Jindal Power has appointed the former bureaucrat Anil Kumar Jha as its Chairman. Anil is a veteran of the mining industry. He is the former chairman of Coal India, according to the statement given by Jindal Power. Jindal Power is a subsidiary of steel maker Jindal Steel & Power (JSP).

Anil brings in a rich experience of more than three decades in the field of mine planning, production, management, direction and control of underground, supervision as well as open cast mines, and more.

Commenting on Anil’s Appointment, Naveen Jindal , Chairman, JSP says, "We welcome Anil Kumar Jha to the JPL family. We are confident that with his vast experience, JPL will continue to scale new heights and contribute towards a self-reliant India. We wish him great success at JPL."

Anil is a mining graduate; he holds an M.Tech degree from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. He began his career with Coal India as a Junior Executive (Trainee) at Topa Colliery in Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) in 1983 and then joined Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) as CMD on November 1, 2015.

JPL operates coal-based thermal power plant with an installed capacity of 3,400 MW located at Tamnar, Raigarh District in Chhattisgarh.