Mr. Shashi Shanker took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) on October 1. He succeeds Mr. D.K. Sarraf.
Mr. Shanker is an industry veteran with over 35 years of experience in diverse activities across the E&P value chain. Prior to his appointment as Director (Technology & Field Services) in 2012, he had steadily progressed through senior management hierarchies in various work-centers, including the Institute of Drilling Technology at Dehradun, West Bengal Project, Assam Project and Deep Water Group in Mumbai.
A petroleum engineer from the Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, Mr. Shashi Shanker also holds an MBA degree with specialization in Finance and has received executive grooming from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.