Four in race for CMD's post at Coal India

PESB invited applications from candidates for the top job. The last date to apply was May 18

The bosses of four subsidiaries of Coal India are in the race to bag the top job in the mother company, as Sutirtha Bhattacharya, chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of Coal India, heads towards retirement in August this year.

According to sources, R R Mishra, CMD of Western Coalfields; A K Jha, CMD of Mahanadi Coalfields; Gopal Singh, CMD of Central Coalfields and Shekhar Saran, chairman of the Central Mine Planning & Design Institute, have applied for the new position. The source said there could be external candidates (non-Coal India) as well.

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), on March 9, invited applications from