Singareni Collieries Company

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The Singareni Collieries Company Limited
Native name
Di Siṅgarēṇi Kāliyarīs Kampenī Limiṭeḍ
Company type Public
Industry Coal mining
Founded23 December 1920
(104 years ago) (1920-12-23)
Headquarters
Kothagudem, Telangana
,
India
Key people
Products
Owner
Number of employees
39,856 (2023)
Parent Ministry of Energy, Government of Telangana
Website SCCL official website

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a government-owned-coal mining corporation in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Energy, Government of Telangana. The Union Government's administration of the company is through the 49% ownership held by Ministry of Coal. SCCL is currently operating 40 mines with 18 opencast and 22 underground mines in 6 districts of Telangana (restwhile 4 districts of AP) and has a total manpower around 39,856 as of November 2023. SCCL is contributing 9.2% in the all India Domestic Production. Since inception (1889) 1.36 BT of Coal is extracted by SCCL and it has proved reserves of 10.84 BT.

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History

In 1871 William King of the Geological Survey of India discovered coal near Yellandu in Khammam district. The Hyderabad (Deccan) Company Limited incorporated in England acquired mining rights in 1886 to exploit coal found in Yellandu area. The State of Hyderabad purchased the majority of the company's shares in 1945.

Succession of administrators

Sl.
No.		YearsNameDesignationHighest
Degree		Notes
11921 - 1934 Sir Gordon Fraser, [1] OBE Chairperson (CP)
21934 - 1942 Mr. L. C. Croslegh [2] CP
31942 - 1945Sir Robert Denniston, [3] OBECP
41946Mr. Zahid Husain, C. I. E. CP
51947 Nawab Liakat Jung Bahadur [4] CP
61948 Nawab Moin Nawaz Jung Bahadur CP
71948 - 1949Mr. D. R. Pradhan, [5] I. C. S. CP
81949 - 1952Mr. C. V. S. Rao, [6] C. I. E.CP
91952 - 1956 Dr. G. S. Melkote CP M.B.B.S. [7]
101956 - 1957Mr. K. Venkata Rao CP PUC
111957 - 1958Mr. S. J. Tarapore [8] CP
121959Mr. P. M. Nayak, [9] I.C.S.CPBSc
131959Mr. R. Prasad, [8] I.C.S.CP
141960Mr. R. S. Krishnaswamy, [9] I.C.S.CP M. A. [10]
151961Mr. P. M. Nayak, [11] I.C.S.CPBSc [12]
161962 - 1964Mr. M. P. Pai, [13] I.C.S.CP
171964 - 1972Mr. V. K. Rao, [14] I.C.S.CP
181972 - 1974Mr. K. I. Vidyasagar, [15] I. A. S. Chairperson-cum-
Managing Director
(CMD)
191974 - 1978Mr. B. N. Raman, [16] I. A. S.CMD
201979 - 1981Mr. C. N. Sastry, [17] I. A. S.CMD
211981 - 1982Mr. S. Santhanam, [17] I. A. S.CMDM. A. [18]
221982Mr. P. K. Doraiswamy, [16] I. A. S.CMDBSc (Hons., Madras) [19]
231982 - 1983Mr. A. Valliappan, [20] I. A. S.CMDM. A. [21]
241983 - 1984Mr. K. M. Ahmad, [22] I. A. S.CMDM. A. [23]
251984 - 1987Mr. G. P. Rao, [24] I. A. S.CMDBSc [25]
261987 - 1990Mr. V. Govindarajan, [26] I. A. S.CMDB. A. (Hons.) [27]
271990 - 1992Mr. A. Valliappan, [20] I. A. S.CMDM. A.
281992Mr. R. V. Krishnan, [28] I. A. S.CMDM. A. [29]
291992 - 1996Mr. P. P. Williams, I. A. S.CMD MSc (Andhra)
301996Mr. M. C. Mahapatra, [30] I. A. S.CMDM. A. [31]
311996Mr. P. V. Bhide, I. A. S.CMD M. B. A. [32]
321997 - 2001Mr. A. P. V. N. Sarma, [33] I. A. S.CMDB. E. (REC) [34]
332001 - 2006Mr. R. H. Khwaja, [35] I. A. S.CMD M.A. (Aligarh) [36]
342006 - 2012Mr. S. Narsing Rao, [35] I. A. S.CMDMSc (Osmania) [37]
352012 - 2014Mr. Sutirtha Bhattacharya, I. A. S.CMD BSc (Calcutta)
362015 - 2023Mr. N. Sridhar, I. A. S. [38] CMD B. E.
372023-"present"Mr. N. Balram, I.R.SChairman & Managing Director (CMD)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Transactions of the Mining, Geological, and Metallurgical Institute of India, Volume 17, 1923, p.248.
  2. ↑ The Mining Year Book, W.R. Skinner and Financial Times, 1936, p.539.
  3. ↑ S. Srinath, Methods of Recruitment in the Signareni Collieries 1946-56, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Volume 48, 1987, pp. 579-585.
  4. ↑ The Hyderabad Government Bulletin on Economic Affairs, Volume 1, Hyderabad, 1948.
  5. ↑ Lionel Carter (Edited), Towards a Ceasefire in Kashmir: British Official Reports from South Asia, 18 September - 31 December 1948, Routledge, Abingdon, 2018.
  6. ↑ The Hyderabad Government Bulletin on Economic Affairs, Volume 4, Issues 9-11, 1951, p.631.
  7. ↑ P. Rajeswar Rao, The Great Indian Patriots, Volume 2, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 1991, p.118.
  8. 1 2 The Madras Stock Exchange Official Year-book, Madras Stock Exchange Limited, Madras, 1957, p.751.
  9. 1 2 Kothari's Economic Guide and Investors' Handbook of India, Volume 2, 1961, p.194.
  10. ↑ Annual List of Gazetted Officers in the Andhra Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh (India) General Administration Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1963, p.xvi.
  11. ↑ Kothari's Economic Guide and Investors' Handbook of India, Volume 2, 1961, p.194.
  12. ↑ Annual List of Gazetted Officers in the Andhra Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh (India) General Administration Department, Hyderabad, 1963, p.xvi.
  13. ↑ Kothari's Economic Guide and Investors' Handbook of India, 1965, p.198.
  14. ↑ Kothari's Economic and Industrial Guide of India, 1973, p.43
  15. ↑ Civil List of the Indian Administrative Service, Volume 17, 1972, p.2.
  16. 1 2 E. V. Ram Reddi (Compiled), Report of Enquiry into Certain Transactions of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, Volume 1, Government Secretariat Press, Hyderabad, 1983, p.69.
  17. ↑ ER sheet of S. Santhanam
  18. ↑ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  19. 1 2 The Civil List of the Indian Administrative Service, Volume 28, 1983, p.5.
  20. ↑ ER sheet of A. Valliappan
  21. ↑ India Today, Volume 9, Issues 1-12, 1984, p.67
  22. ↑ ER Sheet of K.M.Ahmad
  23. ↑ R. Ram Reddy, Industrial Relations in India: A Study of the Singareni Collieries, Mittal Publications, 1990, p.xi.
  24. ↑ ER Sheet of G. P. Rao
  25. ↑ P. L. Diwakar Rao, Public sector in Andhra Pradesh: a handbook & directory : with a special supplement on central sector, Utility Publications, 1988, p.141.
  26. ↑ All India Civil List, 1968, p.360
  27. ↑ The Civil List of the Indian Administrative Service, Volume 37, 1992.
  28. ↑ The Management Accountant, Volume 14, p.529
  29. ↑ Data India, Press Institute of India, Madras, 1996, p.220
  30. ↑ ER sheet of M. C. Mahapatra
  31. ↑ NOCIL Limited, Notice of AGM, 2019
  32. ↑ Dattatreyulu Jammalamadaka, Mining Ideas and Coal: Journey with Singareni, Notion Books, Chennai, 2015.
  33. ↑ Advisors to Governor of Andhra Pradesh
  34. 1 2 Moid Siddiqui, R. H. Khwaja, The Acrobatics of Change: Concepts, Techniques, Strategies and Execution, Sage, New Delhi, 2008.
  35. ↑ R.H. Khwaja takes over as Director-General of ASCI, The Hindu, 3 January 2017.
  36. ↑ Osmania Universitym Distinguished Alumni
  37. ↑ N. Sridhar the new CMD of SCCL, The Hindu, Hyderabad, 30 December 2014.
  38. ↑ SCCL Bagged Golden Peacock Awards 2015.
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