Arvind Pande has worked as the chairman and CEO of SAIL from January 1997 to September 2002. During this period as chairman, he led the company in a major transformation and turnaround, facing challenges after decontrol of the steel industry and entry of new private players and supplies from overseas players. He joined the Board of SAIL as a full time functional director in August 1986, in different areas such as corporate planning, personnel, finance, Rourkela Steel Plant, and special steel plants. He worked as a vice chairman from 1992 to 1997.
After superannuation, he was an independent director in several private and public sector companies such as HDFC Bank, Coal India Ltd, Sandhar Technologies Ltd and Visa Steel. He chaired the Board of Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd which, along with Changi Airport of Singapore, have built the first private greenfield airport at Durgapur in West Bengal.
He advised POSCO (South Korean steel company) for several years and chaired J-PAL South Asia (2009–2012). He was the member of Government of India Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (2004–2014) and member of conciliation board for ONGC, NTPC, NBCC.
Arvind Pande had joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1965 and has had varied experience in different districts.
