Mr. Sutirtha Bhattacharya was the Chairman & MD of Coal India Limited. Before taking charge of Coal India he was the CMD of state-owned Singareni Collieries Company.
Mr. Bhattacharya has advocated coal pollution mitigation technology to reduce harmful environmental impacts, while still seeking to double coal production.
He is a 1985 batch IAS officer and graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata, as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta.
He is presently the Chairperson of the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission.