The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has recommended Ghanshyam Das Gupta for appointment as Director (Mining) of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL). The recommendation was made after interviews conducted by the PESB on January 23, 2026.
Ghanshyam Das Gupta is currently serving as Executive Director (Unit Head) at Hindustan Copper Limited. His name will now be forwarded to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for final approval, subject to vigilance clearance and completion of other prescribed formalities.
The PESB had invited applications for the post on August 26, 2025, with September 23, 2025 fixed as the last date for submission of applications.
The post of Director (Mining) has remained vacant since March 22, 2025, following the assumption of charge by Sanjiv Kumar Singh as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Copper Limited. Subsequently, Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Director (Operations), HCL, was entrusted with the additional charge of Director (Mining) on March 28, 2025.
The candidates interviewed by the Public Enterprises Selection Board were:
- Ghanshyam Das Gupta, Executive Director UNIT HEAD, Hindustan Copper Limited
- Nagesh Shenoy, Executive Director, Hindustan Copper Limited
- Umesh Singh, Executive Director (Mining ) Corporate Centre, Hindustan Copper Limited
- Abhimanue Singh, Executive Director Unit Head – Taloja Copper Project and Gujarat Copper Project, Hindustan Copper Limited
- Binod Kumar Gupta, Executive Director (Mining)/HCL Corporate Office, Kolkata, Hindustan Copper Limited
- Purshotam Das Bohra, General Manager (Mines), Hindustan Copper Limited
- Tarak Nath Nayak, General Manager General Manager (Engineering Services), Hindustan Copper Limited
- Navin Dubey, Chief General Manager (NMDC GLOBAL), NMDC Limited
- T Shiva Kumar, Chief General Manager, NMDC Limited
- Vijaya Kumar S, Executive Director Project Head/ Barsingsar Project, NLC India Limited
- Binay Kumar, Managing Director and CEO, ICVI
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