Team News Riveting
Ranchi, August 31
Akanksha Kumari, a mining graduate deployed in Churi underground mines of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), does not break only coal. She has beaten a few records too.
She became the first Woman Mining Engineer to join CCL. The woman employees have been shouldering the responsibilities ranging from officer to doctor to security guard and even running heavy machines like dumper and shovel and have excelled in each role. However, this is the first time when the core mining activity of one of the biggest coal mining companies of the world will witness the progressive change.
The enormity of her achievement can be gauged by the fact that Akanksha is the second mining engineer in the Maharatna Conglomerate Coal India Limited and the first one to work in an underground coal mine in North Karanpura area.
“No dream is impossible to achieve,” Akanksha Kumari translates the axiom into action.
A resident of Barkagaon in Hazaribagh district, Akanksha completed her schooling from Navodaya Vidyalaya. Belonging to a mining belt she witnessed coal mining activities from close quarters and was enamored by it since her childhood. Thus, she developed a natural inquisitiveness towards mines and its activities since childhood, which led her to opt for mining engineering at BIT Sindri in Dhanbad. Before joining Coal India Limited, she worked for three years in Hindustan Zinc Limited’s Balaria mines in Rajasthan. She credits her family for unflinching support to follow her dreams. She said joining Coal India Limited was fulfillment of her childhood dream and hopes to deliver her best for the company.
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi, CCL CMD P M Prasad along with all Directors and CCL Collective congratulated her and expressed hope that she will contribute to the company’s future.
The girls in the country are scaling new heights and bringing laurels in various fields. Through her hard work and perseverance Akanksha not only joined the foray of the girls who broke gender stereotypes but she will also motivate a new generation of girls to follow her lead and break more glass ceilings.
