Exhibit 23.5


(SRK CONSULTING (UK) LTD LETTERHEAD)


Our ref: SIIL F1 Consent - HZL - 29 May 07.doc                       29 May 2007

The Directors
Sterlite Industries (India) Limited
Vedanta
75 Nehru Road,
Vile Parle (East)
Mumbai
Maharashtra 400 099
INDIA


Dear Sirs,


This is a letter to confirm that SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd, hereinafter referred
to as SRK, a mining consulting firm based in Cardiff, United Kingdom, has
reviewed the ore reserve estimates prepared by the engineers and geologists of
Hindustan Zinc Limited, hereinafter referred to as HZL.


SRK visited HZL's principal mines and deposits in April 2006 to audit the 2006
resource and reserve statement and to verify that the results were being stated
according to the guidelines of the 2004 version of the Australasian Code for
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves published
by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC Code). SRK has not independently
verified or re-calculated the base information supporting the Mineral Resource
estimates as derived from borehole and assay data. SRK has, however, reviewed
the data collection, assaying and handling procedures deemed appropriate in
order to place an appropriate level of confidence on such information.

SRK is of the opinion that the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve statements
contained in the Registration Statement are reported in accordance with the
terms and definitions of the JORC Code. SRK is also of the opinion that should
the Ore Reserve statement be reported in accordance with the terms defined by
the SEC guideline Industry Guide 7, that the Ore Reserve statement would be
identical.



SRK hereby consents to the use of our confirmation of the ore reserve estimates
as of 31 March 2006 in relation to the properties listed below, in this
Registration Statement of Sterlite Industries (India) Limited on Form F-1.
Further SRK consents to being named as "Experts" in the Registration Statement
and to being referred to in the section "Basis of Presentation of Reserves". SRK
also consents to having this letter filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.


The specific assets reviewed by SRK comprise:
     o   Rampura Agucha
     o   Rajpura Dariba mines including Sindesar Khurd
     o   The Zawar group of mines including Mochia, Balaria, Zawarmala and Baroi

SRK has reviewed the Registration Statement and does not have any reason to
believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information derived from
SRK's review reports or that the written disclosure of Sterlite Industries
(India) Limited contains any misrepresentations of the information contained in
SRK's review reports.

For and on behalf of SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd




/s/ David Pearce
David Pearce
Director / Principal Mining Engineer
FAusIMM, CPMin, M.Eng, MBA