Shri Pramod Agrawal takes over as chairman CIL

Shri Pramod Agrawal takes over as chairman CIL

KOLKATA. Shri. Pramod Agrawal, an IAS Officer of the Madhya Pradesh Cadre 1991 batch, has assumed charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Coal India Ltd. Prior to assuming charge as CMD, CIL, Shri. Agrawal was the Principal Secretary, Department of Technical Education, Skill Development & Employment and Department of Labour, Government of Madhya Pradesh.
 
A Graduate (B.Tech) in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai (1986), Mr. Agrawal completed his Post-Graduation in Design Engineering (M.Tech) from IIT, Delhi (1988).
 
On assuming charge of the company that produces over 83% of the country’s entire coal output, Agrawal underlined his priority as “to make Coal India a competitive, economically viable business entity, in the changing scenario, with greater emphasis on operational efficiency and lowering the cost of production. Coal imports to be curtailed to the extent possible with higher coal output”.

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