New Delhi: Vinay Ranjan is set to be the new Director (Personnel & IR) of Coal India Limited (CIL). He has been recommended for the post by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) panel on Tuesday. He is currently serving as Director (Personnel) in the Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL). Currently, Coal India's Director (Marketing) Satyendra Nath Tiwari has been holding the additional charge of the post of Director (Personnel & IR) of Coal India since February 1.
Ranjan has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel & IR) of Coal India from a list of eight candidates who were interviewed by the selection panel. In the list two candidates were from Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) and one each from Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Indian Forest Service (IFS).
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 at Mumbai.
Ranjan has close to 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 implementation, first at TATA Communication, erstwhile VSNL, with implementation partners TCS and thereafter deputed for another cycle at Tata Teleservices Ltd. owing to his expertise.
As Director (Personnel & IR), Ranjan will be a member of the Board of Directors of Coal India and will report to the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). As the head of the Personnel Division, he will also be responsible for the formulation and implementation of personnel policies of Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries.
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