Shree Cement’s Neeraj Akhoury has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials(NCCBM) for 2023 and 2024, the association said today.
Akhoury, the managing director of Kolkata-based Shree Cement, was also appointed as the- president of the Cement Manufacturers’ Association last year.
He joined Shree Cement in October 2022, before which he has worked with ACC, Ambuja Cement, Holcim India and the Tata group.“Under his dynamic leadership, we hope to strengthen our research activities and take new initiatives in the development of low carbon cement, carbon capture and utilisation, and conservation of natural resources, which will lead towards sustainable development of the cement and concrete sector,” L P Singh, the director general at NCCBM said in a statement.
State-owned NCCBM does research, technology development and transfer and educational and industrial services for cement, its allied building materials and construction industries. Its corporate unit is based in Ballabgarh in Haryana.