On August 01, 2020, as many five top executives assume charge as CMD and Director in various Central PSUs following the retirement of respective CMD and Directors.

CMD, NMDC Limited:

Sumit Deb took over as CMD, NMDC Limited. He replaces N Baijendra Kumar (IAS:1985:CG) who superannuated on 31 July 2020. Prior to this Deb worked as Director (Personnel) NMDC Limited. As CMD Deb will have a tenure till his retirement in February 2023.

Director (Commercial), NTPC:

Chandan Kumar Mondol took over as Director (Commercial) at NTPC Ltd w.e.f 01.31.2020. He succeeds A K Gupta on his superannuation on July 31, 2020. Prior to taking over as Director, he served as ED, NTPC. Mondol has been with NTPC for over 35 years. He joined NTPC as 9th Batch Executive Trainee (ET) in 1984.

Director (Finance), BEL: 

Dinesh Kumar Batra on Saturday assumed charge as Director (Finance) in Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). Prior to this Batra worked as GM and headed Internal Audit at BEL’s Corporate Office, Regional Office-Delhi and Pune Unit as General Manager.

Batra succeeded Koshy Alexander who superannuated on 31 July 2020. He, an alumnus of Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), Kanpur started his career with BEL at its Ghaziabad Unit in 1984.

Director (Commercial), MOIL: 

P V V Patnaik on Saturday took over as Director (Commercial), MOIL Limited. Prior to his appointment as Director, PVV Patnaik worked as ED, MOIL Limited. He succeeded T K Patnaik on his retirement on 31 July 2020.

Director (Technical), EIL:

Mrs Vartika Shukla on Saturday took charge as Director (Technical), Engineers India Ltd (EIL). Prior to this she worked as Executive Director, EIL. She succeeded L K Vijh who retired on 31 July 2020.   

Further, consequent upon the retirement of Rajiv Chopra (Director, Marketing) on 31 July 2020 the additional charge of CMD post was given to Sanjeev Kumar Sharma who is working as Director (Personnel), STC. The CMD post at STC has been lying vacant for a couple of years.