In selection interview held on April 30, 2015, PESB has selected S K Bhattacharya (GM, HCL) for the post of Director (Mining), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL). Once the selection is ratified by the ACC, S K Bhattacharya will take charge as Dir (Mining). The post has been lying vacant since months. In the selection interview as many as 10 candidates had appeared before PESB. They are 1. A K Sen, ED, HCL 2. R K Sah, GM, HCL 3. S K Bhattacharya, GM, HCL 4. Santosh Sharma, GM, HCL 5. D K Mahajan, GM, HCL 6. S K Dash, ED, NALCO 7. Dipankar Shome, ED, MOIL 8. T N Jha, AREA GM, WCL/CIL 9. A K Chakraborty, GM, CMPDIL/CIL 10. Jaiprakash Gupta, GM, BCCL/CIL