Pawan Kumar Agarwal

Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal is a senior SAIL leader with nearly three and a half decades of experience across finance, risk management, project appraisal, materials management, treasury, taxation, budgeting, corporate strategy, marketing and governance. He is currently Head of Finance at SAIL Corporate Office.

A Commerce graduate from Xavier’s College, Kolkata, Mr. Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant and a CWA, now known as CMA. After serving at Durgapur Steel Plant from 1995 to 1999, he moved to SAIL Corporate Office in Delhi, where he has handled several strategic assignments, including the merger of IISCO Steel Plant, Chandrapur Ferro-Alloys Plant and Bharat Refractories Limited into SAIL.

He played a key role in raising resources for SAIL’s expansion from about 12 MTPA to 20 MTPA, involving around Rs. 80,000 crore, and was actively involved in the “SAIL Uday” turnaround initiative with BCG. During his first year as in-charge of finance, SAIL’s FY’26 financial results were finalised free from previously appearing audit qualifications, with “NIL” comments from the C&AG auditors.

Mr. Agarwal also contributes to coal procurement, project appraisal and revenue maximisation initiatives. He is a permanent invitee to several key corporate committees and serves as a nominee director on the Board of mjunction services limited. He is also nominated to the Board of SAIL Global IFSC Limited, a 100% subsidiary of SAIL conceptualised under his guidance and leadership.

Known for his collaborative leadership, forward-thinking approach, accountability, adaptability and resilience, Mr. Agarwal has made significant contributions to SAIL’s policy making, strategy formulation and organisational growth.