Ranchi: NTPC regional executive director Partha Mazumder has taken over as the head of the Coal Mining Division of NTPC. He will be in charge of all the coal mining projects located in the States of Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and Coal Mining-HQ at Ranchi.

In his illustrious career spanning about 36 years, Mazumder has served NTPC, a Maharatna Company, in various departments like Operation & Maintenance, Fuel Management, Technical Services at different Power Projects/Stations, and also in the Corporate Business Development, Consultancy Wing and Coal Mining.

Mazumder joined NTPC in the year 1985 as an Engineering Executive Trainee after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He also holds a PG Certificate in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur. He is a certified Level D in Project Management from IPMA (International Project Management Association).Partha Mazumder had earlier worked in NTPC projects /offices like Korba, Farakka , Eastern Region-I Headquarter, Patna before joining the Coal Mining Group at Noida. 

Mazumder has held prominent positions as Head of Coal Mining, Business Development, Consultancy Wing at Corporate Centre. He also headed Pakri-Barwadih, Talaipalli, Chatti-Bariatu & Kerandari Coal Mining projects.

 Partha Mazumder is also a nominated Director in NTPC Mining Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC; CIL-NTPC Urja Private Limited, a 50:50 Joint Venture Company of NTPC with Coal India Ltd. & Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Limited, a JV between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. & NTPC Limited.