j As forecast by Indianmandarins in its report dated April 12, as many as 10 candidates are expected to appear for the selection interview being held by PESB today. The post was advertised on November 05 last year against as CMD S K Sharma is scheduled to retire on September 30. According to public sector sources, top candidates for the job are M V Gowtama (ED, BEL); Pradeep Swaminathan (Dir, Finance, BEML); Malay Chatterjee (CMD, KIOCL); Haridas Gujarati (Director, O&BD, DFCCIL); M P Eshwar (CMD, ILK, lien with HPCL); Jadhav Jitendra Jaisinghrao (Scientist); VADM Ajay Kumar Saxena (AVSM, VSM, DG NP); Anil Kumar Chaudhary (Director, Finance, SAIL); Vivek Bazal (GM, BSNL) and Rakesh (ED, NHPC). Weblink: 12 April 2016 http://www.indianmandarins.com/selection-interview-for-cmd-bel-on-18-april-gowtama-single-candidate-from-bel/ Weblink: 05 November 2016 http://www.indianmandarins.com/pesb-invites-applications-for-cmd-bel/