Public Enterprises Selection Board shortlists 5 candidates for Coal India CMD post
Kolkata: The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has shortlisted five candidates including two IAS officers and two Coal IndiaNSE 1.37 % executives for the post of chairman and managing director of CIL. The post is slated to fall vacant in January 2020 and the candidates are scheduled to be interviewed during the second week of August.
Candidates in the race include Jyoti Kalash, a 1990 batch IAS officer from Nagaland cadre. His seniority is that of an additional chief secretary and he is currently the resident commissioner for Nagaland in New Delhi.
Promod Agarwal, a 1991 batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre, currently principal secretary for urban development and housing department in Madhya Pradesh, is learnt to be in the race too for the top job at Coal India.
