CIL Signs MoU With Indian Institute of Management To Boost PM’s Mission Gati Shakti

Coal India Limited entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) Mumbai and Sambalpur om 1st March, 2024, marking a crucial step in multimodal connectivity infrastructure for coal transportation in alignment with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan 2021.

The collaboration, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two IIMs and Coal India, brings together industry expertise and academic excellence, promising a transformative leap in logistic efficiency, contributing to economic growth and environmental sustainability.

The MoU, signed by Shri Keshav Rao, Director (Personnel), MCL, on behalf of Coal India, with Prof Manoj K Tiwari, Director, IIM-Mumbai and Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director, IIM-Sambalpur, and was exchanged in the presence of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri PM Prasad, Chairman, Coal India and Shri Uday Anant Kaole, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).

Under this initiative, a one-year PGP-Ex programme in “Logistics and Operations Excellence through Digitisation” is to be conducted for the Executives of Coal India, serving in MCL and other subsidiaries.