Achyut Ghatak assumed Director (Technical) charge on Coal India Board
He started as a Junior Executive Trainee in 1989 at Western Coalfields Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CIL. He served there for 19 long years mostly in mechanized underground mines.
Achyut Ghatak assumed Director (Technical) charge on Coal India Board
New Delhi: Ministry of Coal has appointed Shri Achyut Ghatak as Director (Technical) on the Board of Coal India Limited (CIL) w.e.f the date of his assumption of charge of the post till the date of his superannuation i.e. 31.03.2028 or until further orders, whichever is the earlier. Shri Achyut Ghatak assumed the charge of Director (Technical), CIL on 23rd Jan’25.
Achyut Ghatak, Director (Tech) obtained his Degree in Mining Engineering in 1989 from Govt College of Engineering & Tech, Raipur & obtained his first-class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency in 1993.
Prior to joining CIL as Director (Technical), Shri. Ghatak was working as Director (RD&T) in CMPDI, a mining consultancy subsidiary of CIL w.e.f. 01.10.2023.
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About Achyut Ghatak Career
He started his career as a Junior Executive Trainee in 1989 at Western Coalfields Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CIL and served there for 19 long years mostly in mechanized underground mines. After Aug, 2008, he served at CIL HQ Kolkata in the important departments of Project Monitoring & Corporate Planning.
Shri. Ghatak played a key role in following areas:
- Use of MS-Project for first time in CIL for monitoring & implementation of coal mining projects
- Preparing the roadmap for 1 Bt plan of CIL
- Formulating & Implementing the underground vision plan of CIL.
- Formulation of vision 2047 of CIL & assisting preparation of MoC’s vision 2047 document.
- Instrumental in starting NaCCER Phase I, the new R&D Center at CMPDIL.
- Key Person in formulation of CMPDIL @ 2047 In his official capacity, he has visited various countries and has vast experience in underground mining and operational planning which shall greatly benefit CIL.