Dr Anindya Sinha appointed as Director (Technical) of NCL

New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Dr Anindya Sinha as Director (Technical) of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) on Tuesday. According to an order issued on April 28, Sinha has been appointed on the post for a period with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post till the date of his superannuation i.e. June 30, 2023, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Currently, he is serving as Project Advisor in the Ministry of Coal.

Earlier, PSU Watch had reported that Sinha was recommended for the post of Director (Technical) of NCL by a PESB panel on December 27, 2019. Currently, there are two posts of Director (Technical) in NCL. Another post has been acquired by Subrata Shekhar Sinha said an order issued on the same day.

Education & background

Dr Sinha holds a bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering and a Doctorate degree from Poland. He also holds a first-class Mine Manager's certificate of competency to manage coal mines. He has more than 33 years of experience in the Coal sector of India and abroad.

His experience includes around 10 years of operation and management of both UG (underground) and OC (opencast) coal mines of Bharat Cooking Coal Limited (BCCL) & Mahanandi Coalfields Limited (MCL), three years of academic research and development in Coal India Limited (CIL), 20 years in mine planning and design at CMPDI and about 4 months in development policy planning for energy fuels coal & lignite in the Ministry of Coal. Dr Sinha is a recognised qualified person (RQP) of Ministry of Coal for preparation of mining plan/mine closure plan and a QCI-NABET accredited EIA coordinator for preparation of EIA/EMPs.

For his contribution to the mining sector, the Institution of Engineers (India) conferred him with "Eminent Engineer Award" in the field of Mining in 2017.