Shri Baikuntha Nath Talukdar has been reappointed as a Technical Member (Petroleum & Natural Gas) in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) for a period w.e.f. 03.03.2019. Shri Takulkdar was Director General of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Govt. of India and retired from there on 30.06.2015. Before his assignment in DGH, Shri Talukdar was the Director (Exploration and Development) of the upstream Exploration and Production Company, Oil India Limited under the Administrative Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He served Oil India Limited as Director for more than 6 years and joined the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons as the Director General on 06.02.2014.
Shri Talukdar is a Petroleum Engineering graduate from the Premier Institute, the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Immediately after passing out from the university, he joined Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and after a short stint there, he switched over to Oil India Ltd. He was awarded university Gold Medal while graduating from Indian School of Mines and during his service career, he received the ‘Best Alumni Award’ from this institute. Shri Talukdar has a number of achievements to his credit while working as Director in Oil India Ltd.