Capt Ghanshyam Singh Rathore [DIN: 09615384] has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Coal India Limited w.e.f. 1st March, 2023. He was born on 19th July, 1966 and completed his Bachelor’s degree in Arts from Hindu College, Delhi. He has also completed Professional Army courses in High Altitude Mountain Warfare, Radio Instructor and Part ‘B’ and had also trained in manpower management and administration during his tenure at the Army. He served as a Squadron Leader in the 42 Armoured Regiment during his career and had provided leadership to independent teams in Technical operations. He had also rendered his advice to Superior Officers on military matters, administration and management of subordinate staff. His areas of specialization and expertise includes Management, Administration and Technical Operations. He does not hold any shares of Coal India Ltd.
Nirupama Kotru is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) of the 1992 batch. Born on 28 January,1969, Nirupama Kotru has done her BA in Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and MA in Politics & International Relations from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She has also done an MA in Public Policy & Sustainable Development from TERI University, Delhi. Ms.Kotru has served in the Income Tax Department at Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Pune in various assignments and was involved in setting up of International Taxation Directorate of the Income Tax Deptt. As Director(E Governance) in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, she administered the award-winning MCA21 corporate filing system. She was also instrumental in setting up the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs at Manesar. As Director(Films) in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, ,she looked after the administration of media units such as NFDC, Films Division , National Film Archive and the Directorate of Film Festivals, and all policy matters relating to films. Until recently she was posted as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, where she looked prestigious akademies such as Sahitya Akademi, National School of Drama, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Sangeet Natak Akademi and Lalit Kala Akademi as well as renowned museums such as National Museum, Delhi ,Victoria Memorial Museum and Indian Museum, Kolkata ,among others. She brings with her varied experience in different fields of administration as well as taxation.
Shri Vinay Ranjan took over the charge as Director (Personnel & Industrial Relations), Coal India Limited from 28th July’2021. Shri Ranjan is a performance-focused people-oriented professional with extensive years of experience in entire gamut of HR, which includes large scale Lateral/campus hiring, Talent Management, Performance Management, Employer Branding, Compensation Management and Bench-marking, Change Management, Cultural Building, Employee Engagement, Employee Relations, HRIS, Employee Productivity and Learning & Development. He has also successfully extended HR support to overseas business entities. He was also part of two full life cycle SAP HR implementation. He lead the team for full life cycle SAP HR implementation at TATA Communication (Erstwhile VSNL), where he led the 8 member team consisting from VSNL HR and TCS for the implementation of entire SAP HCM module. He was also part of the Tata Teleservices (TTSL) SAP HR implementation team on deputation from VSNL.
He is impactful leader with the ability to develop and lead efficient and highly productive workforce. He has excellent stakeholder's management skills and has been working directly with promoters for last 5 years. He is recognized for integrity and commitment with high level of service delivery & execution. He also possesses strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. He became INSEAD alumni pursuant to successful completion of course at glittering graduation ceremony held at Fontainebleau campus, France on 29th July 2016.
Shri Vinay Ranjan was corporate Head-HR of DB Power Ltd (A Dainik Bhaskar Group Company) when Dainik Bhaskar Group diversified and decided to build two large Thermal power plants with investment of US 2 Billion.