Shri Bhola Singh presently Director(Technical/P&P), Central Coalfields Ltd, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Northern Coalfields Ltd recommended by Public Enterprises Selection Board( PESB).Shri Bhola Singh started his career with Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) in 1987 as Graduate Engineer Trainee. Working at NCL at early stage of career, benefited him professionally in achieving excellence in production, productivity, safety, environment and overall mine management. Sri Singh introduced Cast Blasting & Eco-friendly Electronic detonation in NCL mines too. He has published many technical papers on blasting and rock fragmentation in journals of national and international repute.
In 2008, Shri Bhola Singh joined AES ( USA based MNC ) as the Head of a Greenfield mining project in Chhattisgarh. Later on, he worked for Manoharpur Coal Blocks allotted to Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC).
Before joining at CCL, Shri Singh has to his credit of working as Project Director at Sasan Power Limited having the distinction of being the country’s first Ultra Mega Power Project (6X660MW) catered through a highly mechanized Moher & Moher Amlori Extension coal mining Project at Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. Being at the helm of the affairs, Sri Singh was responsible for delivering coal targets both qualitatively and quantitatively to maintain sustainable power generation which culminated in adoring the rare feat of supplying electricity to over 40 million customers across 7 states at the cheapest tariff in the world. During his stint, the coal mine touched new benchmarks and got prestigious National Safety Award from the Hon’ble President of India in 2017.
Indian Bureaucracy Dot Com wishes Shri Bhola Singh the very best.