Mr. Pramod Agrawal is the former Chairman and Managing Director (‘CMD’) of Coal India Limited. He has served as Joint Secretary in the Department of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He has about three decades of administrative experience as an IAS Officer in varied fields at State as well as Central level. Mr. Agrawal has worked as Principal Secretary in Government of Madhya Pradesh in different departments directly linked with public welfare. He served as CMD of Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited, CEO of Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority and District Collector, Morena & Mahasamund. He also serves on the Boards of Tata Steel Limited, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited and Century Plyboards (India) Limited. He is also a distinguished visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi.
Mr. Agrawal has completed B. Tech (Civil) in 1986, from IIT Mumbai and M. Tech (Design Engineering) in 1988, from IIT Delhi.
Mr. Agrawal has core competency in the field of project management, strategic alliances, tactical planning, and high-stake negotiations. He has been professionally trained in Project Appraisal and Risk Management from Duke University, Raleigh, USA, Management of Technical Cooperation Projects from ITCILO Turin, Programme on Infrastructure, Development and Financing from IIM Ahmedabad, and Infrastructure Planning and Management from IIM Bangalore, and Study on Road Management Policies and Practices from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne.