Dr Siba Prasad Mohanty to take over as full-time CMD of HIL

New Delhi: Dr Siba Prasad Mohanty is set to take over as full-time Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of HIL (India) Limited as his name has been recommended by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB). Mohanty is currently serving as Director (Marketing) at the public sector undertaking (PSU) and has held additional charge as the CMD of the organisation since July 4, 2016.

Mohanty has done his Masters in Business Management from Berhampur University, Odisha. He completed his Executive Development Programme from IIM Lucknow and Advanced Management Programme from IIM, Kolkatta. He comes with more than 26 years of rich and diverse experience primarily in Marketing of Agri Inputs. He has also worked in M/s Rashtriya Chemical & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF), Mumbai, in different capacities from 1989 to 2015.

Mohanty is recipient of "MARKETING MAN OF THE YEAR" Award during 1995 and "BEST EMPLOYEE" Award in 2012 at RCF. Under the Chairmanship of Dr Mohanty, Hindustan Insecticides Limited was awarded with several prestigious awards by renowned institutions like Bureaucracy Today (CSR Excellence Award), Times Ascent (Innovative HR practices), The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) etc.

He was selected for the post by a PESB panel from a list of three candidates. The other two candidates were from North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation and National Seeds Corporation (NSC).