Mr. Mukesh Kumar Surana

Chairman and Managing Director

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Surana is Chairman & Managing Director of the Corporation effective 1st April, 2016. Prior to this, he served as Chief Executive Officer, Prize Petroleum Company Limited, a wholly- owned subsidiary and upstream arm of HPCL, since September 2012.

A Mechanical Engineer with Master’s Degree in Financial Management, Mr. Surana joined HPCL in the year 1982. During his career spanning over 39 years in Petroleum Industry, Mr. Surana has handled a wide range of responsibilities including leadership positions in Refineries, Corporate, Information Systems and upstream business of HPCL. He has been closely involved in Strategy Formulation, Business Process Re-engineering, Major Projects Implementation, Refinery Operations, Company-wide ERP Implementation, Acquisition and Management of upstream assets, etc.

Mr. Surana has vast experience in domestic and international Oil & Gas business and is known for his business acumen, innovative ideas and people-centric leadership. In his various roles, he has been able to empower teams to perform and deliver exceptional results through positive engagement and shared vision. He was a Core Team Member for Corporate-wide ERP Implementation in HPCL which now forms the backbone of all business transactions at HPCL.

A certified Competency Assessor and a Project Management Professional, Mr. Surana has also been actively associated with various important forums in Oil & Gas Sector.

Phone Number: +91-22-22863900
E-Mail ID: cmd[at]hpcl[dot]in

Mr. Pushp Kumar Joshi

Chairman & Managing Director and Additional Charge of Director – Marketing

Mr. Pushp Kumar Joshi is Chairman and Managing Director of the Corporation effective May 08, 2022. Prior to this, he was Director – Human Resources of the Corporation from August 01, 2012. In past, he also held key portfolios in Human Resources functions viz. Executive Director – HRD and Head – HR of Marketing Division.

Mr. Joshi is a Doctorate in Human Resource Management, Post Graduate in Human Resource Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and Bachelor of Law from Andhra University.

Mr. Joshi had been part of the Board of Directors of HPCL since 2012. During his tenure in the Board, HPCL became a Maharatna Company and achieved the landmark Profit After Tax of 10,000 crore in FY 2020-21. During his tenure on Board of the Corporation, Completion of Mumbai Refinery Expansion Project, Joint Venture Bathinda Refinery Project, numerous infrastructure projects in Marketing exponentially increased the Refining and Marketing capacities of HPCL. Under his leadership, HPCL will be embarking on completion of the Visakh Refinery Modernisation Project and Green Field Refinery cum Petrochemical complex at Barmer, Rajasthan.

As Director – HR, Mr. Joshi has been responsible for overseeing the design and deployment of key Human Resource policies and strategies while leading Human Resources practices that are employee-oriented and aimed at building high performance culture.

Phone Number: +91-22-22863900
E-Mail ID: corphqo[at]hpcl[dot]in

Mr. Vinod S. Shenoy

Director - Refineries

Mr. Vinod S. Shenoy is Director – Refineries of the Company effective 1st November, 2016. Prior to this, he was the General Manager – Refinery Coordination of HPCL.

A Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, Mr. Vinod Shenoy started his career with HPCL in June 1985. During his career spanning over 35 years, Mr. Shenoy has held various positions in the Refinery Divisions and Corporate Departments of HPCL and has wide exposure to the Petroleum Industry.

Intelligent refinery production strategy to ensure profitability, vision from operational excellence and capacity expansion of refineries at Mumbai and Visakh with bottom up upgradation facilities are the tasks ahead.

Phone Number: +91-22-22863900
E-Mail ID: corphqo[at]hpcl[dot]in

Mr. Rajneesh Narang

Director Finance

Mr. Rajneesh Narang has assumed the charge of Director (Finance) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., a Maharatna Oil Company effective March 22, 2022. Prior to this, Mr. Rajneesh Narang was an Executive Director – Corporate Finance & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. He has also held various key portfolios including that of Executive Director – Finance (Marketing), Executive Assistant to Chairman & Managing Director – HPCL among other assignments. He is on Board of several HPCL Subsidiary/Joint Venture Companies.

A Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a degree in Masters in Financial Management, Mr. Narang brings with him rich and varied professional exposure of more than 3 decades across various spectrum of Downstream Oil Company. He has held various key challenging assignments in HPCL in the field of Corporate Finance, Treasury, Risk Management, Margin Management, Marketing Finance, Budgeting, SBU Commercial, C&MD’s Office and Refinery Project.

Mr. Rajneesh Narang is known for his Commercial acumen, innovative ideas and people-centric leadership. In his various roles, he has focussed on investment in Human capital for building successful teams and individuals and able to perform and deliver exceptional results through positive engagement and a shared vision. He has various academic distinctions to his credit and is a key technical speaker in In-house capability building seminars and workshops.

Phone Number: +91-22-22863900
E-Mail ID: corphqo[at]hpcl[dot]in

Mr. Sunil Kumar

Ex-Officio Director

Mr. Sunil Kumar is a Government Nominee Director of our Company. He is IRAS(1995 batch) and is presently posted as Joint Secretary (Refineries), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, New Delhi since May, 2019. He is Bachelor of Technology (Petroleum Energy) from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, Financial Management from NIFM, Faridabad, Masters in Business Administration from BI, School of Management, Oslo, Norway, Executive European MBA from ESCP-EAP, Paris, France, Masters Diploma in Public Administration from IIPA, New Delhi and Logistic Simulation and Planning from Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.

As Joint Secretary (Refineries), he is looking after the matters related to Refineries, Auto Fuel Policy, Petrochemicals, Import/export of crude oil and other petroleum products; Bio Fuels, Renewable Energy and Conservation, Integrated Energy Policy; Climatic Change & National Clean Energy Policy. Before joining MoP&NG, he has worked with Indian Railways in various capacity including Director Finance Expenditure in Railway Board and Chief Project Manager of Accounting Reform Project of Indian Railways.

Mr. G. Rajendran Pillai

Independent Director

Mr. G. Rajendran Pillai has been appointed as Independent Director on the Board of the Company effective July 15, 2019.

Mr. G. Rajendran Pillai hails from Kollam district. He has completed his B.A. and M.A. from SN College, Kollam and LLB from SP College of Chandrapur under Nagpur University.

He has worked with Income Tax Department and is currently practising as an Advocate in District Court of Kollam.

Mrs. Vimla Pradhan

Independent Director

Smt. Vimla Pradhan is a Social Worker and has held post of Cabinet Minister in the Government of Jharkhand. She has been a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jharkhand since 2009-2019. She has been awarded as “Excellent MLA” in the year of 2017 by Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand. Presently, she is working as a Member of “National Foundation for Communal Harmony” under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Mr. Vivekananda Biswal

Independent Director

Mr. Vivekananda Biswal hails from Odisha State and is a post Graduate in Commerce and Member of “The Institute of Cost Accountants of India”. He is on the Board many other Companies.

Mr. Bechan Lal

Independent Director

Mr. Bechan Lal, Ph D, is a Vice-Chancellor, Cluster University of Jammu. He is co-author of many Books and is recipient of many Awards/Recognitions. He is also holding Membership and also an Office-Bearer of many scientific societies.

Mr. Ramdarshan Singh Pal

Independent Director

Mr. Ramdarshan Singh Pal is Post Graduate in Arts, LLB and is a practicing Advocate in the area of A.D.G.C. (Criminal) in Mainpuri Civil Court, Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.

Dr. Nagaraja Bhalki

Independent Director

Dr. Nagaraja Bhalki is a General Surgeon by profession and working as Professor at Department of General Surgery for the past 12 Years. As a surgeon, he has performed more than 6000 surgeries and been teaching to Medical Students. Presently, holding position of General Secretary of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Raichur. He was also past President of Association of Surgeon (ASI). During COVID-19 Pandemic, he has treated 180 COVID positive patients at Seva Bharthi COVID Care Centre for 30 days at free of cost.