XIX International Coal Preparation Congress: Congress Proceedings Tapa dura -

Mr. Raj K. Sachdev is a qualifi ed Mining Engineer from the Indian School of Mines (IIT), Dhanbad, a Certifi ed First Class Colliery Manager, and a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Member, Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute, India. He is also a Fellow of East - West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. During his outstanding professional career, Mr. Sachdev held many senior positions in the Indian coal industry as well in the Government of India. He had played a key role in establishment of Central Mine Planning & Design Institute at Ranchi and its Regional Institutes. His last offi cial position was Adviser in the Ministry of Coal where he was responsible for project appraisal, perspective planning, new technologies, international collaboration and allied coal policy initiatives. He was a Member of Research Council of CFRI (now CIMFR) and also on the Executive Board of the Indian School of Mines (IIT), Dhanbad. He was an Advisor to the Expenditure Reforms Commission constituted by the Government of India to review the organizational structures of various government ministries and departments. He was also associated with multilateral bodies like US-AID, GIZ GmbH, IEA, OECD, IEA Clean Coal Centre, J Coal, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) etc. He is the Founder and President of Coal Preparation Society of India (CPSI) and Chairman of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) of the XIX International Coal Preparation Congress (ICPC) held under the aegis of CPSI from 13th to 15th November 2019 in New Delhi, India.