CONRAD DIAS
Ranchi, May 14: Ram Baboo Prasad has taken over as new Director (Technical), Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL). PM Prasad, CMD, CCL welcomed and congratulated the new Director Technical Ram Baboo Prasad on behalf of the CCL family.
CMD of CCL said that under the guidance of Ram Baboo Prasad, CCL will achieve new milestones in coal production and meet the growing energy requirements of the Nation.
The post of Director (Technical), CCL was vacant after Bhola Singh joined Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) as CMD on 1st January 2022.
Before assuming the top technical post at CCL, the Jharkhand-based subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, Ram Baboo Prasad was working as General Manager (Mining), NCL, which is the third-largest coal-producing subsidiary of CIL.
Prasad has vast diversified experience in working in highly mechanised opencast mines as well as underground mines in NCL and CCL. He has been recognised as the Best Area General Manager of NCL in 2016 and Best Line Manager Award by Pramod Agarwal, Chairman, CIL in 2021.
New Director Technical, CCL has international exposure too. In 2018, Prasad participated in the International Mining & Resource Conference in Melbourne, Australia. He participated in the Advanced Management Programme in Brisbane, Australia in 2019.
He is not only a mining engineer but his activities are inclined towards philanthropy and are eager to extend a helping hand to villagers staying in rural areas.
When he was GM, CSR of CCL, Prasad started the programme “CCL Ke Lal and Barefoot Manger ” with IIM Ranchi to empower poor families. He was also instrumental in the construction of more than 7000 toilets under the Swachch Bharat Mission in 2014-15 in different states including Jharkhand.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board has recommended the name of Ram Baboo Prasad for the post of Director Technical, CIL on 28th December 2021.
