Subhrakant  Panda  is  Managing  Director  of  Indian Metals  &  Ferro  Alloys  Ltd  (www.imfa.in)  which  was established in 1961 and is today the country's leading producer  of  value  added  ferro  chrome  with  own chrome ore mines and captive power generation. He serves  as  Trustee  of  the  Bansidhar  &  Ila  Panda Foundation (www.bipf.org.in) which is the CSR arm of IMFA and is named after its Founders. 

He  is  President  of  the  Federation  of  Indian  Chambers  of  Commerce  &  Industry (FICCI),  India's  apex  business  chamber,  having  earlier  served  as  Chairman  of  the Odisha State Council and the National Manufacturing Committee. He is Past President (2017-18) of the International Chamber of Commerce (India Chapter) and is also only the  third  Indian  to  have  been  elected  President  (2013-15)  of  the  Paris-based International Chromium Development Association (ICDA). 

Mr Panda graduated with honours summa cum laude from  the Questrom School of Business,  Boston  University  in  1993  with  a  dual  concentration  in  Finance  and Operations  Management.  He  has  been  recognised  for  his  outstanding  scholastic achievement by being named to the Beta Gamma Sigma Honour Society for Collegiate Schools of Business and Golden Key National Honour Society. 

He is a keen reader and his interests include technology.