• Shri. Sarat kumar Acharya is the Chairman and Managing Director of NLC India Limited, a premiere Navaratna Company of Government of India engaged in Mining and Power Generation activities.
• Shri Acharya also holds the position of Chairman in two more companies - NLC Tamilnadu Power Limited (NTPL) and Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL).
• He carries with him rich and varied experience of over 35 years of working in BHEL, NTPC, NTPC-SAIL Power Company and NLC. Prior to assumption of charge as CMD, Shri. Acharya served NLC as Director (Human Resource) from 16.12.2010 to 30.09.2015.
• Shri Acharya studied Economics and graduated from prestigious Ravenshaw College and he got his Masters in Personnel Management and Labour Welfare from Utkal University. In his rich professional career, he made significant contributions in improving people processes and practices in the companies he worked and through his strategic and operational interventions he always enhanced the business results.
• A recipient of many awards and honors, Shri Acharya is one of the few inspirational corporate leaders , whose name also finds place in the book 'Most Powerful HR Professionals of India' (4th Edition). He has also been honoured with the award of 'Fellowship' by National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM) and Life Time Achievement Award for promoting sustainable HR and CSR by Green Tech Foundation of India. This year, on 11th April 2016, he received the Scope Excellence Award from Hon'ble President of India.
• Shri Acharya is widely travelled and well trained in India and abroad. He lends his services in academics as well as a visiting faculty to many premier Business Schools and Management Institutes.

Head of Economics & Markets
Rio Tinto

Vivek Tulpule became Head of Economics and Chief Economist for Rio Tinto in 2005. In this role, Vivek is responsible for assessing the economic environment and markets in which the company operates. This includes the global macro-economy, commodity demand, supply and prices and the implications of global shifts such as climate change. Vivek began his career as an economist in the Australian Government and held roles with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Environment and Heritage and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Chief Executive Officer
Vedanta Resources plc

Tom Albanese, 58, is the Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Resources plc, a leading global diversified resources company listed on the London Stock Exchange, with metals and mining, oil and gas, and commercial power operations primarily in India and Africa. In addition, Tom is the Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Limited and Chairman of Konkola Copper Mines, both subsidiaries ofVedanta Resources plc.

Tom brings a wealth of mining experience from Rio Tinto, the second largest global diversified mining company, where he was appointed a member of the Rio Tinto Board in March 2006 and the Chief Executive for the period beginning May 2007 to January 2013.

For the period 2009 - June 2015, Tom served on the Board of Visitors for the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in North Carolina.

In August 2013, Tom was appointed on the Board of Directors of Franco Nevada Corporation, a Toronto-based gold-focused royalty and metal streaming company with assets around the world.

In March 2016, Tom was appointed as Co- Chair of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Mining for the year 2016 - 2017.

Tom was conferred with the 'Mining Foundation of the Southwest' 2009 American Mining Hall of Fame Award, for his dedication, knowledge, leadership and inspiration to his peers in the mining industry.

Tom holds a Bachelor's degree in Mineral Economics and a Master's in Mining Engineering from the University of Alaska.

Managing Director
Rio Tinto

S. Vijay Iyer is MD Rio Tinto - India. Formerly Vijay has provided high profile leadership to the World Bank's energy, infrastructure and extractives development work in positions such as Director Sustainable Energy and Mining, and Head of the Bank's Africa Energy Program. He brings thoughtful leadership on a range of issues at the strategy, policy, finance, and transaction levels. He has specialized in sustainability for example on energy and climate, clean cities and the energy water nexus. He played a lead role in the launch of the UN Sustainable Energy for all, which seeks to meet universal goals of electrification and energy sustainability by 2030. Vijay previously had important positions in public administration and economic development as a member of the Indian Administrative Services, and experience in Banking and private industry. He holds MS Chemistry from Jabalpur University India, and a Masters in Management and Public Policy from Yale University

Principal
SEMP Consulting, Canada

Speaker: Jon G. Baird, B.Sc., P.Eng., Former President of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and former Managing Director of the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export (CAMESE) and presently Principal, SEMP Consulting, Canada.

The mineral exploration and mining sector in Canada is beginning to awaken from the globally depressed commodities cycle and low availability of capital for exploration and mine development over the last 3 - 4 years.

Canada has weathered this low period comparatively well, with strong production figures for most key commodities and with a consolidated junior mining sector that remains the biggest and best in the world.

The mining supply community has continued its unrelenting progress in developing new technologies for exploration, extraction, processing and environmental protection. Many of these technologies facilitate better quality outcomes, but have been driven by the industry's strong need to reduce costs. Canada's new discoveries and developments involve diamonds, gold, lithium, graphite and other commodities.

As a place to invest in the mineral industries, Canada possesses a huge landmass with favourable geology, world-leading, stable political environments for mining, the world's largest market for raising debt and equity capital for mining, as well as unparalleled, cost-efficientexpertise in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, core drilling and other technologies needed to find, develop and operate mines in productive, safe and environmentally sound ways.

Business Head, Mining and International Trading
Aditya Birla Group

Business Head, Mining and International Trading;
Sector Head - Mineral Resources Development, and
Managing Director, Essel Mining & Industries Limited,
Aditya Birla Group
Mr. Tuhin K. Mukherjee is the Managing Director, Essel Mining & Industries Limited, Business Head of Mining & International Trading, and Sector Head, Mineral Resource Development at the Aditya Birla Group, a US$40 billion global conglomerate in the league of Fortune 500. As Business Head, Mr. Mukherjee provides strategic leadership to the Mineral Resources Development, Mining Business and International Trading of the Aditya Birla Group.

Prior to joining the Aditya Birla Group, Mr. Mukherjee was Executive Director, JSW Steel Limited. Mr. Mukherjee started his professional career with formerly Coal Mines Authority Limited (CMAL)/ now Coal India Limited, a Government of India company, in January 1974. During his long professional career, he was also the Managing Director of Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited (BLMCL), Jaipur, India, and Chairman of Rohne Coal Company Private Limited (RCCPL), Delhi, India. He was also on the Board of several Natural Resources companies in India and overseas.

Mr. Mukherjee did his graduation and post-graduation in integrated earth science/applied geology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He completed his diploma in Business Administration from IGNOU, New Delhi India. And diploma in aerial photo-interpretation and photo-geology at IPI (now IIRS) , Dehradun India.

Mr. Mukherjee has orientation in Management Development from Ashridge Management College, Berkhamsted, UK and in Remote Sensing from ITC, Encschede, the Netherlands. He is the recipient of the Colombo Plan Fellowship from the Government of UK.

Mr. Mukherjee has over four decades of professional experience in the mineral, mining, trading and associated infrastructure sector in the fields of project execution, conceptualization, planning, operation, management, corporate strategic planning and business development, cross boundary negotiations, international tie-ups and co-operation.

Mr. Mukherjee is a member of National Mining Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and also Governing Council member of Sustainable Mining Initiative (SMI). Mr. Mukherjee represents India in the "Manufacturing" Working Group of BRICS Business Council.

Major share holder and Chairman
Australian Indian Resources Ltd.

Charles based in Bangalore, has had extensive experience spanning 50 years in the mining industry which included interests and exposure in Australia, Burma, India, Angola and Vietnam. He has had strong involvement in mineral exploration in Australia and overseas for several decades and was the founding Chairman of the BSE listed Gold Company, Deccan Gold Mines Ltd, and also the Promoter of Australian public companies, Auridiam N.L., Moonstone Mines N.L, and the Canadian company Redaurum Ltd. He was also responsible for the opening of the first diamond mines in Zimbabwe and USA (Colorado) and was the founder of the first gemstone processing factory and training school in North Vietnam.

Charles founded Australian Indian Resources Pty Ltd in 1993 and remains involved in developing a number of exploration and mining projects in India through a group of Indian subsidiary Companies.

Charles active role in exploration and mining projects, his profound knowledge of the mining industry, his extensive corporate background and his concerns for Indian rural development based on mining, provide significant and valued input to the group of Companies..

Secretary, Ministry of Mines
Government of India.

Balvinder Kumar who is currently working on the post of Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India with effect from 1st July, 2015, belongs to Uttar Pradesh cadre of 1981-batch of Indian Administrative Service. He has done post graduation and M.Phil from Dept. of Botony, Delhi University. Subsequently, while he was in service, he did Masters in Development Administration from University of Birmingham, England during 1997-98.

Prior to joining on the present post, he held the post of Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authority from 20.1.2014 to 30.06.2015. He held various assignments in the State Government. He was Principal Secretary in Deptt. of Women & Child Development, Social Welfare Department, Taxation Department, Food & Civil Supplies Deptt. etc. He was also Joint Secretary in Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemical & Fertilizers during 1999-2004.

Apart from being an administrator, he has recently published a book entitled "Man's Spiritual Journey".

Advisor, Ministry of Mines
Swayambhu Natural Resources Pvt Ltd.

Sri R.P. Ritolia, Advisor Swayambhu Natural Resources Pvt Ltd (A SREI Group of Company), former Advisor (Coal) to Managing Director, Tata Steel Ltd and Former Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Central Coalfields Ltd, Ranchi, India, has had a brilliant academic career having topped in Bihar Higher Secondary Examination, obtained Mining Engineering degree from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad with Distinction in 1969, Post graduation in Mining from Leoben, Austria (under UNO scholarship) and post-graduate diploma in Management from AIMA.

A result oriented executive who brought Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), an ailing company, to a Mini Ratna status by registering more than Rs 1000 crores profit consecutively for three years- one of his noteworthyfeats, amongst his many laurels. Under his leadership, CCL achieved a distinction of becoming the FIRST Company in Jharkhand to be granted membership of "United Nations Global Compact."

And the Kudos for this success goes to Sri Ritolia'sPragamatic programmes, strategic vision, drastic changes in the set-up coupled with inexhaustible reserves of inspiration to workers leading to a complete change in the mindset of all the employees.

During his illustrious 40 years of career in Coal India Ltd, he executed his visionary leadership andstood as a symbolof excellence in various projects & occasions.

He has also represented Board of Coal India Limited as one of its Directors. He also held the post of Director in Central Mine Planning & Design Institute of India Ltd.

As the Chairman of Coal Videsh Ltd, a committee formed to scout & acquire overseas mineral resources, he formulated corporate/strategic vision for the committee and prepared an Interim Report on it which was highly appreciated by Coal India Board. The present venture International Coal Venture Ltd, a consortium of steel, power and mining giants like SAIL, NMDC, CIL, RINL and NTPC, is the outcome of this initiative.He increased interface between China and India in the area of experience sharing of mining technology through MGMI.

His outstanding career and contribution to the mining industry has won him many awards and distinctions. He is a Gold Medalist, recipient of National Scholarship and UNO Scholarship, Best Manager's and General Manager's award at BCCL, Best award for Environmental management at WCL, Mother Teresa Award for National Progress, DewanBahadur DD Thacker Gold Medal Award for outstanding contribution to Coal Mining Industry by MGMI,Indira Gandhi Memorial National Award 2007 for Best chief executive from Public sector, Award of Excellence by Indian Mine Managers' Association & Lifetime Achievement Award by National Institute of Personnel Management.

He has travelled widely and has studied mining practices in Poland, Germany, Austria, UK, USA and China. He has authored a number of papers notably 'Technological Advancement in Coal Mining in India' in World Mining Congress, Istanbul, 2011, 'Human Resource Development in Coal Sector' at International Coal Congress & Expo, 2006, 'Best Reclamation Practices - Key to Abandoned Surface Mine Closure Strategy' in Asian Mining Congress, and 'Energy Conservation and Management in Coal Mining Industry' in South-East Asia Energy Meet.

Sri Ritolia is a distinguished visiting professor at Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad under AICTE-INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering). He has been a fellow/member of Institute of Engineers, All India Management Association, National productivity council and Standing Conference on Public Enterprise [SCOPE] etc. He has also served as the President of Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India [MGMI].

A philanthropist by nature, Sri Ritolia takes an active part in various social activities.

Chairman / Managing Director
Coal India Limited.

Mr. Sutirtha Bhattacharya, an Indian Administrative Officer of 1985 batch from Telangana cadre took over as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Coal India Limited, theMaharatnaPublic Sector Undertaking on 5th January 2015. Prior to assuming this coveted yet onerous responsibility he served the Telangana based Singareni Collieries Company Limited, in similar capacity.

A Physics Honours Graduate from Presidency College, Kolkata, Mr. Bhattacharya since his entry into the Indian Administration Service has held many important positions and garnered wide array of experience across diversified government sectors. Importantly among them were as Principal Secretary (Energy), Government of AP and CMD, AP Transco. As Energy Secretary, Mr. Bhattacharya's prime concern was to ensure quality power supply at reasonable price to all consumers in the state of AP. Mr. Bhattacharya has visited many countries and held international negotiations in varied fields. He has been associated with promotion of Research & Development activities, conceptualization of technology and international market promotion of eco-friendly products.

Mr. Bhattacharya took the reins of Coal India Limited, the single largest coal producing company in the world, at a time, when things were delicately poised. The immediate priority was to ramp up the coal production andincrease coal supplies, especially to coal fired power utilities of the country, both of which he pursued assiduously. As a result, the production and off-take during the last two years have reached a never-witnessed-before high orbit growth. It is reflected in the fact that, today, not a single coal based power plant in the country is suffering from want of coal.

A modest person by nature, Mr. Bhattacharya shies away from speaking about his achievementspointing out'the facts and numbers should speak for themselves'. He attributes the success of the company to collective endeavour of his colleagues across all levels.

In Coal India, he is conscientiously advocating quest for quality. That is,increased 'Quantity' with assured 'Quality' in a responsive manner. He has made it a point thatrequisite quantity should be supplied with reliable quality to customers. Mr. Bhattacharya is of the conviction that if brand Coal India has to capture Nation's imagination it can only happen when the company's customer becomes its brand ambassador.His endeavor is for mostfriendly business process interface, constantly innovating on ease of doing business and enhancement of ethical practices.

Another topic that is close to Mr. Bhattacharya's heart is ICT- Information, Communication and Technology which is being leveraged at various levels across the company.

As a professional Mr. Bhattacharya's experience of close association with power sector - in generation of power as well as its transmission - makes him well conversant in understanding the dynamics between power and coal sectors.

As a person, Mr. Bhattacharya is fond of books and is well read. He has been an avid table tennis player during his university days. He also has a penchant for classic movies and he can profusely quote from Gurdev Rabindranath Tagore's writings.

He believes in making Coal India not only a valued company but a company with values.

Design, Programming and Order Handling of SCADA
FLSmidth.

10/17/2016 Graduated as a Master of Science (M.Sc.EE) in 2007 with specialty in Automation and Control Theory. Started at FLSmidth doing design, programming and order handling of SCADA based distributed control systems for FLS main equipment - Lubrication, hydraulic and injection systems, ensuring alignment with electrical safety standards.

As a part of the design and order execution of the machine control systems I have carried out site commissioning and development and presentation of training material.

Was for two years expatriated to the USA, developing and integrating SCADA based control systems for large mobile conveyor systems operated through use of RTK GNSS position systems.

Returned to Denmark in 2013 to implement, adapt and further develop acquired BulkExpert advanced unmanned control technology to the FLS Automation portfolio of advanced control systems. As a part of the process been doing full project management and site management including performance guarantee verification.

Assumed the position of Global Product Line Management for Bulk Handling in 2015 and are now globally responsible for the FLSmidth® BulkExpert™-Unmanned Control product.