[9] He also holds Advanced Management degrees from International Center for Promotion of Enterprises, (ICPE), Slovenia and Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

[10] After taking charge as chairman and managing director of National Aluminium Company on 27 July 2015, he asked his team to renegotiate contracts with the aim of reducing procurement costs by 20%, which would save Nalco nearly 100 crores.

He won the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding performance as an executive for his initiatives and efforts to improve the organization.

His efforts and initiatives in the areas of corporate social responsibility and welfare earned the company a good name and the membership of UN Global Compact.

[13][14][15][16][17] A book titled ‘Aluminium: The Future Metal’, authored by Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand was released by Union Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Indore in July 2019.

The book was also gifted to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India by the author at Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar.