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MoC appoints Asheesh Kumar as Director (Business), CIL

Ministry of Coal has inter alia, appointed Asheesh Kumar as Director (Business Development) on the Board of Coal India Limited (CIL) for a period of five years w.e.f the date of his assumption of charge of the post or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is earliest, according to a BSE filing.

Kumar has assumed the charge of Director (Business Development), August 21, 2025. Further Mukesh Choudhary, Director (Marketing) who was holding additional charge of Director (Business Development) has ceased to be Director (Business Development).

Kumar completed his B.Tech from ISM, Dhanbad in the year 1993 and obtained First Class Managers Competency Certificate by DGMS in the year 2000. He is also a Post Graduate in Business Administration from BIT, Mesra and also has to his credit a Diploma in Contract Management from Indian Institute of Material Management and had joined Coal India Limited in 1994 as a Graduate Engineering Trainee (Mining) in Central Coalfields Limited.