New Delhi: Akshay S Bapat has taken over as Director (Technical) of Coal India subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). He was Executive Director (Environment) at Coal India Headquarters and was also working as OSD for production and co-ordination activities at MCL before taking over as Director (Technical) MCL.

Bapat is a mining engineering graduate from Nagpur University with first class Mine Manager’s certificate of competency. He has worked in various capacities in Coal India subsidiaries Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) and South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) and has over 36 years of rich experience in coal mining, planning and matter pertaining to forest and environment.

According to an order issued from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), he has been appointed to post till the date of his superannuation i.e. November 30, 2024, or until further orders' whichever is earlier.

MCL is Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Coal and one of the major coal producing company in India. It is one of the eight subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. MCL was carved out of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in 1992 with its headquarters at Sambalpur.

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