Mr. Pushp Kumar Joshi

Chairman & Managing Director

Mr. Pushp Kumar Joshi is Chairman and Managing Director of the Corporation effective May 8, 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. 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. S. Bharathan

Director - Refineries

Mr. S. Bharathan is Director – Refineries of the Company effective October 01, 2022. Prior to this, he was an Executive Director – Refineries Coordination of the Company with Additional Charge of R&D.

Mr. Bharathan has wide exposure to the Refinery operations of the Company and has worked in Operations and Technical Departments of Mumbai and Visakh Refinery for over 25 years. He has also worked in the Corporate Office on Margin Management & Refinery Project Process for over 4 years. Further, he is also leading HPCL’s Green R&D Centre in Bengaluru for the last 3 years. Under him, HPCL Green Research & Development Centre (HPGRDC) has reached filing of about 380 patents.

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

Mr. Amit Garg

Director – Marketing

Mr. Amit Garg has been appointed as Director (Marketing) of the Company effective December 27, 2022. Prior to joining HPCL as Director (Marketing), Mr. Amit Garg was Executive Director (Aviation) in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

Mr. Amit Garg is a Post Graduate in Electronics & Management.

Mr. Amit Garg is a senior leader in Oil & Gas space having rich and varied experience of over 35 years across the entire value chain in the Industry including sourcing, storage, logistics and sales across various functions in BPCL. He also served as a full time Director with Indraprastha Gas Limited, the largest CGD in the country and as a Nominee Director with Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited, a Joint Venture of BPCL & GAIL (India) Limited.

Mr. K S Shetty

Director - Human Resources

Mr. K S Shetty has assumed the charge of Director Human Resources of the Company effective May 01, 2023. Prior to this, Mr. K S Shetty was an Executive Director – Human Resources with additional charge of Employee Relations Department.

Mr. K S Shetty is a Gold Medalist in Human Resource Management from Andhra University and also a distinguished alumnus of the Swedish Institute, Stockholm from where he completed his Diploma in Sustainable Development in 2012. He has also completed his Advanced Management Program from MDI, Gurgaon / ESCP Europe Business School, Paris. (2016). He is an SHRM, USA - Senior Certified Professional and is currently on the AIMA Core Committee on HR and also on the National Council of the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD). He is also on the Board of HPCL’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company (HPLNG), effective October 10, 2022.

He has over 25 years of experience in HR in various capacities at HPCL. In his current role at HPCL, he is responsible for the entire gamut of HR/ER functions ranging from Talent Acquisition, Capability Building, Career and Succession Planning, Performance and Rewards Management, Discipline Management etc. He also has in-depth knowledge of various Statutory/ Regulatory requirements under various Labour Laws.

Ms. Sujata Sharma

Government Director

Ms. Sujata Sharma is a Government Nominee Director on the Board of the Company effective December 27, 2022.

Ms. Sujata Sharma is an Indian Administrative Service Officer (Andhra Pradesh Cadre) holding presently the position of Joint Secretary (M&OR) in Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG). She is Law Graduate and Ph. D in Botany.

She has held various positions such as Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Hyderabad; District Collector Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh; Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh; Special Commissioner of Collegiate Education & Technical Education, Andhra Pradesh; Special Commissioner Health & Family Welfare, Andhra Pradesh, Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Managing Director - Pradeshiya Industrial and Investment Corporation of UP Limited (PICUP).

Mr. Pankaj Kumar

Government Director

Mr. Pankaj Kumar has been appointed as Government Director on the Board of the Company effective June 22, 2022. Mr. Pankaj Kumar is a Director (Offshore) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) effective 4th September, 2021. As Director (Offshore), he is responsible for the entire gamut of Offshore Fields contributing around 70% of Oil and 78% of Natural Gas production of ONGC.

Mr. Kumar is a thorough Oil & Gas industry professional with more than 34 years of experience across ONGC’s business functions varying from Operations Management of Offshore and Onshore fields, Well Engineering, Joint Venture Management, Corporate Strategic Management and Asset Management.

During this period he has held key positions as Chief of Corporate Strategy & Planning group of ONGC and Asset Manager of Cambay Asset and Ahmedabad Assets. Sustainable production enhancement from mature fields of Ahmedabad & Cambay is another testimony to his impeccable Asset & Project Management skills.

He is known for his visionary approach and dynamic decision making with excellent performance records. During his stint in Joint Venture (JV) Operations Group, Mr. Kumar was instrumental in exceptional turnaround of CB-OS/2 Offshore JV block by making it profitable with almost 100% increase in production and delivering complex offshore projects in Panna-Mukta & Tapti block, on-time and within allocated budget. Mr. Kumar’s immense contribution in formulation of ONGC’s Long Term Growth Strategy: Energy Strategy 2040 as Chief Corporate Strategy & Planning is remarkable.

During his tenure as Asset Manager of the largest onshore Asset of ONGC at Ahmedabad, Country faced worst ever Pandemic and the lock down situation. Under his dynamic leadership during severe lock-down conditions Asset having 67 installations continued operations on round the clock basis and maintained production.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and Master’s degree in Process Engineering from IIT Delhi. He completed Advance Management Program at IIM, Bengaluru and Leadership Development Program at IIM, Calcutta.

Mrs. Vimla Pradhan

Independent Director

Mrs. 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

Vivek Biswal is a business management professional in the Power & Infrastructure Sector. Most recently he led an electricity distribution franchise in Odisha. Prior to this he worked for AES (USA), Odisha Power Generation Corporation, Tata Power Delhi Distribution, Reliance Energy (BSES), Consortium of US Power Utilities, NTPC and Hindustan Zinc.

An Odisha native, Vivek holds a master’s degree in commerce and bachelor’s in law from Utkal University besides being a qualified Cost Accountant and Company Secretary. Currently he renders management advisory services to corporates, in addition to being on board of few other companies.

Mr. Bechan Lal

Independent Director

Prof. Bechan Lal, presently, Vice-Chancellor, Cluster University Jammu in J&K, UT, is the former Professor of Zoology, at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. After completing his UG, PG & Ph.D. programmes from Banaras Hindu University, he started his professional career as Assistant Professor at Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University and rose to the Professorship. During his academic journey, he developed his specialization in the field of Reproductive Endocrinology & paracrinology, Environmental Biology and Fish Biology. In addition to guiding several Ph.D. students and more than forty PG dissertations, he has published around hundreds of research articles in journal of international and high reputes, including several book chapters. He is also awarded with several honours & awards. He is the President of Indian Society for Comparative Endocrinology. He has been the office bearer and member of several other professional societies. He has handled several research projects worth rupees crores from the various agencies of Govt. of India, like Department of Science and Technology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, University Grants Commission, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. He has been member of several committees constituted by Govt. of India, for various purposes. Apart from his teaching and research activities, he has also held several academic administrative responsibilities at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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 Manipuri Civil Court, Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, since several years. Apart from being an Advocate he also constantly extends his services to various social forums. He is part of many social organizations and NGOs which helped people through the tough times of COVID 19.

He has received various awards for his social work for the underprivileged section of the society.

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.

Mr. K S Narendiran

Independent Director

Mr. K S Narendiran hails from Tamil Nadu State and is self-employed by Profession. He is a Social Worker and actively involved in various activities which are for the advancement of weaker sections of the Society.