Saurashtra Cement Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Surender Kumar Bhatia as CEO of Paints Division of the Company. Date of appointment is December 20, 2022. Mr. Bhatia is a Chartered Accountant having around 30 years of experience and has spent significant time in paints industry.

He has handled various senior management roles with AkzoNobel (earlier ICI Paints) in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and during his 15 years of stint, he headed Shalimar Paints as Managing Director & CEO for around 4.5 years. Before joining company, he was associated with JK Cement-Paints Division as "Head-Strategy & Operations-Paints".