Shri Indra Dev Narayan has assumed the charge of Chairman cum Managing Director of Mineral Exploration And Consultancy Limited (formerly Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd.) (MECL), a Mini Ratna I CPSE under the aegis of Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India..
A mining graduate, Shri Narayan is an alumnus of Vishveshvarya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur of Year 1990 batch. Prior to his taking charge as CMD, MECL he was the Regional Director of CMPDIL, Bilaspur.
Shri Narayan has also attained the First Class Mines Managers Certificate of Competency from Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS).
Shri Narayan has been awarded as the best General Manager by Coal India Limited for the performance for the FY 2018-19. He has also been bestowed with an award for Best Planner for Planning and Design Work. He has distinctly of leading the team of planners, which planned the opencast mine with highest annual target capacity till date i.e. GEVRA Expansion OCP (70 Mty). Played a pivotal role in getting the Environmental clearance from MOEF for Kusmunda OCP of SECL which hold record for the highest environmental clearance sanctioned for the single coal Mining project i.e. 62.50 mty. Under his leadership, the CMPDI Regional Institute, Bilaspur has drilled highest drilling meterage of 187317 m in a single year since inception.
Shri Narayan was a key member in planning and design of ambitious FIRST MILE CONNECTIVITY programme of MoC. He has been an active part of the CIL Business Delegation that visited Australia in 2017.
Under his splendid vision, MECL will revive as a tech-driven consulting organisation to serve the mineral and mining industry in the nation and abroad opting on specialisations, cross-skilling and other transformative initiatives and customized solutions for the clients.