Coal India inks pact with IIMs to boost PM’s mission Gati Shakti

New Delhi: Maharatna coal PSU, Coal India Limited (CIL) on Friday said that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) Mumbai and Sambalpur for coal transportation in alignment with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan 2021.

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"The collaboration, through an MoU signed between the two IIMs and Coal India, brings together industry expertise and academic excellence, promising a transformative leap in logistic efficiency, contributing to economic growth and environmental sustainability," Coal India said in an official statement.

The MoU has been signed by MCL's Director (Personnel) Keshav Rao, IIM-Mumbai's Director Prof Manoj K Tiwari and IIM-Sambalpur's Director Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal and was exchanged in the presence of Union Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, Coal India Chairman PM Prasad and MCL's Chairman-cum-Managing Director Uday Anant Kaole.

Under this initiative, a one-year PGP-Ex programme in “Logistics and Operations Excellence through Digitisation” is to be conducted for the Executives of Coal India, serving in MCL and other subsidiaries.

Speaking on the occasion, PM Prasad praised IIMs and MCL for the initiative.

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