CMD of Central Coalfields Limited P.M. Prasad has been recommended as the chairman of Maharatna Coal India Limited. On Friday, PSEB endorsed his name. Prasad, an Osmania University mining engineering alumnus, earned his MTech from ISM Dhanbad. Prasad will bring a wealth of knowledge and skills to his new post, having spent over four decades in the mining industry and holding various senior positions.
Prasad began his career in 1984 as an executive trainee with Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), and rose through the ranks to become General Manager of the Lingaraj area under Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).