New Delhi: Rathin Mitra is set to be next Director (Personnel) of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), a PSU under the Ministry of Coal. He has been recommended for the post by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) panel on Tuesday. Presently, he is serving as General Manager (Coordination) of Coal India Limited, the mother company of WCL.

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Mitra has been recommended for the post of Director (Personnel) of WCL from a list of 12 candidates, who were interviewed by the PESB for the position on October 27.

The other candidates included Dillip Kumar Behera and Sukadev Seth from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited; Rajesh V. Nair, Surapureddi Venkata Ravindranath and Durga Prasad Samal from Coal India Limited; Suvankar Parida and Ajay Behera from South Eastern Coalfields Limited; and Jobi V. P. from Central Coalfields Limited.

The selection process also included Pankaj Kumar, Executive Director (Human Resources) at NLC India Limited; Rajender Singh Sajwan, Executive Director (HR) at Hindustan Copper Limited; and Neeraj Singh, Chief General Manager at Power Finance Corporation.

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As Director (Personnel) of WCL, Mitra will be a member of Board of Directors and will report to the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). He will be overall in-charge of coordinating and implementing personnel and industrial relations policies, management functions, administrative control etc. in the organisation.

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