Shri Prem Sagar Mishra (55) (DIN-07379202) is Chairman-Cum-Managing Director of Eastern Coalfields Limited w.e.f. 20th August, 2018.
He completed his B. Tech (Mining) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in the year 1987 and obtained First Class Certificate of Competency in the year 1990. He has obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Law from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. He is pursuing PhD in Management Study from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad on the topic of research “Impact assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives – A case study of Coal Mining Industry in India.”
He joined SECL in the year 1987 and worked in different managerial capacities in several mines of SECL for more than sixteen years. He also worked as Deputy Chief Mining Engineer/Project Officer in various open cast mines of Central Coalfields Limited for about five years. On being posted at BCCL in June, 2008, he worked interalia as GM of Block II Area and GM of Barora Area. He was appointed as Director (Production & Planning) of Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited in November, 2015.
Shri Mishra has attended Advanced Management Programme held at IIM, Calcutta, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and Essec Business School Paris, France in 2014. He was also a part of CIL delegation to Istanbul (Turkey) for attending World Mining Congress 2011. He has also attended Management Training Programme at Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad and Advanced Management Programmes conducted by IICM at LBSNAA, Mussoorie. He has attended different training programmes, workshops on Leadership, Decision Making, Project Management and other Managerial and Technical subjects.
Shri Mishra is also an active member of National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), Indian Institute of Material Management (IIMM), Indian Mines Manager Associations (IMMA), Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Indian Mining and Engineering Forum and Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE). He had been General Secretary of ISM Alumni Association from 2010 to 2014 and General Secretary of MGMI, Dhanbad branch from 2011 to 2015. He has convened and organised several conferences and seminars at different levels.
Shri Mishra has been a leader par excellence and he has won several Awards for over-all performance, Production, Safety, Profit, Stock liquidation, Overburden removal and for Ecological Restoration. He had conceptualized and implemented Coal Tourism at Barora Area, BCCL. He has been a resources person for delivering lectures on invitation by different academic and other institutions.
Shri Mishra has won several prizes in debate, extempore, elocution, essay writing, athletics and other extra-curricular activities. He has been conferred with the prestigious “CEO with HR Orientation” award by the World HRD Congress in February, 2019. He has been conferred with Indian Mine Managers Association (IMMA) “Excellence Award” in January, 2020.In recent past, the “INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC STUDIES” has conferred upon Shri Mishra with the most prestigious Award in “Leadership Innovation Excellence Award 2020 &Udyog Rattan Award” in March, 2020.
