Uranium Corporation appoints C K Asnani as new CMD

Jamshedpur, Sep 1 (PTI) C K Asnani has taken over asChairman-cum-Managing Director of state-run ‘UraniumCorporation of India Ltd (UCIL). Asnani, who has served as Director Technical and afulltime Director at Indian Rare Earths Limited, took thecharge from Diwakar Acharya. Asnani (B.Tech in Chemical Engineering) didPost-Graduation in Nuclear Engineering from BARC trainingschool. The new CMD held a meeting with senior officials ofthe company soon after Acharya handed over the charge anddiscussed issues related to UCIL. When contacted, Acharya described future of UCIL as goodand expressed confidence that the mining activities inJadugora Uranium Mine, about 22 kms from here, will resumebefore this year end under Asnani’s leadership. The process of reopening the mine was in advance stageand waiting for completion of formalities, he said. The mine had been closed for close to two years overrenewal issue. PTI BS SUSABI