President Murmu feliciates CMD, NCL with Distinguished Alumni Award of IIT Kgp
   Date :20-Dec-2023

President Murmu feliciates CMD 
 
 
 
 
Staff Reporter
 
Bhola Singh, Chief Managing Director of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) was felicitated with the Distinguished Alumni Award 2023 of IIT Kharagpur at the 69th convocation of the Institute in the gracious presence of the President of India, Draupadi Murmu. CMD NCL Bhola Singh was given this honour for his professional achievements and his
immense contribution to the Nation’s coal industry.
 
CMD, Singh received his B.Tech (Hons) in Mining Engineering from the Nation’s prestigious technical institute, IIT, Kharagpur in 1987. Under the excellent leadership of Bhola Singh, NCL is performing well in the current fiscal on all parameters like coal production, coal dispatch and overburden removal, and sustainable mining. Under his leadership, vivid steps have been taken towards sustainable mining and long-term development in NCL like the establishment of an Over Burden to Sand Making Plant, the establishment of a 50 MW solar power plant, construction of FMC projects for dispatching coal through eco-friendly mode.
 
CMD, Bhola Singh has over 35 years of rich experience in reputed public and private sector organizations of the country. Before taking over as CMD of NCL, he was working as Director (Technical) in Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Ranchi. CMD, Bhola Singh has also been awarded the National Mine Safety Award by the President of India in 2017. He has also written many technical papers on blasting and rock fragmentation and other topics in national and international level journals.