The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of India Optel Limited. The decision was taken at a selection meeting held on April 22, 2026.
The board interviewed a total of ten candidates for the post but did not recommend any of them. It has advised the Administrative Ministry or Department to explore alternative options for selection, including referring the matter to a Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) or adopting any other appropriate mechanism with the approval of the competent authority.
The development comes ahead of the superannuation of the incumbent CMD, Tushar Tripathi, who is scheduled to retire on May 31, 2026.
The following 10 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting :
- Sharmishtha Koul Sharma, Functional Director HR, India Optel Limited
- Dharmendra Kumar Madan, Chief General Manager, Officer on Special Duty (OSD)/Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Chennai,
Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited - Ajay Kumar Yerpude, Executive Director, Indian Ordnance Factories Service
- Anil Kumar Gupta, Chief General Manager, Department of Defence Production
- Sajeev Kumar Agrawal, Chief General Manager, Department of Defence Production
- Surendra Kumar, Chief General Manager, Institute of Learning, Unit of AVNL, Ambarnath, Armoured Vehicles
Nigam Limited - Pankaj Kumar Goyal, Others Controller,
- Vivek Jaiswal, Principal General Manager Enterprise Business, New Delhi, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- R Venu Gopal, Senior General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- Krishna Mohan Srivastava, Senior General Manager Business Area Head, Sitapur, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
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