Pradosh Kumar Rath to be new chairman cum managing director of RINL

Pradosh Kumar Rath has been shortlisted as the new chairman cum managing director of RINL. Rath, who is currently Director (Operations) at RINL, emerged as the top choice of the Public Enterprises Selection Board on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, PESB, which selects candidates for senior positions at public sector unit,s had conducted the interviews of six applicants, including Rath for the top job at RINL.

Other candidates in the fray included, Parijat Singh Gupta, Executive Director, RINL, R Nagarajan, Executive Director, RINL, Alok Sahay, Executive Director,Steel Authority of India Limited, Varanasi Venkata Venugopal Rao, Director-Finance, RINL and Kishore Chandra Das, Director-Personnel, RINL.


Rath's appointment to the post is subject to clearance by the Central Vigilance Commission and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. In case he is cleared by the CVC and gets the ACC nod, he is likely to have a three-year tenure at the helm of affiars at RINL, which operates the Vizag Steel Plant.

RINL's current CMD, P Madhusudan had assumed charge on January 1, 2014. He is due to retire from service on May 31, 2018.