People Move · September 2026
Dilip Sinha joins Super Smelters as President & CHRO
Dilip Sinha joins Super Smelters as President & CHRO, bringing over 28 years of HR leadership experience.
Dilip Sinha joins Super Smelters
Super Smelters Limited has appointed Dilip Sinha as its new President & Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), bringing more than 28 years of experience in human resources and people leadership. He joins the company with extensive experience across steel, metals, mining, manufacturing and retail.
Super Smelters is strengthening its senior HR leadership with the appointment ofDilip Sinha as President & CHRO. Sinha brings a career spanning business HR, talent management, organisational development, HR transformation and leadership development, with experience across several major Indian business groups.
HR leadership across steel, metals and retail
Sinha’s professional journey has included senior HR leadership rolesacross some of India’s prominent organisations.
Before joining Super Smelters, Sinha served as President & CHRO – Angul at Jindal Steel & Power, where he was responsible for the people function and HR strategy for the organisation’s Angul operations.
Prior to this, he was associated with Vedanta Aluminium as Chief Human Resources Officer, where he worked on people strategy, organisational development and HR initiatives within the metals and mining business.
Sinha also spent a significant part of his career with JSW Steel, where he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Human Resources. His responsibilities included HR transformation, digital HR, organisational development and strengthening people capabilities.
His earlier career includes senior HR roles at Reliance Retail, where he gained experience within one of India’s largest retail businesses. He has also served as Group Head & CHRO at Rajan Raheja Group, along with leadership positions at ASTARC Group and Future Group.
Across these organisations, Sinha has built expertise in managing large workforces, developing leadership capabilities and aligning people strategy with business objectives.
Sinha completed his education at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, before pursuing an MBA in Human Resources from Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi.
Education and strategic HR experience
His academic background in human resources, combined with more than two decades of corporate experience, has supported his career in strategic HR leadership and organisational transformation.
Over the years, his professional exposure across different industries and business environments has helped him develop a broad understanding of people management, workforce strategy and organisational growth.
As President & Chief Human Resources Officer at Super Smelters, Sinha will take on a broad people leadership mandate.
People leadership mandate at Super Smelters
His role will involve strengthening areas such as people strategy, talent management, organisational development, leadership development, workforce capability and HR transformation.
His experience in the metals and manufacturing sector also gives him relevant exposure to the people challenges of large, operationally intensive organisations.
The appointment places Sinha in a key position to connect people strategy with business growth, while strengthening leadership pipelines, organisational capabilities and workforce readiness.
Sinha’s appointment marks another important chapter in his long HR leadership career. His experience across Jindal Steel & Power, Vedanta Aluminium, JSW Steel, Reliance Retail, Future Group and other organisations gives him exposure to diverse business environments.
Supporting organisational and business growth
At Super Smelters, his focus will now be on strengthening the company’s people capabilities and supporting its broader organisational and business objectives.
His experience in HR transformation, leadership development and organisational strategy will be particularly relevant as the manufacturing and metals sector continues to focus on productivity, talent retention and future workforce capabilities.
Dilip Sinha’s appointment at Super Smelters marks an important continuation of his long-standing leadership journey across the industrial sector.
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With experience across Jindal Steel & Power, Vedanta Aluminium and JSW Steel, Sinha brings a strong understanding of the people challenges that come with large-scale manufacturing and metals businesses. His earlier exposure to retail and other sectors also adds a broader perspective to his HR leadership experience.
His move to Super Smelters is significant because the role of the CHRO in industrial organisations increasingly extends beyond workforce management. Talent development, leadership capability, organisational effectiveness, productivity and workforce readiness are becoming critical to long-term business growth.
For Super Smelters, Sinha’s appointment brings an experienced people leader at a time when organisations across the manufacturing sector are focusing on building stronger leadership pipelines and future-ready workforces.
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