Team News Riveting
Kolkata, December 25
The Ministry of Coal vide has appointed Mukesh Choudhary as Director (Marketing) on the Board of Coal India Limited (CIL).
Choudhary, who assumed the charge on December 23, has been appointed for a period of 5 years from the date of his assumption of charge of the post or until further orders whichever is earlier. Choudhary assumed the charge from Dr. B. Veera Reddy, Director (Technical) CIL who was additionally officiating as Director (Marketing) since May of this year.
Prior to taking up the reins of CIL marketing division’s top spot, he was Deputy Director General, Department of Defense Production in the Ministry of Defense. An Officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Services (IOFS) 1996 batch, Choudhary is a Mechanical Engineering (Honours) graduate from Engineering College Kota. He also holds a Master of Financial Analysis (MFA) degree and an MBA degree.
Importantly for CIL, Choudhary is well versed in the finer nuances of country’s coal demand supply chain and of CIL’s marketing system on the back of his six and half year exposure as Director (Coal Production and Despatch) in the Ministry of Coal where his functions included monitoring coal supplies, transport logistics and marketing policies. He also served on the boards of three government owned coal companies – MCL, SECL, NLTPL, NCL, SCCL and CMDPI.
At a time when CIL’s coal supplies have peaked to record high levels, especially to the major coal consuming power sector, and coal demand is expected to shoot up, spurred by the increased electricity generation in the country, Choudhary’s experience will help in tackling the challenging issues.
