Shri Ramakrishna Rao H

Chief General Manager (Production), Mangaluru

Sri Ramakrishna Rao H, has been posted as General Manager (Production) of Pellet Plant Unit, Mangalore since October 2020.  A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from PES College of Engineering, Mandya, he has an MBA degree from IGNOU.  His career commenced at KIOCL, as a Graduate Engineering Trainee on 15th September 1986 in the Crusher & Concentrator Department at Kudremukh location. While at the Concentrator Department,  he rendered his service in operation of various equipment  such as Autogenous  Mill, Ball Mills, Slurry Pipeline, Spiral circuit, Flotation circuit  towards  beneficiation  of Iron Ore of Head grade 38%  Fe available  in Mines to about 68%  Fe   in Concentrator Plant.   Later, he moved to Mangalore Pellet Plant unit in March 2006.

He was responsible for and committed towards commissioning of  Ball Mills shifted from Kudremukh,  optimization of Ball Mill grinding, Silo system,  Filtration system including Horizontal Pressure Filters at Port Facilities Department upto 2019. He is influential in initiating several innovative concepts, in the field of filtration and grinding.