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Gyan Gupta joins Jindal Steel as chief AI officer
MUMBAI: Jindal Steel has named Gyan Gupta as chief AI officer, tasking him with driving a sweeping artificial intelligence overhaul across the company’s operations as it sharpens its push towards data-led, automated decision-making.
Gupta will lead AI adoption across operations, sales, supply chain, finance, HR and leadership, with a mandate that stretches well beyond pilots. His remit includes building enterprise intelligence layers, rolling out agentic AI and virtual employees, creating a custom internal AI brain, and advancing intelligent automation and robotics to improve safety, efficiency and measurable business outcomes.
The appointment signals Jindal Steel’s intent to hardwire AI into the core of its business rather than treat it as an add-on, as heavy industry races to modernise processes and cut friction at scale.
Before joining Jindal Steel, Gupta held senior roles across technology, media and digital businesses. He previously served as chief AI officer at AI in Action, founded and led Chamko, and was chief product, technology and growth officer at Bada Business. He also co-founded and ran FirstWall, and spent nearly a decade at DB Digital, where he helped scale the Dainik Bhaskar group’s digital arm into an industry leader. Earlier, at Genpact, he built and led high-growth technology and custom development practices.
As steel meets silicon, Jindal Steel is betting that intelligence, not just infrastructure, will define its next phase of growth.
