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Manoj Kumar Agrawal likely to be BCCL’s CMD

June 13: Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) Panel has recommended Manoj Kumar Agrawal for the position of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Cocking Coal Limited (BCCL), a Coal India sunsidiary and a PSU under the Ministry of Coal. Presently, he is serving as Director (Technical, P&P) in BCCL. Agrawal has been recommended for the post of CMD of BCCL from a list of 11 candidates, who were interviewed by the PESB selection panel in its selection meeting. Out of 11 candidates, two candidates each from South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and Indian Railways, and one candidate each from Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL), Engineering Projects (India) Limited and BCCL. Agarwal has been serving as Director (Technical) of BCCL since January 27. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology in mining engineering from the Indian School of Mines and a Master of Business Administration (Executive) from the Indian Institute of Management Ranchi.