Nmdc

Nmdc is situated at C/25, Sb, in Donimalai, Bellary, Karnataka. This is very much an industrial and mining township area. If you’ve ever been to Donimalai, you know it’s quite far from the main city. The office is part of the residential and administrative quarters. It’s a very functional space. Everything here is colored by that reddish dust that you find in mining areas. Our daily life involves a lot of logistics and keeping track of things. We aren't in a shiny skyscraper. It’s a simple brick building that has seen a lot of seasons. The fans are always on because it gets warm in Bellary. We have a lot of logbooks and registers. It’s a lot of manual record-keeping sometimes. The staff here mostly lives nearby in the same colony. We see each other at the market or the local canteen. It creates a very close-knit atmosphere. We don’t really do any promotion or advertising. People here know what we do and where to find us. The work is steady and follows the rhythm of the mining operations nearby. It is a practical environment where the focus is just on getting the daily tasks done without much fuss. We have our morning tea, check the schedules, and get to work. It is a very grounded way of living and working in this part of Karnataka. We just keep our heads down and do the job.