RECENTLY taken CHARGE as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the state-run National MINERAL Development Corporation (NMDC). Prior to this post, he was holding the post of Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, as well as Commerce & Industries and Energy Departments in the Chhattisgarh GOVERNMENT. The NMDC is under administrative control of the Ministry of Steel and its headquarters is located at Hyderabad.