Mr. S. Roy Choudhury
Chairman & Managing Director

Shri S. Roy Choudhury took charge as Chairman & Managing Director effective August 2010. Prior to this he was Director, Marketing between May 2004 and July 2010.

Shri S. Roy Choudhury is a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Assam. He commenced his career in the Petroleum Industry with Assam Oil Company, Digboi, a subsidiary of Burma Oil Company. He Joined HPCL on 21st June, 1982 as a Construction Engineer.

He has held various positions in the company in Refinery, Marketing (Operations), Projects and Sales Divisions of HPCL. These include positions such as General Manager (Supply, Operations and Distribution), General Manager (Pipelines), General Manager - Sales (West Zone). He was holding the position of Executive Director - Direct Sales prior to his appointment as Director - Marketing.

He is credited with creating a Pipelines Division in HPCL and successfully completed several Pipeline Projects and was responsible for smooth transition from APM to Non-APM era in the area of Product Supplies and Distribution.

 Dr.V. Vizia Saradhi
Director- Human Resources

Dr. V Vizia Saradhi took charge as Director Human Resources effective August 03, 2007. Prior to this he was Executive Director - Industrial Relations.

Dr. V. Vizia Saradhi is a post graduate in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from the Andhra University. He joined HPCL in December 1979. Before joining HPCL, he had 4 years of experience in Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels (BHPV).

He has had a wide exposure to the petroleum industry over 28 years in Human Resources and Industrial Relations in Refineries, Marketing and Corporate Division of HPCL.

Mr.B.Mukherjee
Director- Finance

Shri Bhaswar Mukherjee took charge as Director Finance effective 1st February 2008.

He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has a wide exposure to the Petroleum Industry spanning over 30 years in the areas of Finance, Internal Audit and HR in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. .

Prior to his taking over as Director (Finance), Shri B. Mukherjee was Executive Director- Corporate Finance of HPCL. He has driven the major strategy initiative of Balanced Scorecard. He is also a Director on the Board of Petronet India Ltd., a Joint Venture Company of HPCL.

Mr.K. Murali
Director- Refineries

Shri K Murali took charge as Director – Refineries effective February 02, 2009. Prior to this he was the Executive Director (Refineries) of HPCL.

A Chemical Engineer, Shri Murali started his career with erstwhile Caltex Oil Company at Visakhapatnam, which was later merged with HPCL. He has wide experience in refinery operations. During his long career spanning more than 30 years, he has handled various critical positions including as head of both the refineries of HPCL at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam.

During his tenure as Head of Mumbai Refinery, the refinery performnance registered improvement in all areas of operations. Low cost de-bottlenecking of units and utilization of indegeneous R&D for commercial applications was undertaken.

As Head of Corporate R&D Projects for HPCL, he has developed proposals and strategies which are under implementation. As Director- Refineries of HPCL, he has several plans to bring in world class competitiveness to both the refineries.

He was instrumental in strategizing and preparing the initial Detailed Project Report for HPCL Joint Venture Refinery in Bhatinda, Punjab.

Ms. Nishi Vasudeva
Director- Marketing

Ms. Nishi Vasudeva took charge as Director – Marketing effective July 04, 2011. Prior to this she was the Executive Director (Marketing Co-ordination) of HPCL.

Ms. Nishi Vasudeva is MBA from Indian Institute of Management- Kolkata. She commenced her career in the Petroleum Industry with Engineers India Ltd. She has a wide exposure to the Petroleum Industry spanning over 34 years in various streams like Marketing, Corporate, Strategy & Planning, Information System etc.

Mr.P.K.Sinha
Director

Shri P.K. Sinha, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India, is a Post Graduate from Delhi School of Economics and an IAS officer of U.P. Cadre. Shri P.K. Sinha also holds M.Phil in Social Sciences and Masters Diploma in Public Administration. Shri Sinha has served both in the Central and State Governments, including as District Magistrate of Jaunpur and Agra Districts, Commissioner of Varanasi Division and Principal Secretary, Irrigation, Uttar Pradesh. Shri Sinha has also served in the Ministry of Power, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Central Government before joining Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

Mr.L.N.Gupta
Director

Shri L N Gupta, has been appointed as a Part Time Director on the HPCL Board effective June 25, 2008

Shri L N Gupta is Joint Secretary (Refineries) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is an IAS officer and has done his M.A (Economics) and MBA from Birmingham University

Shri Gupta has served the Government of Orissa as Sub Collector- Deogarh, Project Officer-DRDA - Sundergarh, Managing Director-OSTC/Orissa Textile Mills Limited, Choudwar. He has also served as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India - Department of Personnel and Training, Vice Chairman - Bhubaneswar Development Authority, Administrator - Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Revenue Development Commissioner (Central) - Cuttack, Chairman and MD - Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, Commissioner cum Secretary - Department of Steel and Mines, Chairman and MD - Orissa Hydro Power Corporation and Resident Commissioner - Government of Orissa, New Delhi.

Dr. Gitesh K Shah
Director

Dr. Gitesh Shah, a Scientist turned Management Expert, was appointed to the HPCL board effective December 7, 2009.

Dr.Gitesh Shah has done his M.Sc., Ph.D. & D.Sc in Organic Chemistry. Dr. Shah is a Chartered Scientist, Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry(RSC), London. (C.Sci., C.Chem., F.R.S.C.). He is also member of the prestigious Dr.Vikram Sarabhai Award Committee. He is based at Ahmedabad.

Dr. Gitesh Shah, who is a noted Technocrat & Management Expert, has rich experience of 20 years in the field of Petrochemical, Chem-informatics, Bio-informatics and Nano–Technology. He has to his credit 18 research papers in renowned international journals in the field of Chemistry and Nano–Technology. He has served as the Chairman of the Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), Baroda. He is Chairman of Harita Projects Private Limited, a company engaged in Infrastructure Projects and Nano-Molecules.

Shri S K Roongta
Director

Shri S K Roongta joined the HPCL board as an Independent Director effective January 10, 2011.

Shri Roongta is a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) – Electrical from BITS, Pilani and also a Gold Medalist in  Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management-International Trade from  Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. Shri Roongta is  a Fellow Member of All India Management Association.

Shri Roongta joined Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in 1972 as Executive-Marketing and rose to the position of Chairman, SAIL in August 2006, superannuating effective May 2010.

Shri Roongta also holds Directorships in Axis Bank, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., Shipping Corporation Ltd., Jubilant Industries Ltd., Jindal Power Ltd. and ACC Ltd.

Shri Roongta has been associated with various Academic Institutions and Apex Bodies by holding important positions.

Shri. Anil Razdan
Director

Shri. Anil Razdan joined the HPCL board as an Independent Director effective January 10, 2011.

Shri Anil Razdan joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1973.  He is an alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University for B.Sc (Hons.) Physics (1965-68) and Faculty of Law, Delhi University for LL.B (1968-71).  He has been a Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford.

Shri Anil Razdan was Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Power during 2007-08. He has held various significant assignments in the Government of Haryana, and the energy sector in the Government of India, including that of Additional & Special Secretary with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

As Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India, Shri Anil Razdan’s tenure was hailed as a visionary one, with many path breaking initiatives and unprecedented activity, heralding a paradigm shift in the scale and width of operations. He is presently Member of the Advisory Group of the Union Minister of Power, Member of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Task Force on Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Public Sector Enterprises of the Government of India for the year 2010-11, and Convenor of the Task Force for the Energy Group of companies, Chairman of the Urjavaran Foundation, Member of the Advisory Boards of Project Management Associates (PMA), the India Energy Forum and International Fenestration Forum.

He is currently an eminent Energy Expert, Strategic Adviser and Consultant, and contributes strategy option and papers on energy to various prominent journals and media.