Mr Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya (DIN:00329479) is a Masters (M.Sc) in Physics from Jadavpur University, joined Coal India Limited (CIL) in 1977 and become its Chairman (2006-2011). Prior to that, he joined Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) as CMD in 2003. The implementation of sale of coal through e-auction was first introduced by Mr. Bhattacharyya in BCCL. Mr. Bhattacharyya was featured in a document published by Tata McGraw Hill in 2011 as one of the Transformation Leaders of Corporate India. He was also recognized by Forbes Magazine as a High Achiever of 2010. He is recipient of a number of awards and accolades. Notable among these are CEO of the year 2010 from Indian Chamber of Commerce as well as World HRD Congress, Swami Vivekananda National Award -2011 & SCOPE Special Award of the Jury in 2010. Post CIL, Mr. Bhattacharyya served for around 5 years in whole time Board level positions, initially at Haldia Petrochemicals Limited followed by Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals. He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Peerless General Finance and Investment and in the Board of Peerless Hospital. He is in the Board of several listed companies, namely, Ramakrishna Forgings, Veedol Limited & Texmaco Rail Engineering Services Limited, Mahadhan Agritech Limited & Deepak Mining Solutions Limited. Besides, he is a Director on the Board of Colonial Coal International Corporation, a TSX listed mining company of Canada. He is also Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee of the Ministry of Coal.
Mr Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya joined the Board of Directors of McNally Bharat Engineering Company Limited as an Independent Director w.e.f. 06th January, 2025 and was nominated as the Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee w.e.f. 14th January, 2025. He is also member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Stakeholder Relationship Committee of the Board.