Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited announced appointment of Shri Shalabh Tyagi, JS (Personnel & Coordination), as Government Nominee of Director on the Board w.e.f. December 8, 2023 in place of Shri Surendra Prasad Yadav JS (LS). The tenure of Shri Surendra Prasad Yadav as Government Nominee Director of the Company has ceased. Shri Shalabh Tyagi is a distinguished member of the 1997 batch (1996 exam batch) of Indian Railway Services of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) and a graduate in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

He has served in various capacities across the Public sector, Railways, and other ministries in the areas for production, development and induction of new technologies, standardization of specifications, design, development and commissioning of rolling stock, Safety Certification and Audits of Railway Assets etc. He has international exposure of various manufacturing and testing facilities related to Railway infrastructure in Germany, China, Denmark and Belgium. While working with Railways, he was instrumental in successful designing and commissioning of first Air- Conditioned Metro Rake for Kolkata Metro.

He also played crucial role in Hon'ble Prime Minister vision of "Mission 100% Electrification" of Indian Railways broad gauge network, where almost 400% increase in annual commissioning of new lines Electrification was achieved during his tenure. Currently he is serving as Joint Secretary (Personnel & Coordination) in the Department of Defense Production, Ministry of Defence. He is also a Government Nominee Director on the Boards of Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited, and India Optel Limited.