The Steel of India Podcast

In branding, endurance beats noise. The brands that last are the ones that hold their story while everyone else chases the trend.  In this season 2 finale of The Steel Of India Podcast, Narratives That Endure, we explore how credibility is earned by closing the gap between what a company says and how it behaves, and what it means for Jindal Steel to be the steel of India - building the country qui...

Steel is changing how India builds - faster, stronger, built to last.  In this episode, Stamped In Steel, we dig into how modern infrastructure is engineered to stand a hundred years and beyond, why structural steel is cutting construction time and total cost, and how quality construction has become a moral responsibility to the communities inside these buildings.  Hear from industry leaders: Kunw...

India needs more steel than ever- and cleaner steel at that. So how do you do both? In this episode, Steel in Transition , we go inside the Jindal Steel plant to find out. Naveen Ahlawat, President of Sustainability & Decarbonisation at Jindal Steel, walks us through the playbook- efficiency-first operations, 4,000+ tonnes of CO₂ captured daily, and green hydrogen on the horizon.  Dr. Vibha Dh...

In steel, every failure in production is a business event - so where does AI belong, and where must humans stay in the loop?  In this episode of The Steel Of India Podcast, Indradyumna Datta, Group CDO, Jindal Steel; Dilip Sawhney, MD, Rockwell Automation India; and Daisy Chittilapilly, President, Cisco India & South Asia, unpack the intelligent-by-design enterprise, exploring industrial AI, s...

What does it take to build a high-performance manufacturing culture?  In this episode of The Steel of India Podcast, Jindal Steel's CEO Gautam Malhotra, VP of L&OD Rachita Sahgal, and industry training expert Ravi Tennety unpack capability as an organisational muscle - exploring leadership behaviours, shop floor discipline, the education-industry gap, and why systems always outlast superstars....

Shallu Jindal, Chairperson of the Jindal Foundation and 2025 EdelGive Hurun Impact Philanthropist of the Year, opens Season 2 with a grounded and deeply personal perspective on what purpose-led CSR means in practice.  From empowering tribal women to building dedicated grassroots teams, she reflects on how meaningful impact is created and sustained over time. Joining her is Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee,...

Inclusion is no longer a side conversation. It sits at the centre of how industries grow, how leadership is shaped, and how the future of work is being built in India’s core sectors. This episode of Built Like Steel asks: what does it take to bring women into the heart of one of the world’s most male-dominated industries, steel? Because progress here isn’t just about numbers on a gender dashboard;...

Anirban Basu, President and Head of Supply Chain & Logistics at Jindal Steel, shares how future-ready logistics - integrating rail, road, captive infrastructure, and digital tracking - enable production, sales, and growth.  Adhendru Jain, VP of Rail and Inland Terminals at DP World Subcontinent, highlights the transformation of India’s multimodal freight ecosystem through policy initiatives li...

Steel is more than a product; it is the backbone of progress. Yet steel is not only forged in furnaces, it is shaped by discipline, culture, and vision. Episode 3 of The Steel of India Podcast : Where Steel is Born takes listeners inside two of Jindal Steel’s defining plants. At Angul, expansion, green ambition, and digital transformation set the pace for the future. At Raigarh, a flagship built o...

India's steel sector is on the cusp of a historic transformation, aiming to reach 300 million tonnes of production per annum by 2030. But doubling capacity raises big questions: How do we grow responsibly? How do we stay globally competitive while meeting domestic demand? And how do we embed sustainability into every stage of growth? In this episode of The Steel of India Podcast, three industry le...

In the inaugural episode of The Steel of India Podcast , Naveen Jindal, Chairman of Jindal Steel, three-term Member of Parliament, philanthropist and accomplished sportsperson, shares his vision for India as it approaches its 100th year of independence in 2047.  He reflects on the role of steel in building a self-reliant India, highlights Jindal Steel’s contribution to nation-building, and offers...

The future of India isn’t imagined. It’s built in steel. From strategy to scale, this is the voice of India’s industrial rise. If you're building for India@100 in boardrooms, on the shop floor, or in public service this is where steel meets strategy. The Steel of India Podcast by Jindal Steel. Streaming soon.