Sutirtha Bhattacharya is a 1985 batch IAS officer, who served as the Chairman & MD of Coal India Limited. Before taking charge of Coal India he was the CMD of state-owned Singareni Collieries Company. [1] He was also the Chairperson of the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission. [2] Presently he is serving as the Chairman of West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited.
Bhattacharya has advocated coal pollution mitigation technology to reduce harmful environmental impacts, [3] while still seeking to double coal production. [4]
He graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata, as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta. [5]