- Shri Bapat, before taking over the charge as the Director (Technical/Project &Planning), MCL, was posted in Coal India Limited HQ, Kolkata as Executive Director(Environment).
- He has worked in various capacities in Coal India subsidiaries WCL and SECL and has over 36 years of rich experience in Coal Mining, Planning and matters pertaining to Environment & Forest.
- Shri Bapat is resident of Pune, Maharashtra and has done Bachelor of Engineering(Mining) from Nagpur University in the year 1987. He holds First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency under the Mines Act from Directorate General of Mines Safety, Dhanbad.