Trade and Regulatory Committee

Regulatory (Trade Related) Committee


The Regulatory Committee is assigned the task of handling matters pertaining to trade, trade remedial measures, NTBs/ TBTs, FTAs, EC/ FC, Taxes/ Duties, and Import as laid down by the Memorandum of Association of Indian Steel.



They discuss critical issues such as a review of global trade actions, technical barriers to trade, expansion of HSITC, review of MEIS under foreign trade policy, review of FTAs/RTAs, an increase of duty drawback, advocacy in RoDTEP, SIMS, DMI&SP, RCEP, CEPA. The committee also works on pursuing the enforcement of Quality Control Order(s), understanding trends in foreign value-added content and domestic value-added content in steel exports and imports by India.



The members of the Committee are as below:


  • Mr. Koustuv Kakati, Tata Steel Limited (Chairman)
  • Mr. Ajay Somasundram, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (Co-Chairman)
  • Mr. Prakash Duvvuri, JSW Steel Limited
  • Mr. Mrugank Kamdar, JSW Steel Limited
  • Ms. Aprajita Agarwal, Tata Steel Limited
  • Mr. Abishek Sinha, SAIL
  • Mr. Satyajit Mohapatra, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India
  • Mr. Arunesh Bharti, Jindal Steel & Power
  • Mr. Bansidhar Rout, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
  • Mr. V Vaidyanathan, Jindal Stainless Limited
  • Ms. Divya Tripathi , ESL Steel Limited
  • Mr. Ranjan Kr Upadhyay , Arjas Steel Pvt Ltd
  • Ms. Sarbani Ghosh, Orissa Metaliks Pvt Ltd
  • Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Rungta Mines Limited