Dr. A. S. Firoz, retired in 2019 from the post of Chief Economist at the Economic Research Unit of the Ministry of Steel, after having put in more than 20 years at that position. He had studied Economics in India’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, to acquire is his Masters (MA) ,M.Phil. and Doctorate (Ph.D.) degrees.
He is a well-known expert and scholar in industrial development and growth issues focused on metal and natural resource industries, energy as also energy related products. He has been working for over 34 years on steel, aluminium, coal ( coking and thermal), metallurgical coke, petroleum coke, iron ore, manganese ore, natural stones, graphite electrodes, etc.. in both Indian and global context.
While on sabbatical from his government position and prior to that, he worked on several important research projects involving coal, iron ore, steel, manganese ore and oil with industry behemoths such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, POSCO, the Aditya Birla Group, etc.. In addition, he was deeply involved in pathbreaking research works with organizations such as Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI), Hatch (UK and China), etc..
Firoz advised the government on various important policy and strategic development matters related to the iron and steel and coal and other related sectors. He is also seen as the architect of India’s Steel Policy 2017.
Currently, he is a strategy adviser on policy and economic affairs and works for multiple organizations on industry and policy related research projects of global importance, including issues such as climate change and decarbonization strategies.
Along with over five hundred publications in academic journals and newspapers, web based research publications, etc., he has addressed over one hundred and fifty international and national seminars and conferences in India and across over twenty five other countries.
S. Firoz博士于2019年从钢铁部经济研究单位的首席经济学家职位上退休，他之前已经在该职位上工作了20多年。他曾在印度著名的贾瓦哈拉尔-尼赫鲁大学（新德里）学习经济学，获得硕士（MA）、哲学硕士和博士学位。
他是工业发展和增长问题方面的知名专家和学者，重点研究领域金属和自然资源产业、能源以及能源相关产品。他在印度和全球范围内从事钢铁、铝、煤炭（焦炭和热能）、冶金焦、石油焦、铁矿、锰矿、天然石、石墨电极等方面的研究工作已超过34年。
在从政府工作之余和之前，他与必和必拓、力拓、浦项、阿迪雅-贝拉集团等行业巨头合作，开展了涉及煤炭、铁矿石、钢铁、锰矿和石油的若干重要研究项目。此外，他还深入参与了印度国际经济关系研究委员会（ICRIER）、国家应用经济研究委员会（NCAER）、印度矿产工业联合会（FIMI）、Hatch（英国和中国）等组织的开创性研究工作。
Firoz博士就与钢铁和煤炭及其他相关部门有关的各种重要政策和战略发展事项向政府提供建议。他也被看作是印度2017年钢铁政策的设计师。
目前，他是政策和经济事务的战略顾问，为多个国际组织工作，从事具有全球重要性的行业和政策相关研究项目，包括气候变化和脱碳战略等问题。
他在学术期刊和报纸，网络的研究出版物上发表了五百多篇文章，他在印度和其他二十五个国家的一百五十多个国际和国家研讨会和会议上发表过演讲。
