Shri Bhola Nath Shukla presently Director(Technical), Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd (CMPDIL), has been appointed for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.
Shri Shukla graduated in 1982 from IT BHU and did his 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 students’ leader.He joined SECL in 1982, where he was instrumental in deploying SDL and Chain Conveyor for depillaring in 1983. He experimented cast blasting in Jamuna Opencast mines and brought back Amalai opencast mines into production which was stopped by DGMS for last six months due to vertical faces merged with OB benches. He joined Churcha East underground mine in 1999, where he experimented Hydrofracturing for hard roof management and constructed strata bunkers which reduced the breakdowns of belt conveyors and saving of power.
He was Director (Technical)/Coal Resource Development), CMPDIL ( 1.10.2015 to 16.08.2016) , during which departmental drilling saw highest ever growth in volume of about 52000m, getting CMPDIL notified under section 4(1) of MMDR 1957 for prospecting any mineral which is a landmark in the history of CMPDIL. He visited China and presented many technical papers in seminars and attended world mining congress at Rio-de-Janerio in 2016.
He was a very good sportsman and was captain of IT Boating club, BHU. He performed journey on cycle from BHU to Kathmandu, Nepal in 1981.
IndianBureaucracy.com wishes Shri Bhola Nath Shukla the very best.
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