Sridhar Patra's name recommended for Nalco top post

KOLKATA: The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has recommnded Sridhar Patra for the post of chairman cum managing director of National Aluminium Company (Nalco). Patra is currently serving as Director (Finance) at Nalco.

Nalco's current chairman cum managing director Dr T K Chand, who joined his post on July 27, 2015 is due to retire later this year.

The three other candidates who also participated in the interviews for the post on Wednesday August 14, 2019 were Soma Mandal, currently director commercial of Steel authority of India Limuted(SAIL). Atul Bhatt , Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Limited and M Shiva Shunmuganathan, Director (Finance), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) Limited. The PESB, which advises the government on appointments to top management posts in Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), shared the information in a notification on its official website.