CIL appoints 5 independent directors; two seats still vacant

State-owned Coal India on Tuesday announced appointment of five independent directors, filling five of seven posts that had been lying vacant for over a year. Seven posts of independent directors were vacant since September 2014. The five independent directors Loretta Mary Vas, Vinod Jain, D C Panigrahi, Khanindra Pathak and Satish Balaram Agnihotri have been appointed for a period of three years with effect from November 17, 2015, the state-run miner said in a filing to the BSE. 

Total strength of Coal India board is 14. Coal India had earlier announced cessation of its three independent directors -- R N Trivedi, Noor Mohammad and Indranil Manna w.e.f. September 10, 2014.