Yaswant Mishra, President (Corporate) & CFO, Mangalam Cement

29 Jul 2021 CW Team

Mangalam Cement was promoted in the year 1978 by the famed house of Syt. BK Birla. It is a professionally managed and well-established cement manufacturing company enjoying the confidence of consumers because of its superior quality product and excellent customer service. Its brands are Birla Uttam and Mangalam PromaxX. The company produces PPC and OPC grade cements. The manufacturing capacity of the company stands at 4.40 million metric tonne (mt) per annum. It has plants at two locations: Morak in Rajashthan and Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. It is 100 per cent dependent on its own power resources of a 35-mw captive power plant and 11-mw waste heat recovery plant as well as 13.65 mw of windmills. The company is progressing well under the chairmanship of co-chairpersons Anshuman Vikram Jalan and Vidula Jalan. Yaswant Mishra, President (Corporate) & CFO, Mangalam Cement, shares more on:

The strategies adoped to overcome COVID-19 and other challenges in FY2020-21

Major contributors to growth in FY2020-21

Decisions avoided/made that helped maintain topline and bottomline

Plans for growth in FY2021-22 and beyond

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