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M S Ramachandran
Chairman,
Indian Oil Corpn Ltd |
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Mr M S Ramachandran
is the Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, the largest commercial
enterprise and flagship national oil company of India. Prior to taking
over as the Chief Executive of IndianOil on 1.4.02, Mr Ramachandran
was its Director (Planning and Business Development).
A Graduate in Mechanical Engineering, Mr Ramachandran attended Advanced
Management Programmes at Ashridge Management College, United Kingdom,
and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
During his career spanning over 32 years, he has handled a variety
of functions of sales, logistics, operations, commercial, shipping
and international trade. As Deputy General Manager (International
Trade), he played a vital role in maintaining uninterrupted supply
of crude and petroleum products during the Gulf War in 1990-91, thereby
safeguarding oil security of the nation. Mr Ramachandran also served
as the Executive Director of Oil Coordination Committee (OCC), the
then executive wing of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Government of India, during the critical juncture of transition of
the Indian Hydrocarbon sector towards deregulation.
Mr Ramachandran’s efforts as Director (Planning and Business
Development) of IndianOil fructified in consolidation of IndianOil’s
core business activities through acquisition of downstream marketing
and refining companies like IBP Co. Ltd, Chennai Petroleum Corporation
Ltd. And Bongaigaon Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd. His initiatives
paved way for IndianOil gaining entry in countries like Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Mauritius for marketing of petroleum products.
In addition to his assignment as Chairman, IndianOil, Mr Ramachandran
is also Chairman, IBP Co. Limited and Chairman, IndianOil Tanking
Ltd.
Widely travelled in India and abroad, Mr Ramachandran has participated
and chaired several international Conferences, representing IndianOil
and the Oil Coordination Committee (OCC).
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