Indian Oil’s Director (Refineries), Sanjiv Singh took over as the Chairman of IOC on Thursday. Singh was the Director (Refineries) on the IndianOil Board since July 2014. Concurrently, Singh will also be Chairman of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (CPCL) and Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd. (HURL), a joint venture company set up to revive the fertiliser plants at Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni.
He is a chemical engineer from IIT-Roorkee with a Diploma in Management. Singh joined IndianOil in 1981 and has served for over 35 years.
An official statement said that he played a key role in the setting up, commissioning and stabilisation of two greenfield refineries at Panipat and Paradip. He has also steered the successful implementation of the petrochemical projects of Paraxylene/PTA and Naphtha Cracker with downstream units at Panipat Refinery.
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