Manoj Kumar Agarwal has been selected for appointment as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 12, 2025. He is currently serving as Director (Technical/P&P) in BCCL.
Following his selection, the PESB has recommended his name to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). Subject to the necessary vigilance clearances and ACC approval, he will be formally appointed to the top post.
Notably, incumbent CMD Samiran Dutta is scheduled to retire on August 31, 2025. Dutta was appointed CMD on December 27, 2021.
The following 11 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:
- Md Anzar Alam, Director (Finance), Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Darla Sunil Kumar, Director(Finance) -Finance HOD., South Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Dr. Hemant Sharad Pande, Functional Director Director Personnel, Western Coalfields Limited
- Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Director(Technical/P&P), Bharat Coking Coal Limited
- Kalyanjee Prasad, General Manager (Rajrappa Area), Central Coalfields Limited
- Chitranjan Kumar, Area General Manager at Bokaro and Kargali Area, Central Coalfields Limited
- Yogendra Prasad Shukla, Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) and Managing Director HFL, HOCL.
- Dibendu Das, Director (Finance), Engineering Projects (India) Limited
- N Franklin Jayakumar, Director (Technical), South Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Naveen Kumar Singh, Chief Material Manager CMM-II/SECR/Bilaspur, Indian Railway Stores Service
- Rakesh Kumar Rousan, Executive Director, Business Development, Railway Board, Ministry of Raikways.
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