Radha Shyam Mahapatro, director (personnel), Central Coalfields limited has been unanimously selected as Regional Vice-President (Eastern Region) of NIPM (National Institute of Personnel Management) by National Council in its 318th meeting held on June 27, 2015 at Kochi.
Mahapatro has stated that he would shoulder the responsibility given to him and endeavour to spread the knowledge, principles, practices, techniques and methods of Human Resource Management, Industrial Management, Industrial Relations, labour & Social Welfare & Industrial jurisprudence in all their bearing and make NIPM a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences and collection and dissemination of information on management in all spheres of development.
Radha Shyam Mahapatro took over as Director (Personnel), Central Coalfields limited (A subsidiary of Coal India ltd.) on June 8, 2015. Before taking over as Director (P), CCl, Mahapatro successfully shouldered varied responsibilities such as Genral Manager (Personnel & Industrial Relation, Recruitment) of CCl, Asstt. GM, EIl and NHPC.
He has more than 26 years of experience in Power, Oil and Coal in different capacities. A Graduate and Post Graduate in Industrial Relation & labour Welfare, Mahapatro has handled various areas of HR functions, liaison and co-ordination. During his tenure in NHPC, EIl, and CCl, Ranchi, he had worked for introduction of Productive work culture organising and restructuring. He won laurels for his outstanding performance in previous organisations.
Mahapatro brought a paradigm shift in HR functioning. Due to his initiative in the areas of Recruitment, Welfare and CSR, the company has earned good name. Mahapatro’s areas of interest include rural development, alleviation of poverty, environment and ecology.
He worked for reform in administration to make it responsive to the need and aspirations of the communities and maintains transparency in each area of activity.