Appointed by the Board with effect from 26th June, 2023, Shri U Saravanan, C&MD of National Fertilizers Limited serves in the capacity of Chairman & Non-Executive Director on the Board of Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited.

Shri U Saravanan is the C&MD of National Fertilizers Limited since 16th June 2023. Prior to this, he was serving as C&MD of another fertilizer CPSE, Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL).

A Chemical Engineer from Anna University and MBA from University of Madras, Sh Saravanan has a wide experience spanning over 33 years covering both Oil Refinery and Fertilizer Industries. He is a senior member of American Institute of Chemical Engineer and a Life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

He has completed a graduate training on Process Design conducted by M/s UOP at Chicago, USA. He has also worked in Project Team for pre-commissioning and commissioning activities of Petrochemical project at Rayong, Thailand under Toyo Engineering, Japan.

Prior to taking over as C&MD of MFL, he was Director (Technical) of the company and also held additional charge as Director (Technical) of another fertilizer CPSE, FACT, Cochin for more than a year. He was also a board member of Indian Potash Limited, Fertilizers Association of India and Fortune Biotech and a member of state level committee on standardization constituted by Government of Tamil Nadu.

As C&MD, MFL, Shri U Saravanan is credited for turning around the company into a profit making one. During his tenure as C&MD in MFL the feed stock conversion from Naptha to RLNG was completed successfully.