Sri Ram Baboo Prasad
Director (Technical / Operations)

Shri Ram Baboo Prasad is workings as Director Technical, (Operations), Central Coalfields Ltd. (CCL) from 14.05.2022.

Educational Background

Sri Prasad has completed Bachelor of Technology (Mining Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) (IIT-ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand in 1987. He joined as Management Trainee (Mining) in Coal India Limited (CIL) in the year 1987. He acquired Manager’s First-Class Certificate of Competency to Manage a Coalmine under CMR from Directorate General of Mines safety (DGMS), Dhanbad. He did four different courses from IGNOU, New Delhi from period 1996 to 1999 and obtained degree of Master of Business Administration (Financial Management), Diploma in Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Management.

Working Experience

Prior to assuming the top technical post at CCL, Jharkhand-based subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, Shri Ram Baboo Prasad has vast working experience as General Manager (Mining) from July 2010 to May 2022 in CCL as well as NCL, In NCL he was GM (Mining) of Jayant Area, NCL. NCL is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited which has the pride of being the third largest coal producing subsidiary of CIL. He was also very instrumental in working as Project Officer of different project in CCL from March 2004 to July 2010. Sri Prasad has 35 years of vast diversified experience of working in highly mechanized opencast mines as well as underground mines in NCL, CCL and SECL.

Award and Accolades

  • Awarded as Utkristh Khanik (उत्कृष्ठ खनिक) for achieving highest SDL productivity in CIL in the year 1998 while he was working as mine manager at Somna UG Mine of SECL.
  • He was recognized as “BEST AREA GENERAL MANAGER” of NCL in 2016.
  • He was also awarded as the “BEST LINE MANAGER WITH PEOPLE ORIENTATION” in 2021.

International Exposure and Training

Shri Prasad has international exposure too. In 2018, he participated in International Mining & Resource Conference at Melbourne, Australia. He has feather in his cap to participate in Advanced Management Program at Brisbane, Australia in 2019. He has also actively participated in training programs organized by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and Harvard University.

People orientation and CSR

Sri Ram Baboo Prasad is not only a mining engineer but his activities are inclined towards philanthropy and are eager to extend a helping hand to villagers staying in rural areas. When he was GM, CSR of CCL, Shri Prasad started program of “CCL Ke Lal” and “Barefoot Manger” with Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi to empower poor families. He was also instrumental in construction of more than 7000 toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014-15 in different states including Jharkhand.

Shri Prasad is renowned for his interpersonal skills and is a firm believer in teamwork and possesses excellent technical expertise. Under his able leadership and guidance, CCL is poised to attain new milestones and scale further heights of success.