Hindustan Copper Limited has nominated Shri Rabindra Prasad Gupta, Director, Ministry of Mines vice Shri Sanjeev Verma, Ex-Director, Ministry of Mines as part-time official Director on the Board of Hindustan Copper Ltd. with immediate effect and until further orders. Shri Sanjeev Verma accordingly ceases to be Director of Hindustan Copper Ltd. effective from March 13, 2024. Shri Rabindra Prasad Gupta is an allied officer of CSS cadre and presently working as Director in the Ministry of Mines, Government of India.

He is looking after the Metal and R&D division of the Ministry. Before joining the Ministry of Mines, Shri Gupta worked in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) as Director Education and Estate Dept. for seven years.

Earlier he was posted in the Ministry of Home Affairs and was taken after the work of the Central Para Military Forces. ln the early phase of his career, Shri Gupta was posted in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and looked after the administrative matter i.e. licensing and foreign collaboration proposals of Automobile industry.