KoPT can have a new chairman in seven to ten days, Rakesh Srivastava, joint secretary shipping indicated here today. The post is vacant after the last KoPT chairman A K Chanda stepped down on June 24, 2009.
Among the names doing rounds in the government and industry circles for the post of KoPT chairman are Sabyasachi Sen, state industry secretary, Debashis Sen, managing director of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd(WBPDCL), and M L Meena, principal secretary, state environment department.