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'''Mantosh Sondhi''' was an [[IOFS]] officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1956.83|title=Gazette of India, 1956, No. 83|first=Government of India|last=Directorate of Printing|date=March 24, 1956|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He served as the first General Manager of the [[Heavy Vehicles Factory]],<ref name="auto">{{Cite web| title=Second international conference on emerging trends in project management | url=https://www.cepm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/global-symposium-1993-brochure.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327214709/https://www.cepm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/global-symposium-1993-brochure.pdf | archive-date=2024-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/lateral-entry-in-modi-government-why-oppositions-objection-is-double-speak-what-indira-manmohan-did/1203105/|title=Lateral entry in Modi government: Why Opposition's objection is double-speak – What Indira, Manmohan did|date=June 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avCcEAAAQBAJ&dq=mantosh+sondhi+ordnance+factory&pg=PT35 | isbn=979-8-88815-694-0 | title=MEMOries: Journal of a Bureaucrat's Life | date=19 November 2022 | publisher=Notion Press }}</ref> one of the 41 [[Indian Ordnance Factories]]. He was the founding Chairman & Managing Director of [[Bokaro Steel Plant]]. He was the first IOFS officer and first non-IAS officer to hold the posts of [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] of [[Ministry of Heavy Industries]], [[Ministry of Steel]], [[Ministry of Mines (India)|Ministry of Mines]] and [[Ministry of Coal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/features/story/how-i-changed-the-business-of-lobbying-244477-2009-11-26|title=How I changed the business of lobbying|date=November 26, 2009|website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/lateral-recruitments-defence-ministry-1502650365.html|title=Lateral recruitments in Defence ministry|first=Statesman News|last=Service|website=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=June 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEViAAAAMAAJ&q=mantosh+sondhi+ordnance+factory | title=Seminar on Steel Foundry Technology in the Eighties, 30th Sep.-1st Oct., 1983, New Delhi: Background Paper | date=1983 | publisher=Steel & Alloy Steel Foundry Division, Association of Indian Engineering Industry }}</ref> He studied engineering at the [[University of London]].<ref name="auto"/>
He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1968 by the [[President of India]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/1968.pdf | title=Gazette of India | date=1968-01-26 | website=www.padmaawards.gov.in}}</ref> In 1995, he was decorated as [[Order of the Lion of Finland|Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland]] by the [[President of Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=SANSCO SERVICES - Annual Reports Library Services | url=https://www.reportjunction.com/Preview/DCM-Shriram-Limited-2002-52699.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402202532/https://www.reportjunction.com/Preview/DCM-Shriram-Limited-2002-52699.htm | archive-date=2024-04-02}}</ref> The headquarters of [[Confederation of Indian Industry]] is named in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cii.in/Contact_Us.aspx?enc=k/npf7v3hdLhlrkauNIjpQ==|title=CII Contact Us|website=www.cii.in}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Atomic Energy Commission of India]]. He also served as the Chairman of several MNCs such as [[Ashok Leyland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timescontent.timesgroup.com/photo/business/Mantosh-Sondhi/35607|title=Mantosh Sondhi Business Photo Mantosh Sondhi, Chairman ...|website=Times Of India}}</ref> [[ABB]], [[Wärtsilä]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wartsila.com/media/news/13-11-2006-the-4th-wartsila-mantosh-sondhi-award-conferred-upon-national-thermal-power-corporation|title=The 4th Wärtsilä-Mantosh Sondhi Award conferred upon National Thermal Power Corporation|website=Wartsila.com}}</ref> His son is Vipin Sondhi, former CEO and MD of [[JCB (heavy equipment manufacturer)|JCB]] India and [[Ashok Leyland]].

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Marinaupu at 13:47, 30 October 2025