New Delhi: Prasanna Kumar Acharya is set to be full-time Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of NLC India Limited, a PSU under the Ministry of Coal. He has been recommended for the top post of NLC India Ltd by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) panel on Wednesday. Presently, he is serving as Director (Finance) in the same organisation.
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According to NLC India Ltd official website, Acharya has also been holding the additional charge of NLC India Ltd’s CMD post since January 12, 2023.
The recommendation was made during the PESB meeting No. 29/2026 held on April 15. He was among seven candidates who were interviewed by the selection panel for the top post at the company.
The other candidates who appeared for the interview included Jagadish Chandra Mazumdar, Executive Director at NLC India Limited; Jasper Rose I.S, Executive Director handling Mines, Services, Land, and Lignite to Methanol Project at NLC India Limited; B. Anbuchelvan, Chief Executive Officer at NLC India Limited; S. Rajmohan, Executive Director overseeing SME, Conveyor, Transport, Long Term Mine Planning and Mine-3; Vijaya Kumar S, Project Head of Barsingsar Project at NLC India Limited; and Dr. Pudi Hariprasad, Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer, serving as Principal Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Railways.
Prasanna Kumar, a gold medallist in Mechanical Engineering from Bapatla College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh, has a rich experience of more than three decades in power sector and coal. He holds an MBA in four specialisations:- Operations Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management and Human Resource Management and is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India). He is a topper of the Energy Auditor Examination of Bureau of Energy Efficiency and is also a Certified Level-D exam holder of International Project Management Association (IPMA).
In addition to his rich education profile, he has to his credit more than 50 technical and manager papers in renowned National and International conferences and journals, winning him laurels and appreciation.
Kumar began his career in NTPC Limited, a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Power, with a valuable contribution to the industry in various capacities spanning over 34 years. Prior to GSECL, he was an Executive Director of the heading vertical of NTPC Limited (Corporate Fuel Management). During his stint at GSECL, he was also appointed as the Chairman of the Prestigious Western Region Power Committee, (WRPC).
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Prasanna Kumar has made remarkable achievements as Director of CNUPL (Coal India-NTPC Urja Pvt. Ltd.) and also as the Joint Managing Director of MahaGuj Collieries Limited. Under his leadership, at GECTO the company had undertaken massive Solar PV capacity addition (2500MW) on wasteland available near substations of GETCO.
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