New Delhi: Vinay Ranjan has assumed charge as Director (Personnel & Industrial Relations) of Coal India Limited (CIL) Wednesday. Prior to this, he was serving as Director (Personnel) of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL). According to a Personnel Ministry order issued on July 26, Ranjan has been appointed to the post for a period of five years, or till the date of his superannuation, or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

Ranjan is an alumnus of INSEAD Business School and passed out from Fontainebleau, France, with a general management program. He is an Honours graduate in Physics and holds a full-time PG Diploma in Personnel Management & Industrial Relation. He had joined ECL as Director (Personnel) in August 2018. Prior to this, he was holding the position of Corporate Vice President & Head HR of DB Power Ltd., A Dainik Bhaskar Group Company based in Mumbai.

Ranjan has over 27 years of extensive work experience in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Performance Management, Employer Branding, Compensation Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Change Management, Employee Engagement, Industrial relations and Training & Development. He has also successfully extended HR support to overseas entities at different geographies. He led the team for two full life cycle SAP HR implementations, first at TATA Communication, erstwhile VSNL, with implementation partners TCS and thereafter deputed for another cycle at Tata Teleservices Ltd. owing to his expertise.

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