The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are prestigious centrally funded technical institutes under the ownership of the Ministry of Education,Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology,Science Education,and Research Act,2007,which declared them institutions of national importance and laid down their powers,duties,and framework for governance. The act lists 31 NITs. Each NIT is autonomous and linked to the others through a common council known as the Council of NITSER,which oversees their administration. All NITs are funded by the Government of India.
Anil Kakodkar,is an Indian nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India,he was the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,Trombay from 1996 to 2000. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian honour,on 26 January 2009.
Oil India Limited (OIL) is a central public sector undertaking engaged in the business of exploration,development and production of crude oil and natural gas,transportation of crude oil and production of liquid petroleum gas. The central public sector undertaking is a Maharanta,with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas overseeing its operations. Headquartered in Duliajan,Assam,the company has its offices in Duliajan,Noida,Guwahati and Jodhpur.
National Institute of Technology,Raipur is a public technical and research university located in Raipur,the capital of Chhattisgarh. Founded in 1956 with two engineering disciplines,namely Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering,the institute focuses exclusively on science,technology,engineering,and architecture.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,Government of India. The company is headquartered in New Delhi. ONGC was founded on 14 August 1956 by the Government of India. It is the largest government-owned-oil and gas explorer and producer in the country and produces around 70 percent of India's domestic production of crude oil and around 84 percent of natural gas. In November 2010,the Government of India conferred the Maharatna status to ONGC.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL),commonly referred to as HPCL,is a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) which is in turn under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,Government of India. It is headquartered in Mumbai. Since 2018,Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has owned majority of its stake. It is ranked 367th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2016. On 24 October 2019,it became a Maharatna (PSU). HPCL lives the mantra of Delivering Happiness,through safety,sustainable growth,and helping the community.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Mumbai,Maharashtra,best known for the association football team. The club was an institutional arm of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL),is a division of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) which is under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of the Government of India. Established in 1988,the refinery is located at Katipalla,north from the centre of Mangalore. The refinery was established after displacing five villages,namely,Bala,Kalavar,Kuthetoor,Katipalla,and Adyapadi.
Sambit Patra is an Indian politician and medical doctor who has served as the National spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014 and currently serving as a chairman in tourism department. Patra had his first job at Hindu Rao Hospital. He was appointed an independent director of the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in 2017. On 30 November 2021,Patra was appointed Chairman of the India Tourism Development Corporation.
Ajai Chowdhry is one of the six founding members of HCL. He is currently the Chairman-Board of Governors at National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT),Ranchi,International Institute of Information Technology,and Naya Raipur.
Rear Admiral Kirpal Singh,AVSM was a flag officer in the Indian Navy and founder of Dolphin Offshore Enterprises,one of India's first offshore technology firms. As a philanthropist,he formed the Dolphin Foundation,dedicated to providing grants and fellowships in the offshore and marine industry.
Nishi Vasudeva is an Indian business executive. She is a former Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL),an Indian state-owned oil &gas corporation and India's fourth largest company by revenue. She is the first woman ever to head a Navratna PSU.
Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad (1928-2013) was an Indian chemical engineer,bureaucrat and a former chairman of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC). He is credited with the design of the first Magnesium Plant in India in 1994 and was involved with the commissioning of Apsara research reactor,the first Indian atomic reactor. The Government of India honoured him in 1960,with the award of Padma Shri,the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited is an Indian multinational oil and gas company under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,Government of India. It is headquartered in New Delhi. It is a public sector undertaking whose operations are overseen by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Indian Oil is ranked 94th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2022. It is the largest government owned oil producer in the country both in terms of capacity and revenue.It has consolidated refining capacity of 80.55MMTPA which it intends to increase to 107MMTPA by 2024-25. As of 31 March 2021,Indian Oil's employee strength is 31,648,out of which 17,762 are executives and 13,876 non-executives,while 2,776 are women,comprising 8.77% of the total workforce.
Rabi Narayan Bastia is an Indian geoscientist and the Global Head of Exploration at Lime Petroleum,Norway,known for his contributions in the hydrocarbon explorations at Krishna Godavari Basin (2002),at Mahanadi Basin (2003) and at Cauvery (2007). A non-executive director of Asian Oilfield Services Limited and the President at OilMax Energy,Bastia is a recipient of the Odisha Living Legend Award. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2007,for his contributions to Science and Technology.
Satya Pal Wahi was an Indian corporate executive,army officer,technocrat,writer and a former chairman of public sector enterprises such as Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) and Cement Corporation of India (CCI). He was a member the Corps of EME and held the rank of a colonel. A recipient of the degree of Doctor of Science from three Indian universities,Wahi also received honors such as the Petrotech Lifetime Achievement Award,the Indian Geophysical Union Silver jubilee Award and the Giants international Award. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan,in 1988,for his contributions to society.
Banwari Lal is an Indian environmental and industrial biotechnologist and the director of the Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology Division at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Known for the development of oilzapper technology,Dr. Lal is the chief executive officer of ONGC-TERI Biotech Limited,a collaborative venture between TERI and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation since 2008. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development,one of the highest Indian science awards,for his contributions to biosciences in 2004. He have many Indian and international joint patents with ONGC,DBT,IOCL,OIL INDIA and TERI.
Jagdev Singh Waraich also known as JS Waraich,is a former National and International Athlete from India. Currently,he is working with ONGC as General Manager at Dehradun. Earlier,he held the position of Head Corporate Sports with ONGC at Delhi. He was also General Secretary of All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board (AIPSSPB),
Atanu Chakraborty is currently the Chairperson of HDFC Bank,India's largest lender by market capitalization. He was appointed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2021 on the board of bank. He is a 1985 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service,of the Gujarat cadre,and has served as Economic Affairs Secretary of India till his retirement in April 2020. Chakraborty has also been in the energy sector At the central and state government,his current role includes Chairmanship of start-up entities in Fintech.
