Anoop Kumar Mittal

Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal
Born	(1960-01-05) 5 January 1960 Rajasthan, India
Residence	Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	BE (Civil), Thapar University[1]
Occupation	Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited
Religion	Hinduism

Anoop Kumar Mittal (born 5 January 1960) is a Civil Engineer by profession and is the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited,^[2] a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE). NBCC has built an admirable track record under his dynamic leadership and is poised to achieve greater heights in the days ahead. A Civil Engineering Enterprise of the Government of India, NBCC operates in three main segments: i) Project Management & Consultancy (PMC), ii) Real Estate Development, and iii) EPC Contract.^[3] The Company was listed on BSE/NSE in April 2012 with a total market capitalisation of approximately Rs1,270 crore. Today, its market cap has reached approx. Rs12,000 crore – an increase of almost ten times within a span of just three years.^[4]

NBCC has been consistently rated “Excellent” by the Govt. of India for its remarkable performance during the past decade. Under Mittal’s proactive leadership, NBCC recently established another business model – redevelopment of old Government properties of PSUs such as AIR INDIA, NAWADCO, and HUDCO as well as Government Departments such as the Ministry of Urban Development, including the state Govt. of Odisha and Govt. of Rajasthan, into new modern residential and commercial complexes all over the country as per a self-sustaining model. NBCC has a presence in almost all states within India and also executes projects abroad.

Early life

Mittal was born in Bharatpur, Rajasthan where his father was a business man. Thereafter, he shifted to Ghaziabad (UP) along with his family. He has a younger brother and one sister. He graduated in civil engineering with first class from Thapar University (Patiala, Punjab, India) in the year 1982.

Professional career

Mittal began his career in 1982 and was associated with developmental works of the prestigious Asiad 1982. After a short stint, he joined M/s Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd, a renowned civil engineering organization in the construction sector. In 1985, Mittal joined NBCC and served the Company in various capacities for more than a quarter century. In 2013, he was appointed Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Company by the Government of India.^[5]

After taking charge as CMD of NBCC, Mittal chalked out a plan to make NBCC a ‘Navratna’ status company. This feat was accomplished by June 2014 – barely 14 months after he assumed office as Chairman in April 2013. He has also undertaken many important initiatives vis-à-vis HR, Business Development and Operations, etc. providing fresh impetus to the Company’s growth.

Under his astute and thoughtful leadership, NBCC has brought about sweeping changes/formulated new policies in order to add value to the Company’s growth as well as the growth and welfare of its employees, many being first-time improvements. These measures include: bringing out the Company’s maiden and comprehensive HR Manual; streamlining systems/procedures for promotion and making it time-bound; introduction of Electronics Performance Management System (EPMS) i.e., the online appraisal system was implemented from 2013-14 to make the EPAR system more transparent along with storage of EPAR records. This minimises RTI queries; creation of an additional Board-level post of Director (Commercial) to meet the immense workload due to significant expansion, diversification and adoption of new technology/redevelopment tasks/real estate works ; induction of fresh talent by recruiting various professionals at the preliminary, middle and senior levels to meet human resources requirements as per business demands and succession planning.

To boost up employees’ moral and motivation, number of measures have been taken/introduced under Mittal’s initiatives and these include : introduction of NBCC Post-Superannuation Pension Scheme ; providing of CUG Mobile facilities to all employees for better and faster internal communication ; introduction of Annual Employees Excellence Awards ; providing staff canteen facilities coupled with subsidized lunch facility for all employees ; extending post-retirement medical facility to two dependent family members of ex-employees suffering any permanent disability (physical or mental); introduction of ERP Module for all internal employee communications ; introduction of Fast Track Promotion Policy for deserving employees ; bringing OPD under existing Medical Insurance Policy for employees.

Being a strong believer in functional transparency, Mittal’s initiative has led to recasting of the Transparency Aspect of Company for better Corporate Governance. All required policies and rules for effective and transparent functioning have been formulated/recast and put in place under his leadership, for promoting accountability and better corporate governance in the company’s interest.

Mr. Mittal’s innovative thought process has been continuously adding values to the Corporate functioning in many ways. As a part of motivational approach, the Company introduced issuing of Certificate of Golden/Silver/Bronze Safety Awards and Certificate of Appreciation to different projects; started the system of issuing Service Certificate to employees on superannuation; initiated inviting suggestions/innovative ideas/scheme from GM level and above for Company’s improvement. His initiative also simplified official communication system through introduction of ERP system. System of obtaining Vigilance Clearance in advance has also been introduced under his guidance in order to ensure timely payment of terminal dues to employees on superannuation.

Mr. Mittal also added a new vertical – Renovation and Face-lifting of National Heritage Buildings – in the Company’s business operations. Additionally, he provided a fillip to its works of Redevelopment of Govt. properties by signing agreements with CPWD, NAWADCO, Air India and DDA for development and redevelopment of their huge properties all across the country. For exemplary work in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiated by the Government, Mittal was conferred the Swachh Bharat Ratna Award 2015 by the Swachh Bharat Trust and World Creativity Science Association.

Under Mittal’s initiatives, NBCC began incorporating maximum green features in all its new projects, such as Recycling of C&D Waste, Plastic & Domestic Waste, STP, Bio-digester Toilets, etc. Under his active guidance, NBCC volunteered proactive participation in the Government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, with the Company building Bio-digester Toilets at Mandir Marg, New Delhi, which was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 2 October 2014 while launching the Government’s Swachh Bharat Campaigns.

Memberships

Anoop Kumar Mittal is associated with various professional bodies as under:

• Executive Member, Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE)^[6]
• Chairman, Real Estate Committee of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)^[7]
• Member, Governing Council of Thapar University (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology)^[8]
• Member, All India Housing Development Association (AIHDA)
• Life Member, Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC)
• Patron Member, National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO)^[9]
• Member, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Awards and Honours

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