Pramod Agrawal is Coal India new chairman and managing director

Pramod Agrawal, a 1991 batch IAS officer, was the principal secretary for urban development and housing department in Madhya Pradesh.

Coal (representational image) | Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloomberg File photo

Kolkata: Pramod Agrawal on Saturday assumed charge as the new chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd, an official said.

Agrawal, a 1991 batch IAS officer, was principal secretary for urban development and housing department in Madhya Pradesh.

He took over after A K Jha retired as the CIL chairman on January 31.