Dr Ranjit Rath presently CMD- Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director- Oil India Ltd recommended by Public Enterprises Selection Board( PESB).
A practitioner Geoscientist, Dr. Ranjit Rath is an alumni of IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur (Applied Geology) and Utkal University. Prior to MECL, he was with Engineers India Limited, New Delhi and was posted with Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd., New Delhi, a SPV under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
He has a portfolio of multifarious roles spanning from strategy formulation, business development, upstream asset management and application of geosciences &
exploration geology in several important projects including creation of Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPRs) a ‘first of its kind initiative in India entailing underground rock caverns for strategic storage of crude oil – An intervention towards energy security.
Dr. Ranjit Rath is a recipient of prestigious ‘National Geosciences Award 2016’from the Hon’ble President of India and has co-authored an important book on ‘Underground Storage Technologies’ and has published several technical papers and participated in conferences in India and overseas.
Indian Bureaucracy Dot Com wishes Dr. Ranjit Rath the very best.
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