Additional coal secretary Suresh Kumar appointed CIL CMD

30th April 2018

The union coal ministry has appointed additional coal secretary Suresh Kumar chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd (CIL). Kumar has taken charge with effect from Monday, the state-owned miner announced in a regulatory filing.

CIL has not had a full-time chairman and managing director for the past eight months since Sutirtha Bhattacharya retired in August.

Kumar replaces Gopal Singh, who was brought in from Central Coalfields Ltd, a subsidiary where he was the chairman.

A CIL official who asked not to be named said the government had been trying to find someone suitable for the job for almost a year. Singh was initially appointed for a six-month term, which was later extended, he added.

Source: LIVEMINT