimal has worked as project manager with Heidelberg Technology Centre handling projects in Indonesia and Thailand.

Vimal joined HeidelbergCement India Limited on 03 January 2022 as technical director. Prior to joining HeidelbergCement Group, Vimal has worked with RAK Cement of U.A.E., Prism Cements and Raymond Cement in various capacities in projects and technical functions.