The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is scheduled to conduct interviews on June 18, 2026 for selection to the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL).
As per information available, as many as 12 candidates from different organisations have been shortlisted for the selection process.
The shortlisted candidates are:
- Om Prakash, Executive Director, Coal India Limited
- Anand, Executive Director, Coal India Limited
- Anjani Kumar, Executive Director, Coal India Limited
- Pawan Kumar Mishra, Director (Finance), Central Coalfields Limited
- Md Anzar Alam, Director (Finance), Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Darla Sunil Kumar, Director (Finance), South Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, Director (T&O), Central Coalfields Limited
- Ramesh C Mohapatra, Director (Tech), South Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Director (Production), National Aluminium Company Limited
- Piyush Mittal, Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- N Franklin Jayakumar, Director (Tech), South Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Anup Kumar Satpathy, Principal Chief Safety Officer, SEC Railway
Notably, the post of CMD, NCL has remained vacant since December 16, 2025 after B Sairam assumed charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Coal India Limited with effect from December 15, 2025.
Subsequently, Coal India Limited entrusted additional charge of CMD, NCL to B Sairam, who continues to hold the responsibility.
Earlier, PESB had invited applications for the post on February 20, 2026.
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