In selection interview held on May 21, 2015, PESB has selected J L Singh (GM, CCL/CIL) for the post of Director (Tech), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL). The post has been running vacant for over eight months after N Das (Dir, Tech) had failed to get extension. There are two sanctioned posts of Director (Technical) one post is currently occupied by Gunadhar Pandey (Dir, Technical/Operations) whereas another one is vacant. In the selection interview as many as 14 candidates had appeared before PESB. They are; 1. Niranjan Das, CGM, CIL 2. S P D Majumdar, CGM, CIL 3. R K Manjhi, CGM, SECL/CIL 4. Jitendra Singh, CGM, MCL/CIL 5. R C Sanodia, CGM, WCL/CIL 6. Arun Kumar Singh, GM, WCL/CIL 7. J L Singh, GM, CCL/CIL 8. Ajoy Kumar, GM, ECL/CIL 9. T K Sinha, GM, CIL 10. Rajiv Dass, GM, WCL/CIL 11. R P Gupta, GM, MCL/CIL 12. Kuldip Prasad, GM, SECL/CIL 13. Devendra Prasad, GM, SECL/CIL 14. S K Mukhopadhyay, JT. GM, NMDC NCL, a GoI Undertaking & subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, is a Miniratna Company. It was formed in November 1985 as a subsidiary company of Coal India Limited with its Hqrs located in Singrauli (M.P.).