Amitava Mukherjee assumed charge as Director Finance of NMDC Limited, a Schedule “A” Government of India Enterprise, with Navratna Status, under the Ministry of Steel.

Mukherjee belongs to the 1995 batch of Indian Railway Accounts Services (IRAS). He is a Cost Accountant and holds Master of Commerce Degree from Guru Ghasi Das University, Bilaspur.

Prior to joining NMDC, he was holding the post of General Manager (Finance) in Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL). During his service in IRAS, he held various key positions in the Eastern Railways from 1997 to 2016. Before IRAS, he worked in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) as Accounts Officer from 1994-1997.

During his tenure in Indian Railways, he received National Award for outstanding services in 2006. He was also nominated by Railway Board to various Task Groups for Centralised Applications of Finance & Accounts department of Indian Railways for monitoring progress and to suggest improvements and enhancements to such applications and for Development of Traffic Accounts Management System.

Amitava has attended various international training programmes conducted by European School of Business at London and Paris, ICLIF at Kuala lampur, Malaysia and INSEAD at Singapore.