Dr. Suman Majumdar
Chief Sustainability Officer,
JSW Group
Dr S Majumdar has been with the JSW Group since 2014 as its Chief Sustainability Officer, and is a member of several Expert Groups, Advisory Councils and Committees of leading organisations such as the IFC, Worldsteel Association, GRI, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, CII, FICCI and IIT-Bombay.
He has 28 years of experience in diverse fields such as corporate sustainability, ESG, integrated reporting, environment and energy management, climate change, business excellence, biodiversity, LCA and industrial safety. He has led policy advocacy, applied research, capacity building and consulting work in various industry sectors, and is familiar with emerging issues for business.
Dr Majumdar has been a reputed corporate trainer, and lead auditor for SA 8000 management systems. He currently leads the JSW-Times of India Earth Care Awards, and led the CII-ITC Sustainability Awards since its inception in 2006 till 2013. Dr Majumdar served as the Principal Investigator for the Preparation of India’s Second National Communication on GHG Emission Inventory by the Government of India to the UN for the Industrial Processes & Product Use (IPPU) sector. He also led the development of India Business & Biodiversity Initiative (IBBI) of CII and MoEFCC.
He has a Ph.D. and M.Tech. in Environmental Sciences & Engineering from IIT Bombay, and M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from JNU, New Delhi. Dr Majumdar has ranked 1st in India in GATE, was awarded the Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund Prize for ranking 1st in the University in M.Sc., and won the gold medal for 1st rank in the University in B.Sc.