Come June 16 and Coal India Limited (CIL) may get its next CMD. As the selection process nears conclusion, speculation is rife about the ultimate winner for the post. The current CMD, Sutirtha Bhattacharya, retires on 01 September 2017. Indianmandarins has reliably learnt that approx 06 candidates may be interviewed on June 16. Of six four are internal candidates namely; Gopal Singh (CMD, CCL), Rajeev Ranjan Mishra (CMD, WCL), A K Jha (CMD, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd), Shekhar Sharan (CM- CMPDIL) whereas Kulamani Biswal (Director- Finance, NTPC) and Dr T R K Rao (Director- Commercial, NMDC) are external candidates. Interestingly, this whole week will virtually be a 'Coal Week' for the public sector headhunter as every consecutive day beginning 13 June, it is expected to hold selection interviews for board level positions in coal sector PSUs - Northern Coalfields Ltd (Singrauli Coal Mines), Bharat Coking Coal Limited;  and CMD and Director (Tech) for Coal India.