Bhubaneswar: Sridhar Patra, Director (Finance) of NALCO has been selected by PESB as the next CMD of the Navratna PSU. He will take over as CMD on December 1 2019, upon superannuation of the incumbent CMD Tapan Kumar Chand.
Patra was with THDC India Ltd as the Director (Finance). He comes with a rich experience of over 30 years covering various Public Sector Undertakings like Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd., Indian Rare Earths Ltd. and Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd.(A subsidiary of ONGC Ltd.).
A graduate in Commerce from Utkal University, Patra is a Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He completed his MBA (HRD) from Vidya Sagar University and has contributed as an academician apart from his professional employment in PSUs.