B Sairam has assumed charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL) with effect from December 15, 2025. He succeeds Sanoj Kumar Jha (IAS:1997:SK), Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Coal, who had been holding the interim charge since November 1, 2025, following the retirement of former CMD P M Prasad on October 31, 2025.
Sairam was earlier serving as CMD of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL). His name was recommended for the top post at Coal India by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on September 20, 2025.
A coal mining professional with over three decades of experience, Sairam is a mining engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Raipur, and holds an MBA in Energy Management from the NTPC School of Business. His career spans key areas such as mine operations, planning, logistics and regulatory affairs.
Before heading NCL, Sairam served as Director (Technical) at Central Coalfields Limited, another major coal-producing subsidiary of Coal India Limited.
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