D. B. Sundara Ramam joined Tata Steel as a Graduate Trainee in 1990 after completing B.Sc. Engineering in Mining discipline from NIT, Rourkela.

Worked in various capacities in Coal & Iron ore mines of Raw Materials Division, Ferro Alloys Division & Principal Executive Officer (PEO) to CEO&MD, Tata Steel for the last 33+ years, is currently working as Vice President, Raw Materials, Tata Steel.

Holds a First Class Mine Manager’s Competency Certificate in Coal from DGMS.

Subsequently, he has completed General Management program from XLRI, Jamshedpur, in 1999.

Besides various internal training programs conducted within India, he has also attended the following programs, abroad:

1. Tata Group Executive Leadership Development Program at UK.
2. Training program at Sustainable Mineral Institute at Brisbane, Australia.
3. Sr. Executive Management Programme at CEDEP, France
4. Global Leadership Development Programme.

Currently, he is Vice President of National Council of Mining Engineers’ Association of India.

He has published several papers on topics related to Sustainable Mining and Innovation.

Currently he is serving as the Director in the Governing Boards of Tata Steel Mineral Canada Limited – Canada , Minas De Benga (Mauritius) Ltd, and Tata Steel Global Procurement Ltd – Singapore