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I could see that the company was built
on a really strong base and if we added

sharper engineering and newer processes,
we could reach a different level.

CHAITANYA JALAN
Executive Director, Ramkrishna Forgings

Legacy, Engineered for Scale
Ramkrishna has evolved from a regional forging unit into a
Chaitanya Jalan is Executive Director at Ramkrishna global supplier. What was the single insight or moment that
Forgings Limited (RKFL), one of India’s leading made you personally decide to join the family business and
manufacturers of forged and machined components accelerate its transformation into higher-value products like
serving the automotive, railways and industrial sectors. warm/cold forgings and castings?
He has been part of the company’s leadership since I can’t point to one big turning point. It was more like a
2016 and is actively involved in overseeing plant series of moments piling up. I grew up inside this world,
operations, driving execution across capacity expansion factory visits with my father, hearing the clatter of machines,
projects and strengthening the company’s presence in watching the way people handled steel and pressure and
domestic and global markets. timelines. So when I finally joined, I did not feel like an
outsider walking in. But I also did not want to just follow
A commerce graduate from St. Xavier’s College, what existed. I could see that the company was built on a
Kolkata, Chaitanya represents the next generation really strong base, and if we added sharper engineering and
of leadership at Ramkrishna Forgings. He plays an newer processes, we could reach a different level.
important role in shaping the company’s growth
agenda, with a focus on operational excellence, India was changing fast, manufacturing was getting more
sophisticated, and I did not want us to miss that wave.
technology adoption and long-term strategic expansion, So, it felt like the perfect time to push into warm and cold
while also contributing to governance across group forgings, castings and global markets and that’s really how
entities. the shift began, bit by bit, with the idea that the legacy and
the future could sit side by side.

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