Odisha born Ranjit Rath to head Oil India Limited

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | March 14, 2022 IST

Bhubaneswar, Mar 14: Odisha-born Ranjit Rath (50) has been selected to head Oil India Limited, country’s second largest oil and gas producer. He was selected for the post of chairman and managing director ahead of two directors on the Oil India board and another executive director of the company. Rath, who is currently the chairman and managing director of Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd (MECL), was selected after interviews of five applicants on March 9, a notification from the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) said. Oil India’s current chairman and managing director Sushil Chandra Mishra will retire on June 30, this year. Ranjit, a Geoscientist, is an alumnus of IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur and Utkal University. Prior to his appointment to MECL, he was the General Manager with Engineers India Ltd , New Delhi and was posted with Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd. He was awarded with the prestigious National Geosciences Award 2016.

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