Chairman
About Nivedita Sharma
Nivedita Sharma is a Strategy Consultant, Spiritual Transformer, and Political Consultant with more than 20 years of consulting experience across India and Europe, working with industrial conglomerates, media houses, educational institutions, public sector undertakings, and think tanks. She has positively impacted over 100,000 leaders and contributors and more than 5 million students through large-scale programmes on ethics, leadership, and institutional transformation.
She has worked at the leadership level with the Times of India Group in a role equivalent to Chief Ethics Leader, guiding top management and key business partners on ethics-driven decision-making, strategic roadmaps, and public-impact initiatives. Her engagements with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), a major Navratna public sector company, demonstrate her ability to enhance ethics, efficiency, and coordination in large, complex organisations relevant to India’s industrial ecosystem.
Relevance to steel consumer protection
The Steel Consumer Forum operates in an environment where India has become the world’s second-largest consumer of finished steel, and policy, quality, and consumer rights issues are increasingly critical. The Forum’s role includes advising on availability, quality, and market trends of iron and steel, and supporting mechanisms that protect consumers from unfair practices in the sector.
Nivedita brings deep expertise in ethical alignment, intra-government relations, inter-departmental coordination, and national and international outreach, all of which are essential for a body that must liaise with government, industry, and consumer groups. Her experience in designing ethical frameworks and risk mitigation strategies equips her to address issues such as quality standards, fairness in pricing, and transparency for small and large steel consumers.
Alignment with steelconsumer.in mission
The Steel Consumer Forum platform focuses on representing consumer interests in the steel sector, providing information, receiving grievances, and supporting redressal related to steel quality, standards, and market conduct. As Chairperson, Nivedita can strengthen this mission by embedding a robust ethical and consumer-centric perspective into policy recommendations and stakeholder engagement.
Her ability to act as a cultural and institutional bridge between government departments, industry leaders, and citizen stakeholders aligns with the portal’s objective of transparent and accessible interaction between steel consumers and authorities. Her background in spiritual and value-based leadership also supports the Forum’s aspiration to build trust and confidence among steel consumers across India’s diverse regions and sectors.
