So let's start with where were you born? What did you study? How did you get into the coal industry and then move from mining to power then, you know, uh, and then eventually finished with, uh, your stint at the copper, um, you know, i-i-in, in the copper industry? And now what are your, what are you up to after retirement?

Thank you.

First of all, I'll say that my father was also my engineer, so...

And I was born in Jharkhand, brought up in Jharkhand.

I studied in a very remote location, which is, uh, where the explosive factory was located.

It's known as Gomia.

The Indian explosives factory was there, and I studied from class KG to class 12.

in terms of explo-