Mining Engineers' Association of India
MINING ENGINEERS' ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
ABOUT MEAI
OBJECTS
The constitution of the Association inter-alia highlights the following Objects:
- To protect the interest of mining engineers, geologists and allied engineers connected with mining industry in India and to improve their social and intellectual position / status in their profession.
- To assist and participate in promoting technical education with special reference to Mining Engineering and other allied Earth Sciences.
- To keep surveillance on the progress of all legislations affecting economic and industrial development of the country, in general and mining industry, in particular and voice collective views of its members thereon to authorities when necessary.
- To build harmonious relationship between its members and the mine management, Government authorities and workmen.
- To obtain representation of the Association on various Boards, Committees and Policy – formulating bodies related to mining and mineral industries at State & National levels.
- To promote the Art, Science and Technology of mining and allied professions in the mining industry by organizing technical paper presentations, workshops, seminars, discussions etc. and to promote earth sciences & mining education in the country.
- To take part in the health, welfare and socio – economic activities in the mining and mineral industries.
MEAI OFFICE BEARERS
SHRI. D.B. SUNDARA RAMAM
President, MEAI
SHRI. G. DHANANJAYA REDDY
Vice President – I, MEAI
DR. PUKHRAJ NENIVAL
Vice President – II, MEAI
SHRI. RACHAPPA M SARADAGI
Vice President - III, MEAI
SHRI M. NARSAIAH
Secretary General
SHRI. B. SAHOO
Joint Secretary Cum Treasurer
ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS (2025 - 2027)
SWAGAT RAY
(Ahmedabad Chapter)
Ms. GUNJAN PANDE
(Ahmedabad Chapter)
SANJAY KUMAR KOCHAR
(Bailadila Chapter)
NAGBHUSHAN B. RAO
(Bangalore Chapter)
SHRISHAILAGOUDA SANKANAGOUDAR
(Bangalore Chapter)
RAMSHANKAR SHARMA
(Barajamda Chapter)
AJAY KUMAR GOYAL
(Barajamda Chapter)
H G SHREEPADA
(Belgaum Chapter)
K PRABHAKARA REDDY
(Bellary-Hospet Chapter)
GAJULA LAKSHMINARAYANA
(Bellary-Hospet Chapter)
A.B. PANIGRAHI
(Bhubaneswar Chapter)
ANURAG OJHA
(Bhubaneswar Chapter)
SANTOSH KUMAR RAY
(Dhanbad Chapter)
V NARAYANA PRASAD
(Goa Chapter)
B R V SUSHEEL KUMAR
(Hyderabad Chapter)
M S VENKATA RAMAYYA
(Hyderabad Chapter)
SACHIN KATHARE
(Hutti-Kalaburagi Chapter)
RAJESH S. CHOUBEY
(Jabalpur Chapter)
BAJRANG LAL KOTRIWALA
(Jaipur Chapter)
KEDAR SINGH YADAV
(Jaipur Chapter)
ASHWINI KUMAR JAISWAL
(Jodhpur Chapter)
MANISH VERMA
(Jodhpur Chapter)
Ms. SAKSHI GUPTA
(Udaipur Chapter)
RAM PRAKASH MALI
(Udaipur Chapter)
KALIDINDI SUDHAKAR
(Rayalaseema Chapter)
SANTOSH KUMAR ADHIKARI
(Nagpur Chapter)
P S UPADHYAYA
(New Delhi Chapter)
A L S V SUNIL VARMA
(Singareni chapter)
SENDIL KUMAR K
(Tamilnadu Chapter)
M MUTHUKKUMARAN
(Tamilnadu Chapter)
K VENKATARAMANA
(Visakhapatnam Chapter)
M PALANIKUMARESAN
(Tamilnadu chapter)
MEAI PAST PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES
Shri. S. N. Mathur
President (2023-2025)
Shri. K. Madhusudhana
President (2021-2023)
Shri. Sanjay Kumar Pattnaik
President (2019-2021)
Shri. A.K.Kothari
President (2017-2019)
Shri. T. Victor
President (2015-2017)
Shri. A. Bagchhi
President (2013-2015)
Shri. Dr. S.K. Sarangi
President (2011-2013)
Dr. S.K. Sarangi
President (2011-2013)
Shri. S. Krishnamurthy
Secretary (2019-2021)
Dr. H. Sarvothaman
Secretary (2017-2019)
Shri. Koneru Venkateswara Rao
Secretary (2013-2017)
MEAI COMMITTEES
MEAI – New COMMITTEES formed for the Term 2025-27
1.0 Govt. Policies Review & Recommendation and Minor Mineral Committee:
| Shri. A. K. Kothari, Chairman |
| Shri. BRV Susheel Kumar, Member |
| Shri. Deepak Gupta, Member |
| Shri. Pankaj Satija, Member |
| Shri. T N Venugopal, Member |
| Shri. B. Sahoo, Member |
| Dr. C H Rao, Member |
2.0 International Affairs Committee:
| Shri. T Victor, Chairman |
| Shri. K. Madhusudhana, Member |
| Shri. Dhananjaya G Reddy, Member |
| Dr. Pukhraj Nenival, Member |
| Dr. P V Rao, Member |
| Dr. Abani R Samal, Member |
| Shri. Ravindra Kumar Sharma, Member |
3.0 Training, Development & Program Committee:
| Shri. K. Madhusudhana, Chairman |
| Shri. Dhananjaya G Reddy, Member |
| Dr. Pukhraj Nenival, Member |
| Shri. Vinay Kumar, Member |
| Shri. Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Member |
| Dr. P V Rao, Member |
| Shri. A R Vijay Singh, Member |
| Shri. Muthukumaran M, Member |
| Shri. M. Narsaiah, Member |
| Shri. Lalit Mohan Soni, Secretary |
4.0 Membership Committee:
| Shri. Dhananjaya G Reddy, Chairman |
| Shri. B. Sahoo, Member |
| Shri. Anil Mathur, Member |
| Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Member |
| Dr. S K Vashisth, Member |
| Shri. A. K. Jaiswal, Member |
| Shri. Ram Shanker Sharma, Member |
| Shri. SHM Mallikarjun, Member |
| Ms. Gunjan Pande, Member |
| Shri. L. Krishna, Member |
5.0 Legal Ethics and Disciplinary Committee:
| Shri. Sanjay Kumar Pattnaik, Chairman |
| Shri. A. K. Kothari, Member |
| Dr. P V Rao, Member |
| Shri. Pankaj Satija, Member |
| Shri. A R Vijay Singh, Member |
| Shri. M. Narsaiah, Member |
6.0 Editorial Board Of MEJ:
| Shri. D B Sundara Ramam, Chairman |
| Shri. S. N. Mathur, Member |
| Dr. P. V. Rao, Chief Editor |
| Dr. Yogesh G. Kale, Member |
| Shri. Pankaj Satija, Member |
| Dr. Sudesh K. Wadhawan, Member |
| Dr. V. N. Vasudev, Member |
| Dr. Abani Ranjan Samal, Member |
| Shri. Shameek Chattopadhyay, Member |
| Dr. Suman K. Mandal, Member |
| Shri. M. Narsaiah, Publisher |
7.0 Constitution Amendment Committee:
| Shri. V S Rao, Chairman |
| Shri. T Victor, Vice Chairman |
| Shri. A. K. Kothari, Member |
| Shri. Sanjay Kumar Pattnaik, Member |
| Shri. K. Madhusudhana, Member |
| Dr. P V Rao, Member |
| Shri. Pankaj Satija, Member |
| Shri. A R Vijay Singh, Member |
| Shri. M Narsaiah, Member |
8.0 Election Committee:
| Dr. Pukhraj Nenival, Chairman |
| Shri. Rachappa M Saradagi, Member |
| Shri. B. Surender Mohan, Member |
| Shri. Atul Kumar Bhatnagar, Member |
| Shri. B. Sahoo, Member |
| Dr. Vivek Laul, Member |
MEAI COMMITTEES
MEAI Committees constituted for 2023-2025
Approved by the Council on 08-01-2024 in the 2nd Council meeting
1) Govt. Policies Review & Recommendation Committee :
| Dr V.D.Rajagopal, Chairman |
| Shri BRV Susheel Kumar, Member |
| Shri Saurbah Priydarshi, Member |
| Shri C M Dwivedi, , Member |
| Shri Pankaj Kumar Satija, Member |
| Shri T N Venugopal, Member |
| Dr C H Rao, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
2) International Affairs Committee :
| Shri T Victor, Chairman |
| Dr Abani R Samal, Member |
| Dr P V Rao, Member |
| Shri Lalit Mohan Soni, Member |
| Shri M C Thomas, Member |
| Prof Bhabesh C Sarkar, Member |
| Shri B Sahoo, Secretary |
3) Resource Mobilization Committee :
| Shri K Madhusudhana, Chairman |
| Shri D B Sundara Ramam, Member |
| Shri Dhananjaya G Reddy, Member |
| Shri Laxman Singh Shekhawat, Member |
| Shri Swagat Ray, Member |
| Shri Pankaj Kumar Satija, Member |
| Shri Vinay Kumar, Member |
| Shri Anil Mathur, Member |
| Shri Sitaram Kemmannu, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
4) Training Development & Program Committee :
| Shri. Deepak Vidyarthi, Chairman |
| Shri S C Suthar, Member |
| Dr M Iftikhar Ahmed, Member |
| Prof. Bhabesh Sarkar, Member |
| Shri Mahesh A Bongale, Member |
| Shri B Sahoo, Secretary |
5) Membership Committee :
| Shri. Pukhraj Nenival, Chairman |
| Shri H K Joshi, Member |
| Shri M S Paliwal, Member |
| Shri SHM Mallikarjun, Member |
| Shri S N Jha, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
6) Legal Issues Resolution Committee :
| Shri A R Vijay Singh, Chairman |
| Shri P C Purohit, Member |
| Shri A K Makadia, Member |
| Dr P V Rao, Member |
| Dr A B Panigrahi, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
7) Website Content Management Committee :
| Mr. Deepak Gupta, Chairman |
| Shri Hitanshu Kaushal, Member |
| Ms Gunjan Pandey, Member |
| Shri L Krishna, Member |
| Dr B S Choudhary, Member |
| Shri B Sahoo, Secretary |
8) Constitution Amendment Committee :
| Mr. V S Rao, Chairman |
| Shri Laxman Singh Shekhawat, Vice Chairman |
| Shri A R Vijay Singh, Member |
| Shri Anil Mathur, Member |
| Shri Pankaj Kumar Satija, Member |
| Shri A K Garg, Member |
| Dr P V Rao, Member |
| Dr P C Purohit, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
9) Editorial Board of MEJ :
| Shri S N Mathur, Chairman |
| Dr P V Rao, Chief Editor |
| Shri K Madhusudhana, Member |
| Dr Abani R Samal, Member |
| Dr A Srikant, Member |
| Dr Sudesh K Wadhawan, Member |
| Dr V N Vasudev, Member |
| Shri Pankaj Kumar Satija, Member |
| Shri L S Shekhawat, Member |
| Dr Suman K Mandal, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
10) Election Committee :
| Shri Dhananjaya G Reddy, Chairman |
| Dr D A Hiremath, Member |
| Shri A K Jain, Member |
| Shri Anil Mathur, Member |
| Shri S N Jha, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
11) Conference Committee :
| Shri D B Sundara Ramam, Chairman |
| Shri B Surender Mohan, Member |
| Shri M S Venkataramayya, Member |
| Prof Sushil Bhandari, Member |
| Prof Bhabesh C Sarkar, Member |
| Shri B Sahoo, Secretary |
8) Constitution Amendment Committee
12) Student Chapter Committee :
| Shri G K Pradhan, Chairman |
| Shri M S Venkataramayya, Member |
| Shri S C Jhagrawat, Member |
| Dr Sushil Bhandari, Member |
| Prof Bhabesh C Sarkar, Member |
| Shri Senthil Kumar, Member |
| Shri B Sahoo, Secretary |
S.no | Name | |
1 | Mr .V.S. Rao, Past President – Chairperson | vsrao@ymail.com |
2 | Mr. Arun Kumar Kothari, Past President – Member | kothariarun53@gmail.com |
3 | Mr. T. Victor, Past President – Member | tvictor.goa@gmail.com |
4 | Mr. T.V. Chowdary, Past President – Member | thativchowdary@gmail.com |
5 | Mr. Md. Fasihuddin, Past President – Member | fasihuddinm003@yahoo.com |
6 | Dr. P.V. Rao, Editor – Member | editor.mej.meai@gmail.com |
7 | Shri. A.R.Vijay Singh – Member | arvijaysingh@gmail.com |
13) Ethics & Disciplinary Committee :
| Shri V S Rao, Chairman |
| Dr N K Nanda, Member |
| Shri Deepak Gupta, Member |
| Shri P N Sharma, Member |
| Shri Atul Kumar Bhatnagar, Member |
| Shri M Narsaiah, Secretary |
14) Environment Committee :
| Prof Gurdeep Singh, Chairman |
| Dr C H Rao, Member |
| Shri K S Yadav, Member |
| Dr A Srikant, Member |
| Ms Gunjan Pande, Member |
| Shri K Venkata Ramana, Member |
| Shri B Sahoo, Secretary |
