Krishna Kumar Thakur takes charge as Director (Personnel) of NMDC Limited (NMDC)

Key facts

• Krishna Kumar Thakur, a 1998 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer, assumed the role of Director (Personnel) at NMDC Limited (NMDC) on Thursday.
• He previously served as the Director (Human Resources) at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), where he implemented organisational restructuring and multi-skilling initiatives.
• During his career in Indian Railways, he managed human resource functions in the Solapur, Bhopal, and Mumbai divisions.
• As the Chairman of the Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) of Western Railway, he led the recruitment of approximately 12,000 employees.
• He has served as the Head of Human Resources at Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) and worked on an international train operations project in Saudi Arabia with RITES Limited (RITES).
• He is an alumnus of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in Human Resources from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).