Sri Adbdul Saleem (The Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores Ltd) is a graduate in Commerce (B. Com) and Law (LLB) from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi. He garnered vast experience working with an organisation dealing with ferroalloy and power businesses before joining SMIORE as a Company Secretary in 2005. While serving as Company Secretary and later as the Chief General Manager of Mines, Saleem played a crucial role during the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s suspension to resumption of mining operations arising due to a PIL regarding illegal mining.
He has significantly contributed to the Company by streamlining safe, systematic and scientific mining operations and ensuring compliances, which has resulted in both the mining leases of SMIORE being awarded Five Star Rating consecutively for the 8th time by the Ministry of Mines, and National Safety Award by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India. Saleem has also played the role of SMIORE’s nominee director on the boards of a couple of companies and contributed to their revival. In April 2020, he was appointed as the Director (Mines).
