He will be CMD of Coal India’s largest entity
Team News Riveting
Raipur, January 28
Prem Sagar Mishra, the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), will now head South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).
The Coal Ministry today issued an order appointing Mishra as the new CMD of SECL. He will succeed A P Panda, who has been transferred as CMD of ECL.
Mishra completed his B. Tech (Mining) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in the year 1987 and obtained First Class Certificate of Competency in the year 1990. Interestingly, he started his career with SECL that he joined in the year 1987.
He worked in different managerial capacities in several mines of SECL for more than sixteen years. He also worked as Deputy Chief Mining Engineer/Project Officer in various open cast mines of Central Coalfields Limited for about five years. On being posted at BCCL in June, 2008, he worked interalia as GM of Block II Area and GM of Barora Area. He was appointed as Director (Production & Planning) of Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited in November, 2015.
He has obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Law from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. He is pursuing PhD in Management Study from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad on the topic of research “Impact assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives – A case study of Coal Mining Industry in India.”
Mishra has been a leader par excellence and he has won several Awards for over-all performance, Production, Safety, Profit, Stock liquidation, Overburden removal and for Ecological Restoration. He had conceptualized and implemented Coal Tourism at Barora Area, BCCL. He has been a resources person for delivering lectures on invitation by different academic and other institutions.
He has won several prizes in debate, extempore, elocution, essay writing, athletics and other extra-curricular activities. He has been conferred with the prestigious “CEO with HR Orientation” award by the World HRD Congress in February, 2019. He has been conferred with Indian Mine Managers Association (IMMA) “Excellence Award” in January, 2020.In recent past, the “INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC STUDIES” has conferred upon Shri Mishra with the most prestigious Award in “Leadership Innovation Excellence Award 2020 &Udyog Rattan Award” in March, 2020.