Coal India Limited announced that Ministry of Coal vide letter no. 21/3/2011-ASO/BA/Estt dated 22nd Feb'2023 has appointed Shri Nagaraju Maddirala Additional Secretary, IAS, MoC (DIN- 06852727) as part-time Director (Govt. Nominee) on the Board of the company w.e.f. 22nd February' 2023 and until further orders vice Shri Vinod Kumar Tiwari.

Shri M. Nagaraju is an IAS officer belonging to 1993 batch. He did post-graduation from the University of Hyderabad. Over the course of the service, he served at state, national and international level in the areas of public order, revenue & development administration, tribal development, finance, international economic relations, Industries and commerce, healthcare and State finances.

In the State Government, he served as District Magistrate, Director, Tribal Welfare, Secretary /Principal Secretary of Health, Women and Child Development, Finance and Industries & Commerce departments. During 2004-08, he served in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs as Director in Japan/North America and in the World Bank Divisions. Thereafter, he worked as Advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington DC from 2008 to 2012.

He was a visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, USA for one year in 2012-13 and Visiting Research Scholar in Stonehill College in 2018-19. He joined as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal on 30 January 2020 and after promotion as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal from 03 November 2020.