Jai Prakash Dwivedi became the new chairman and managing director of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited.
Previously, Dwivedi was working as director of technical (Operations) at WCL headquarters. He has also held the charge of additional director (personnel) of the company. With over 36 years of experience in the coal mining industry, Dwivedi started his career in Coal India as a mining engineer in the year 1986 after completing his graduation from IIT-BHU Varanasi.
Dwivedi has participated in many mining activity programmes across countries, including China, France and South Africa. He has also been awarded the ‘Best Engineer Award’ by the Institution of Engineers for his outstanding contribution to the field of mining.
Before working at WCL, he had also served in Coal India’s subsidiaries SECL, ECL and NCL during his tenure.