New Delhi: B Veera Reddy has assumed additional charge as Director (Marketing) of Coal India Limited (CIL), a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Coal. Presently, he has been serving as Director (Technical) in the same organisation since February 1. He has been given the additional charge of the post upon the superannuation of SN Tiwari, who ceased to be Director of CIL with effect from May 1, 2022. According to an order issued by the Ministry of Coal, Reddy has been entrusted with the additional charge of Director (Marketing) of CIL for an initial period of three months with effect from May 1, or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post or until further orders whichever is earlier. This information has been shared by the Coal PSU in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Monday.
Reddy is a Mining Engineer and has done M Tech in Mining Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has been serving as Director (Technical) of ECL since January 2020. Prior to joining ECL, he was serving as General Manager (GM) of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), a government-owned coal mining company, since 1987.
Reddy has more than 34 years of experience in coal mining, planning, procurement and operations. Reddy has rich experience in planning underground coal mines for mechanisation, planning of ventilation, underground water management, spare parts planning for large mechanised underground mines and management of large underground mines.
Reddy has published over 30 technical papers in national and international conferences.
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