NMDC Limited is a Schedule A public sector undertaking. It operates under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel. The company is India’s largest iron ore producer.

A total of eleven candidates appeared before the selection board for the interview. After reviewing all applicants, the Board recommended Shri Vivek Nishant Nath for the position.

Shri Vivek Nishant Nath currently serves as Chief General Manager (Sales and Marketing) at Odisha Mining Corporation Limited. He has been selected to take over the commercial portfolio at NMDC.

The complete list of eleven candidates who appeared for the interview is as follows:

• Shri Satyender Rai – Executive Director, NMDC Limited

• Shri Rabindra Narayan – Executive Director & Head of Project (HOP), BIOM, Kirandul Complex, NMDC Limited

• Shri Ramesh Kumar Shetty Bannadi – Chief General Manager, NMDC Steel Limited, Nagarnar, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, NMDC Limited

• Shri Sreedhar Kodali – Chief General Manager & Head of Project, NMDC Limited

• Shri V Prashant Rao – Chief General Manager (Materials Management) & Special Officer Technical to CMD, NMDC Limited

• Shri Ushna Ranjan Mishra – General Manager (Materials Commercial Dept, Corporate office Bhubaneswar), National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)

• Shri Munna Prasad Singh – Executive Director (Mines), OGOM, CMLO, Rourkela, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

• Shri Priyaranjan Kant Sahay – Chief General Manager, CGM(Projects)- Commercial, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

• Shri Pankaj Tripathi – Chief General Manager, Sales and Contract Manufacturing, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

• Shri Babji Patchilla – General Manager, Defence (M/O)

• Shri Vivek Nishant Nath – Chief General Manager (Sales and Marketing), Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd. (Recommended)