Team News Riveting
Raipur, August 9
The Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Dr Prem Sagar Mishra has been given extension till January 31, 2025.
“The Director to the Government of India, Ministry of Coal, New Delhi has conveyed the approval of the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet for extension of tenure of Dr P S Mishra, CMD, SECL, beyond August 19, 2023 till date of his superannuation i.e. January 31, 2025 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” a notification issued by the Coal India Limited (CIL) said.
Dr Mishra took over as the CMD of SECL, a Chhattisgarh-based entity of the CIL, in January 2022. A B. Tech (Mining) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in the year 1987, he 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.
Under the leadership of Dr. Mishra, SECL had recorded the highest increase in coal production in a single year in the last financial year, while in the current financial year, SECL has touched the figure of 50 MT dispatch and production at the fastest pace ever.
