Business biography: How Jatinder Mehra, former Executive Director of SAIL, rebuilt its workforce

Jatinder Mehra, a former Executive Director of India's SAIL steel company, forged his management style during the 1970s at Rourkela, where he faced intense pressure from powerful labor unions. According to Scroll.in, unions frequently struck and pressured management to circumvent legal and operational protocols, but Mehra stood firm on integrity. He credits that experience with teaching him to build systems that prevent crises rather than simply react to them—an approach that would define his later leadership.

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