Kaushlendra Kumar Mishra took over the charge of Director(Technical) of CMPDI on Thursday. Earlier, Mishra was General Manager(Mining), Piparwar area, CCL. Mishra obtained Mining Engineering Degree from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in 1985, He passed First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency examination from DGMS in the year 1989. He did his MBA from Punjab Technical University in 2012. He started his career in the coal industry from Amlai Colliery of SECL in the year 1985. Moreover, he served in various capacities and advanced progressively. He has held different responsible positions in different subsidiaries of Coal India like CCL, MCL & SECL, according to a CMPDI press release.