Coal India Limited (CIL), a state owned Maharatna coal mining company, announced the appointment of Mukesh Choudhary as Director (Marketing) on the company’s Board of Directors, with effect from December 23, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “Ministry of Coal vide letter no. 21/27/2021-ESTABLISHMENT dated 22nd Nov’2022 has appointed Shri Mukesh Choudhary as Director (Marketing) on the Board of Coal India Limited (CIL) for a period of 5 years w.e.f the date of his assumption of charge of the post or until further orders whichever is earlier. He has assumed the charge on 23rd Dec’2022(A/N).”
Prior to taking up the reins of CIL marketing division’s top slot, Choudhary was Deputy Director General, Department of Defense Production, Ministry of Defense. Choudhary assumed the charge from Dr. B. Veera Reddy, Director (Technical) CIL who was additionally officiating as Director (Marketing) since May of this year.
An Officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Services (IOFS) 1996 batch, Choudhary is a Mechanical Engineering (Honours) graduate from Engineering College Kota. He also holds a Master of Financial Analysis (MFA) degree and a MBA degree.
Importantly for CIL, Choudhary is well versed in the finer nuances of country’s coal demand supply chain and of CIL’s marketing system on the back of his six and half year exposure as Director (Coal Production and Despatch) in the Ministry of Coal where his functions included monitoring coal supplies, transport logistics and marketing policies, the statement said.
He also served on the boards of three government owned coal companies – MCL, SECL, NLTPL, NCL, SCCL and CMDPI. At a time when CIL’s coal supplies have peaked to record high levels, especially to the major coal consuming power sector, and coal demand is expected to shoot up, spurred by the increased electricity generation in the country, Mr. Choudhary’s experience will help in tackling the challenging issues, according to the company’s statement.
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