Team News Riveting
Kolkata, January 24
Achyut Ghatak on Thursday assumed the charge of Director (Technical) at the Coal India Limited (CIL).
The Ministry of Coal vide letter No. 21/23/2023- ESTABLISHMENT-(B) dated 23.01.2025 has inter alia, appointed 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, CIL said in a regulatory filing today. He assumed the charge of Director (Technical), CIL on January 23, 2025, the company said.
Ghatak obtained his Degree in Mining Engineering in 1989 from Govt College of Engineering and Tech, Raipur and obtained his first class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency in 1993. 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 August 2008, he served at CIL HQ Kolkata in the important departments of Project Monitoring and Corporate Planning.
He played a key role in the use of MS-Project for first time in CIL for monitoring and implementation of coal mining projects, preparing the roadmap for 1 Bt plan of CIL, formulating and implementing the underground vision plan of CIL, formulation of vision 2047 of CIL and assisting preparation of MoC’s vision 2047 document and instrumental in starting NaCCER Phase I, the new R&D Center at CMPDIL. Ghatak was 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. Prior to joining CIL as Director (Technical), Ghatak was working as Director (RD&T) in CMPDI, a mining consultancy subsidiary of CIL w.e.f.01.10.2023.
