Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL) has appointed Rekha Pandey as director – human resources, bringing over three decades of experience in human resource management, personnel administration and industrial relations to the public sector coal company.
Before her appointment, Pandey served as general manager at Coal India’s headquarters in Kolkata. She has also held the position of General Manager (Welfare) at Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), where she gained experience in employee welfare and personnel-related functions.
Pandey’s career spans more than 32 years in the coal sector, with responsibilities across personnel management, industrial relations and employee welfare. She spent much of her career at CCL, where she served as chief manager and head of department from June 1994 to September 2024, before taking up a general management role.
Pandey holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from the Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi, which she completed in 1993. She also holds a BA Honours degree in Economics from Maharani College, Jaipur.
She has been associated with professional bodies including the National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM) and the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD). She is also an office-bearer of the Forum of Women in Public Sector.
As director – human resources at MCL, Pandey brings experience in employee welfare, personnel administration and industrial relations to the company’s senior leadership, with these areas forming important components of workforce management in the coal industry.
