ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has appointed Pasala Krishna Rao as Director (Operations).

For Rao, who led the Corporation’s Onshore Asset at Rajahmundry to strong performances, it's an elevation. A significant achievement during his tenure was the selling of naphtha produced in the Rajahmundry unit’s refinery in the international market.

Having joined ONGC in 1982, he rose to the position of Executive Director (Asset Manager) at Rajahmundry. Under his leadership, the Asset bagged awards for efficiency, safety and high performance. It won the national safety award for five consecutive years, a press release stated.

Hailing from Vizianagaram District in Andhra Pradesh, Rao will have a tenure of five years as Director of OVL. On taking over as Director today sharing his growth strategy he said the focus will be on expanding exports and entering new markets.

With his wide experience in deep drilling in different geological conditions to managing rig resources and assets at different ONGC locations and an MBA in marketing, Rao expressed confidence to take up the new responsibility at OVL.

Correction

The headline and first para of this news report have been modified as a previous version incorrectly said Pasala Krishna Rao has been appointed Director-General of ONGC-Videsh.

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