Vishal Garg selected as Director (Finance), India Optel Limited

Vishal Garg has been selected for appointment as Director (Finance), India Optel Limited (IOL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 13, 2025. Presently, he is serving as Additional General Manager (Group head, UFSC VPG, NR-VSR), NTPC Limited.

Following his selection, the PESB has recommended his name to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). Upon receiving the necessary vigilance clearances and ACC approval, Vishal Garg will be formally appointed to the post of Director (Finance).

The following 10 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:

1. Pankaj Kumar Goyal, Chief General Manager, Indian Ordnance Factories Service
2. Vijaykumar Somnath Birhade, Additional General Manager AGM (Finance), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
3. Arijit Ghosh, Additional General Manager, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
4. Anirudh Prasad Singh, General Manager, Finance, MTNL
5. Vishal Garg, Additional General Manager (Group head, UFSC VPG, NR-VSR), NTPC Limited
6. Sanjay Bharati, Director, ONGC Petroadditions Ltd (OPAL)
7. Anand Prakash Bajpai, Additional General Manager, THDC India Limited
8. Anand Kumar, Deputy General Manager, Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited
9. Mukut Bihari Singhal, Executive Director Executive Director Finance, Nbcc (India) Limited
10. Nimesh Kaushik, Chief Finance and Administrative Officer, Institute Of Nano Science And Technology