Public Enterprises Selection Board (PSEB) has recommended name of Central Coalfields (CCL) Chairman-cum-Managing Director Gopal Singh for the post of CMD of NMDC Ltd.
The present CMD of the country's largest iron ore miner Narendra Kothari will attain superannuation in December.
The recommendation was made after it had interviewed 13 persons, PSEB said in a statement.
A graduate from Indian School of Mine, Dhanbad in 1981, Singh has been working as CCL CMD since March 2012 and has over 30 years of experience in the industry, according to CCL website.
Those interviewed for the post includes, four directors of NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation), two directors of SAIL and one director each from RINL, CIL, HCL apart from the CMD of HSCL Moyukh Bhaduri, CCL CMD Gopal Singh, PGCIL executive director V Sekar and KIOCL CMD Malay Chatterjee, it said.
PSEB is responsible for selection and placement of candidates for board level positions in central public sector undertakings.
A senior central government official said the recommendations will be sent to Central Vigilance Commission, Department of Personal and Training (DoPT).
"Once the name is cleared by DoPT, the appointment committee of the cabinet will take a final decision on the appointment," the official told PTI.
Two senior officials from two different PSUs who were in the race for the post during initial stages withdrew their candidatures for "unexplained reasons".
The official on condition of anonymity said three names were included in the original list of candidates at a later stage.
