Mr. A. R. Ansari born on July 1, 1952 is a former Chairman and Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, a ‘NAVARATNA’ Company of Government of India. He is a B.Sc, BE (Mining) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad by qualification. He graduated in the year 1973 with 5th Rank.
He has 28 years’ experience in mining minerals industry and 11 years’ experience in power generation industry. He has served in various states of India such as Orissa, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir and Tamil Nadu.
He was on Board of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited for 10 years and was CMD of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited for 3.5 years till retirement on June 30, 2012. He is credited to have bought the ‘NAVARATNA’ status to Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited. Under his leadership Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited increased production by 15% and power generation by 19% while PAT increased by 71%, Turnover by 43% and Net Worth by 33%.
During his career he has been bestowed with numerous awards some of them being Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Award by Government of India, Best Energy Man of the Year by Global Need Foundation, Exemplary Leadership Award 2012 by Asia Pacific Congress and World HRD - Excellent Award (nurturer Talent 2012) by World HRD Congress.