Jindal Power hires former Coal India head as chairman
Jha, a former Chairman of Coal India Ltd (CIL), is considered a "veteran" in the mining industry.
The JPL Chairman is a mining graduate and also holds an MTech degree from the Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad. He started his career with CIL as a Junior Executive (Trainee) at Topa Colliery in Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) in 1983 and joined Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) in November 2015.
JPL operates a coal-based thermal power plant with an installed capacity of 3,400 MW located at Tamnar, Raigarh District in Chhattisgarh.
4th Indian Cement Review Conference 2021
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