The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on Saturday (September 20, 2025) recommended B. Sairam for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Coal India Limited (CIL). He is presently serving as CMD of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL).
Legendofficers.com had earlier reported exclusively on September 16 that PESB had scheduled the interviews for September 20 and listed the 11 shortlisted candidates. As predicted, the same panel of candidates appeared before the Board for the crucial selection round.
Following PESB’s recommendation, Sairam’s name has been forwarded to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for final approval. His appointment will be subject to the required vigilance clearances and the ACC’s nod. If cleared, he will succeed PM Prasad, the incumbent CIL Chairman, who took charge on July 1, 2023, and is due to retire on October 31, 2025.
Alongside Sairam, the following candidates were interviewed for the top post:
- Mukesh Choudhary, Director (Marketing), Coal India Limited
- Indra Dev Narayan, CMD, Mineral Exploration And Consultancy Limited (MECL)
- B. Sairam, CMD, Northern Coalfields Limited
- Nilendu Kumar Singh, CMD, Central Coalfields Limited
- Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Director (Production), National Aluminium Company Limited
- Vishwanath Suresh, Director (Commercial), NMDC Limited
- Vijay Kumar, Director (Technical), NMDC Limited
- Anuj Jain, Director (Finance), Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Hemant Kumar Das, Executive Director (Projects), Power Finance Corporation Limited
- Alok Singh, Principal Commissioner of Income Tax – 1, Rajkot, Ministry of Finance
- Dr. Pudi Hariprasad, Chief Administration Officer (CAO), Treasury & Reconciliation, Ministry of Railways
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