Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited Announces Co-Opted Pravir Kumar Vohra as Additional Director
August 05, 2022 at 08:59 am EDT
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Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited announced that upon recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 5 August 2022 has co-opted Mr. Pravir Kumar Vohra (DIN: 00082545) as an Additional Director in the category of Independent Director with effect from 5 August 2022. Mr. Pravir Kumar Vohra, aged 68 years, is a postgraduate in Economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi and a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He began his career in banking with State Bank of India where he worked for over 23 years. He held various senior level positions in business as well as technology within the bank, both in India and abroad. In January 2000, Mr. Pravir Kumar Vohra moved to the ICICI Bank group where he headed a number of functions like the Retail Technology Group and Technology Management Group. In these capacities, he oversaw the deployment of technology across ICICI Bank's domestic and international operations and was instrumental in creating a future-ready, platform independent & scalable infrastructure. From the year 2005 to 2012, he was the President and Group CTO at ICICI Bank. Post his retirement from ICICI Bank in the year 2012, he mentored start-ups in the payments space and more recently, completed a two year assignment to set up the Tech and Ops function at New Development Bank, Shanghai. He also continues to serve on the Technology Advisory Committees of organizations like the Bombay Stock Exchange, NCDEX, Indian Clearing Corporation, SEBI, NPCI and Power Exchange India, etc. He is passionate about leveraging the power of available and emerging technologies to solve real life business issues, improve operating efficiency, design new products and
processes that would touch the lives of the Indian people.
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited is an India-based company engaged in the business of pig iron and iron castings. The Company specializes in producing custom grey iron castings for original equipment manufacturers and tier-I suppliers. Its main casting products include cylinder blocks, cylinder heads and housings, which are used in a wide range of engines, across construction machines, farm equipment and utility vehicles. Its pig iron product is used in various industries, such as steel, tractor industry, commercial vehicles manufacturing, automobile manufacturing and engine manufacturing, among others. It undertakes special grade production to meet customized pig iron requirements. The Company has three manufacturing facilities, situated at Koppal district and Chitradurga district in Karnataka State, and at Solapur district in Maharashtra State. The Company's subsidiary, ISMT Limited, is engaged in manufacturing of seamless tubes, cylinder tubes, components and engineering steels.