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Sutirtha Bhattacharya to take CIL charge Jan 5

IAS officer Sutirtha Bhattacharya will take charge of Coal India Ltd as chairman and managing director Jan 5, a company official said Thursday.

Bhattacharya has been relieved of his duties as the chairman and managing director of the state-run Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd. in Telengana with immediate effect.

N. Sridhar, a 1997 batch IAS officer, is poised to take charge of the company.

The coal ministry's additional secretary, A.K. Dubey, is now the acting head of Coal IndiaBSE 0.84 % after its head, S. Narsing Rao, resigned in May 2014 to join the Telangana government.

The Public Enterprises Selection Board in November recommended the name of Bhattacharya, a 1985 batch IAS officer, to head Coal India after considering 12 contenders for the post.

Source: IANS