Amitava Mukherjee gets another extension as NMDC CMD

New Delhi: Amitava Mukherjee continues to serve as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of NMDC Limited, a PSU under the Ministry. Mukherjee is Director (Finance) of NMDC and has been holding the additional charge of its CMD post since March this year.

According to the steel mining PSU, the Ministry of Steel has extended the tenure of Mukherjee as CMD of NMDC for a further period of one year with effect from November 20, 2023 up to November 19, 2024 or till a regular incumbent joins the post, or until further orders, whichever is the earlier. This information has been shared by NMDC, in a regulatory filing to the stock exchange on Saturday.

This is the second extension given to Mukherjee on his additional charge.

Amitava Mukherjee belongs to the 1995 Batch of Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS). He is also a Cost Accountant and holds master's degree in commerce. He spearheaded implementation of ERP (S4/HANA) and has been driving other digitalisation initiatives like, mine transportation and surveillance system, fleet management system.

Under his stewardship, the demerger of NMDC Steel Ltd from NMDC Ltd was completed in time bound manner and shares of NSL were listed in stock exchange on February 20. Project Management, digital initiatives, and policy formulation are his forte.

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Mukherjee has led the Australia operations of NMDC to pre-production stage (Gold) and also finalised a strategic tie up with a large international mining giant Hancock Prospecting expeditiously, monetising Iron Ore mining tenement.

Prior to joining NMDC, Mukherjee was General Manager (Finance) in Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL). During his service in IRAS from 19967 -2016, he held key position in the Eastern Railways. Before joining IRAS, he worked in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) from 1994-1997.

Mukherjee has received "FE CEO of the Year Award" from Financial Express for the year 2022 in the Large Manufacturing Industry Category. Also, CII has recognised him as Leading CFO of the year 2022 under the sectorial category of Industrial Manufacturing. He received the National Award for outstanding services during the year 2006 during his tenure in Indian Railways. He is on the Board of nine subsidiaries/ associate/joint venture Companies of NMDC. He also holds the position of Chairman in BRPL.

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