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Shri Shekhar Saran, aged 52 years is an engineering graduate from 1981 batch from the Deptt. Of Mining Engineering, Institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and has joined CMPDI, Ranchi as Director (Technical) on 1^st June 2013.

Being the topper of his batch he is the recipient of BHU Gold Medal as well as Roberton Medal from MGMI. Prior to joining CMPDI , he hasworked at Sohagpur, Hasdeo and Bisrampur areas of SECL as JET to Sub area Manager,atKunustoria, Satgram and Sodepur Areas of ECL as Agent to CGM and lastlyas CGM(P&P) at ECL HQ before joining CMPDI.

He is having rich experience of managing large opencast & underground Mines in different subsidiary companies.

While working at SECL, he has converted many manual UG mines into mechanized mines with introduction of roof bolting/ steel support. He has presented number of technical papers in different seminars/ workshops. He had also been a rescue trained member for more than 26 years and has attended a number of rescue and recovery operations in underground mines. During his service he has visited a number of foreign countries like U.K,Germany, France, Netherlands& USA etc. He is an NCC Certificate holder & good sportsman. Presently (since 01.01.2016) he is working as CMD, CMPDI.

Sri B. N. Shukla (55), graduated in 1982 from I.T. BHU and did M. Tech in Opencast Mining from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in 1989. He is silver medalist at B. Tech and M. Tech level and was popular student leader. He joined SECL in 1982, where he was instrumental in deploying SDL and Chain Conveyor for depillaring in 1983. He joined Churcha east underground mine in 1999, where he experimented Hydro fracturing for hard roof management and constructed strata bunkers which reduced the breakdowns of belt conveyors and saving of power. He joined as Sub-area Manager of Behraband U/G mine having modified continuous miner with LHD and the mine was adjudged the overall best mine in group ‘A’ of SECL along with 36% growth in production. He was posted as Project Officer, Balram OCP to sort out the R&R problem and poor geometry.

He was posted as General Manager, Bharatpur area in 2007, where he could sort out R&R problem and brought the mine into desired shape with sufficient land possession in hand. Then he was posted in most difficult area of MCL, i.e. Hingula area where the daily production was 21000 tpd, when he left the area, the daily production was 62000 tpd. Considering his vision, knowledge, strategy he was posted as General Manager, Corporate Planning and Projects at MCL HQ, where he was instrumental in diversification of MCL into pit head Super critical thermal power projects (2 x 800 MW) for which MBPL company was formed and he has appointed Director w.e.f. 09.04.2012, other diversification were into solar, port and power transmission business. He was key person in translating Jharsugda Barapalli rail link on paper to ground fighting tooth and nail to complete it by 2016 June, which is life line for growth of MCL. He got projects approved with total capacity of 322 MT (peak) from a level of 122 MT. He is Director (Technical), Coal Resource Development, CMPDI w.e.f. 1.10.2015.