CCL CMD, P M Prasad Recommended for Coal India, Chairman

New Delhi: Public enterprises selection board (PESB) on May 3, recommended Mr Polavarapu Mallikharjuna Prasad for the post of Chairman and Managing Director at Coal India Limited.

Currently,  P M Prasad is serving as CMD at Central Coalfields Limited. PESB interviewed applicants from ECL, CMPDIL, NMDC Limited, BSNL, Indian Administrative Service, and Indian Revenue Service (IT).

 

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The following applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:

1 Mr. AMBIKA PRASAD PANDA, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Eastern Coalfields Limited
2 Mr. POLAVARAPU MALLIKHARJUNA PRASAD, Chairman & Managing Director, Central Coalfields Ltd.
3 Mr. MANOJ KUMAR, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd (CMPDIL)
4 Mr. AMITAVA MUKHERJEE, Director(Finance), NMDC Limited
5 Mr. PRABHU DAYAL CHIRANIA, Senior General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
6 Mr. ASHOK BARNWAL, Additional Chief Secretary, Indian Administrative Service
7 Mr. ALOK SINGH, Commissioner of Income Tax, Indian Revenue Service (IT)

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Back in 2020, he took charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), he put up 36 years of experience in the varied facets of operations and management. Shri Prasad is a mining engineer from Osmania University. He did M.Tech in ‘Open-Cast Mining’ from the Indian School of Mines (IIT- ISM), Dhanbad.

Shri Prasad is renowned for his interpersonal skills and is a firm believer in teamwork and possesses excellent technical expertise. Under his guidance, the company is poised to attain new milestones and scale further heights of success.

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