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Photo for representation purposes only. Senior IAS officer S Bhattacharya has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of state-run miner Coal India (CIL).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had, a couple of days back, cleared Bhattacharya for the top job, an official said adding that the order for his appointment has been made.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) had in November recommended the name of S Bhattacharya, a 1985 batch IAS officer, for the post of CMD of Coal India, the world's largest miner.
Bhattacharya takes over the charge from Additional Secretary (Coal) AK Dubey who was given the additional charge as CMD of CIL from June 26.
CIL was without a full time chief for the past six months. S Narsing Rao, an IAS officer of 1986 batch from Andhra Pradesh Cadre, had resigned from the post in May.
Bhattacharya, is currently the CMD of Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL).
The appointment of a new chief will help the company to evolve strategies for achieving an annual coal production of 1 billion tonnes by 2019.
CIL had missed the production target of 482 million tonnes in the 2013-14 financial year, with an output of 462 MT.
Bhattacharya was widely viewed as a front runner for the job. "Search-cum-Selection committee recommended the name (of S Bhattacharya) for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Coal India Limited (CIL)," PESB had said on its website.
The PESB recommended Bhattacharya's name from among 12 contenders who were interviewed for the key post. Candidates interviewed included Nagendra Kumar, Director (Technical), CIL; Gopal Singh CMD, Central Coalfields; and NK Nanda, Director (Technical) NMDC, PESB said.
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