OREANDA-NEWS. April 06, 2012. The Honourable  President of India Mrs. Pratibha Patil presented the prestigious Padma Bhushan  Award to Mr. B Muthuraman, Vice Chairman, Tata Steel Limited in the trade and industry category on  Wednesday at a glittering function organized at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.  The function was attended by Vice-President Mr. Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr.  Manmohan Singh and a host of other dignitaries. Mr. Muthuraman is amongst the  109 Padma award winners this year. Padma Awards, the  country's highest civilian awards, are given in all disciplines/ fields of  activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering,  trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service,  etc.

Mr. Muthuraman joined Tata Steel in 1966 and has held  various positions at the Company including Vice President (Marketing &  Sales) & Vice President (Cold Rolling Mill Projects). He was appointed as  Executive Director in 2000, Managing Director of the Company in 2001 and  non-executive Vice chairman in 2009. Under his visionary leadership, Tata Steel  became a truly global company marked by some of landmark events like the  acquisition of Corus, UK and Netherlands in 2007.

Mr. Muthuraman is currently the President of Confederation  of Indian Industry. He is the Chairman of Tata International Limited on the  Boards of several companies which include, Bosch Limited, Tata Industries and  Strategic Energy Technology Systems Pvt. Ltd. He was Chairman of several Tata  Steel Group companies like Nat Steel, Singapore; Tata Steel, Thailand; Tinplate  Company of India Ltd; Dhamra Port Company Ltd.; Tata Sponge Ltd. and Tata –  Martrade International Logistics Ltd. He was also the Chairman of the Board of  Governors National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur; IIT, Kharagpur;  XLRI, Jamshedpur  and Member of the  Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras). He  is member of Governing Council of The National Institute of Design (NID). He is  also a member of the Business Advisory Council of Economic and Social  Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

Mr Muthuraman holds degrees in Bachelor of Technology in  Metallurgical Engineering from IIT, Madras and a Masters of Business  Administration from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has also completed the Advanced  Management Programme at European Centre for Executive Development, France and  has undergone the Leadership Programme at INSEAD, France. He was recently  bestowed an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa from  Loyola University, Chicago.

Mr  Muthuraman received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras in 1997 and  the Tata Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Metals in 2002. He also  received the “CEO of the Year Award” from Business Standard in 2005, “CEO with  HR Orientation Award” from World HRD Congress in 2005, Economic Times Award for  Corporate Excellence in 2008 and IIM JRD Tata Award conferred by Indian  Institute of Metals. He was recently bestowed an Honorary Degree of Doctor of  Humane Letters, Honoris Causa from Loyola University, Chicago.