Singareni Collieries Company

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited
Native name	Di Siṅgarēṇi Kāliyarīs Kampenī Limiṭeḍ
Type	Public
Industry	Coal mining
Founded	23 December 1920; (105 years ago)
Headquarters	Kothagudem, Telangana, India
Key people	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (Minister of Energy, Government of Telangana); N. Balram, IRS (Chairman and Managing Director);
Products	Coal Mining; Power;
Owner	Government of Telangana (51%); Government of India (49%);
Number of employees	40,225 (2026)
Parent	Ministry of Energy, Government of Telangana
Website	SCCL official website

Singareni Collieries Company Limited, also known as SCCL, is a state-owned coal mining enterprise in India. It is jointly owned by the Government of Telangana, which holds a 51% stake in the company, and the Indian Ministry of Coal. Singareni Collieries owns and operates 17 open-cast mines and 22 underground mines in the state of Telangana.^[1] In September 2025, the company reported a total of 41,000 regular employees, with an additional 30,000 workers employed on a contract basis.^[2]

Native name

Di Siṅgarēṇi Kāliyarīs Kampenī Limiṭeḍ

TypePublic

IndustryCoal mining

Founded23 December 1920
(105 years ago)

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Since 2015, Singareni Collieries has extracted a total of 692 million tonnes of coal, including 58 million tonnes in the 2025-26 fiscal year.^[3] The company is responsible for 9.2% of India's total domestic coal production.^{[citation needed]} In 2025, Singareni Collieries launched two subsidiaries, Singareni Green Energy Company and Singareni Global Limited, focused on solar power and overseas mining operations respectively.^[4] The company also opened a new mine in the Angul district of Odisha, its first mining operation outside the state of Telangana.^[5]

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Sl. No.	Years	Name	Designation	Highest Degree
1	1921 - 1934	Sir Gordon Fraser,^[7] OBE	Chairperson (CP)
2	1934 - 1942	Mr. L. C. Croslegh^[8]	CP
3	1942 - 1945	Sir Robert Denniston,^[9] OBE	CP
4	1946	Mr. Zahid Husain, C. I. E.	CP
5	1947	Nawab Liakat Jung Bahadur^[10]	CP
6	1948	Nawab Moin Nawaz Jung Bahadur	CP
7	1948 - 1949	Mr. D. R. Pradhan,^[11] I. C. S.	CP
8	1949 - 1952	Mr. C. V. S. Rao,^[12] C. I. E.	CP
9	1952 - 1956	Dr. G. S. Melkote	CP	M.B.B.S.^[13]
10	1956 - 1957	Mr. K. Venkata Rao	CP	PUC
11	1957 - 1958	Mr. S. J. Tarapore^[14]	CP
12	1959	Mr. P. M. Nayak,^[15] I.C.S.	CP
13	1959	Mr. R. Prasad,^[14] I.C.S.	CP
14	1960	Mr. R. S. Krishnaswamy,^[15] I.C.S.	CP	M. A.^[16]
15	1961	Mr. P. M. Nayak,^[17] I.C.S.	CP
16	1962 - 1964	Mr. M. P. Pai,^[19] I.C.S.	CP
17	1964 - 1972	Mr. V. K. Rao,^[20] I.C.S.	CP
18	1972 - 1974	Mr. K. I. Vidyasagar,^[21] I. A. S.	Chairperson & Managing Director (CMD)
19	1974 - 1978	Mr. B. N. Raman,^[22] I. A. S.	CMD
20	1979 - 1981	Mr. C. N. Sastry,^[23] I. A. S.	CMD
21	1981 - 1982	Mr. S. Santhanam,^[23] I. A. S.	CMD
22	1982	Mr. P. K. Doraiswamy,^[22] I. A. S.	CMD
23	1982 - 1983	Mr. A. Valliappan,^[26] I. A. S.	CMD
24	1983 - 1984	Mr. K. M. Ahmad,^[28] I. A. S.	CMD
25	1984 - 1987	Mr. G. P. Rao,^[30] I. A. S.	CMD
26	1987 - 1990	Mr. V. Govindarajan,^[32] I. A. S.	CMD
27	1990 - 1992	Mr. A. Valliappan,^[26] I. A. S.	CMD
28	1992	Mr. R. V. Krishnan,^[34] I. A. S.	CMD
29	1992 - 1996	Mr. P. P. Williams, I. A. S.	CMD	MSc (Andhra)
30	1996	Mr. M. C. Mahapatra,^[36] I. A. S.	CMD
31	1996	Mr. P. V. Bhide, I. A. S.	CMD	M. B. A.^[38]
32	1997 - 2001	Mr. A. P. V. N. Sarma,^[39] I. A. S.	CMD	B. E. (REC)^[40]
33	2001 - 2006	Mr. R. H. Khwaja,^[41] I. A. S.	CMD	M.A. (Aligarh)^[42]
34	2006 - 2012	Mr. S. Narsing Rao,^[41] I. A. S.	CMD	MSc (Osmania)^[43]
35	2012 - 2014	Mr. Sutirtha Bhattacharya, I. A. S.	CMD	BSc (Calcutta)
36	2015 - 2023	Mr. N. Sridhar, I. A. S.^[44]	CMD	B. E.
37	Since 2023	Mr. N. Balram, I.R.S	CMD

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