Seven candidates to appear for an interview before Public Enterprises Selection Board on November 25 for selection of next chairman of CIL

Seven candidates will appear for an interview before the Public Enterprises Selection Board on November 25 for selection of the next chairman of Coal India Ltd.Mr Partha S. Bhattacharyya, the present Chairman, will be retiring on February 28, 2011.

According to sources, the candidates are Mr R. Mohan Das, Director (personnel and Industrial relation) of CIL; Mr T.K. Lahiry; Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL); Mr V.K. Singh, CMD of Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL); Mr B.C. Garg, CMD of Western Coalfields Ltd; Mr B.L. Bagra, Director Finance of National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco); Mr A.B.L. Srivastava, Director Finance of NHPC Ltd; and Mr S.K. Rishi, Managing Director of Braithwaite & Co (India) Ltd.

Equipment purchase

Meanwhile, sources say that the board of directors of Coal India Ltd (CIL) today approved purchase of 22 heavy duty dozers for open cast mining projects worth close to Rs 400 crore from L&T and Caterpillar.The purchase is covered by seven-year spares supply and maintenance warranty. L&T will supply 16 Komatsu dozers of 850hp.