Director (Marketing), CIL - Govt. Directors (Part-Time)

Shri Mukesh Choudhary

  • Shri Mukesh Choudhary, Director (Marketing), CIL has been appointed as Director on WCL Board w.e.f. 27.01.2023.
  • Mr. Mukesh Choudhary took over as Director (Marketing), Coal India Limited (CIL), the state-owned Maharatna coal mining behemoth on and from 23rd December 2022(A/N)
  • Prior to taking up the reins of the CIL marketing division’s top slot, he was Deputy Director General, Department of Defence Production, and Ministry of Defence.
  • An Officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Services (IOFS) 1996 batch, Mr. Choudhary is a Mechanical Engineering (Honours) graduate from Engineering College, Kota.
  • He also holds Master of Financial Analysis (MFA) and MBA degree. Importantly for CIL, Mr. Choudhary is well versed in the finer nuances of country’s coal demand supply chain and of CIL’s marketing system on the back of his six and half year exposure as Director (Coal Production and Despatch) in the Ministry of Coal where his functions included monitoring coal supplies, transport logistics and marketing policies. He also served on the boards of three government-owned coal companies – MCL, SECL, NLTPL, NCL, SCCL and CMDPI.
  • At a time when CIL’s coal supplies have peaked to record high levels, especially to the major coal-consuming power sector, and coal demand is expected to shoot up, spurred by the increased electricity generation in the country, Mr. Choudhary’s experience will help in tackling the challenging issues.