Sudhir Vasudeva is the new Chairman of ONGC and its group of companies

Sudhir Vasudeva is the new Chairman of ONGC and its group of companies

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, October 4, 2011:  Shri Sudhir Vasudeva took charge as Chairman & Managing Director of  ONGC & as Chairman, ONGC Group of Companies (including Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals (MRPL)},  yesterday at 6.20pm at New Delhi.

Shri Vasudeva has pledged that ensuring energy security by improving production from the aging fields and augmenting production through fast track development of deep water and small & marginal fields, will be his priority.

Known across ONGC for his team management capabilities, Shri Vasudeva is reputed for multitasking and his   fast-track decision making approach. As Director (Offshore), ONGC, prior to this appointment, Shri Vasudeva has already ensured substantial cost savings for ONGC by facilitating better contract management of offshore infrastructures & facilities,

With over 35 years experience, on the larger canvas of ONGC, including 19 years of managing the Mumbai High, ONGC’s largest oil producing fields, Shri Vasudeva is one of the finest technical brains in contemporary Oil and Gas business in India,

A  Gold Medal in Chemical Engineering and a management grauate, Shri Sudhir Vasudeva joined ONGC as an executive trainee in 1976;  he was one of the first generation of engineers specifically identified  and entrusted with creating infrastructure to produce oil & gas from offshore fields. Topper of his batch, Shri Vasudeva, steadily worked his way up, with the majority of his assignments in offshore oil-fields.

Under Shri Vasudeva’s leadership, the country and ONGC look forward to securing the much needed energy independence for the Nation.