Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited announced that the Board of Directors have approved the appointment of Mr. Sushil Kumar Roongta as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company with effect from 15 March 2017. He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. and Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd. (Vedanta Ltd. group companies). Prior to that he was the Executive Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd. from 2006-2010, during which period its ranking moved up to second position (from 17th) in the World-Class Steelmaker Rankings.