Shri Pankaj Jain serves as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He has wide-ranging experience in governance as well as design and execution of policy across the National and State Governments. This has encompassed the domains of oil and natural gas, financial services (banking and institutional finance), industries, power, information technology, livelihoods and MSME promotion.

An IAS Officer, Shri Jain is an alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce from where he has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce followed by an MBA from FMS Delhi. He is also a qualified Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

Shri Jain has extensive Board experience as Chairman/Director on the Board of companies in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Sector [Petronet LNG Ltd and Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd], Banks [PNB, Canara Bank, IDBI Bank], Development Finance Institutions [National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development, Exim Bank, SIDBI], Insurers [LIC], Non-Banking Finance Companies, Guarantee Company and Regulators/ Supervisors [International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) and National Housing Bank].

Shri Akshay Kumar Singh is a veteran of the Oil and Gas industry in India. His career spanning 38 years has wide-ranging experiences across design, engineering, planning, execution and O&M of complex pipeline systems and process plants. He has an unblemished track record of delivering challenging, complex and large sized transnational as well as cross-country pipeline projects of national importance.

Mr Singh is the Founder-Chairman of M/s Petronet Energy Limited (PEL) and Petronet LNG Singapore PTE Ltd (PLSPL), wholly owned subsidiaries of Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL). He has played a pivotal role in formation of these companies and marking PLL's presence in International Market. He is also Chairman of Petronet LNG Foundation (PLF). He is Director on the Board of Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port Ltd and India LNG Transport Co (No 4) Pvt Ltd (Joint venture companies of PLL).

Prior to joining Petronet LNG Limited, he was Director - Pipelines in Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Under his leadership, India's first transnational multiproduct hydrocarbon pipeline from India to Nepal (Motihari to Amlekhganj) was completed 8 months before schedule and was appreciated by Hon'ble Prime Ministers of both countries. He also set up the infrastructure (for IOCL) to execute City Gas Distribution projects in 17 Geographical Areas, at an estimated capex of INR 13,873 Crores.

Before joining Indian Oil, Mr. Singh served as Executive Director in GAIL India Limited. In a career journey of over 30 years, he worked across project development, project execution, corporate HSE, R&D and Risk Management. He ensured the completion of the 1000 kms Dhabol - Bengaluru (DBPL) and 700 kms Dahej - Uran / Dhabol - Panvel (DUPL/DPPL) Natural Gas Pipelines in record time of 15 and 11 months, respectively, which was appreciated by the State and Central Governments. He also led a team that derived the formulation of a unified pool tariff model for transportation of Natural Gas across the country, for submission to PNGRB. From 1996 - 2002, he was instrumental in developing Mumbai's City Gas Distribution infrastructure, while working for Mahanagar Gas Limited. In 2015, he was tasked to lead a team that identified opportunities to maximise GAIL's annual profitability, and that continues to deliver substantial impact.

Mr. Singh has also played a pivotal role in the formation, execution and roll-out of key joint-ventures to develop hydrocarbon pipeline networks of national importance; (i) Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL), having equity participation of 20% each by IOCL, GAIL, ONGC, NRL and Oil India Ltd, for execution of 9250 kms long natural gas pipeline connecting all state capitals of 8 North East states, having capex of INR 9265 Crores; (ii) IHB Limited, a consortium of IOCL (50%), BPCL (25%) and HPCL (25%) for execution of one of world's longest LPG pipeline (2800 kms) namely Kandla-Gorakhpur (KGPL) having capex of INR 10,888 Crores. He also served as Chairman of IHB Limited and as Director at Talcher Fertilizers Limited as well as Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corporation Ltd.

Mr. Singh is a Mechanical Engineer from MIT, Muzaffarpur and Post Graduate in Turbo Machinery from South Gujarat University.

Shri Vinod Kumar Mishra has rich experience of about 3 decades in the areas of Corporate Finance, Direct and Indirect taxes, Treasury Management, Natural Gas Marketing and Hedging etc.

He is a Chartered Accountant and also holds degrees in Law and MBA (Finance).

He has worked in GAIL (India) Limited a Maharatna Company, for more than 27 years. In his professional career in GAIL, he has successfully handled Project Financing of GREP Pipeline Project and Construction of two LPG plants and was also involved in handling O&M activities of NCR Region. Through his profound knowledge in Natural Gas Contracts, he has been instrumental in developing various Natural Gas Hedging strategies that resulted in immense economic benefit to the company. He was also involved in Financial Planning & Analysis, Contract Management of Natural Gas & other liquid Hydrocarbons, handling Direct & Indirect Taxation matters, Treasury, Provident Fund, Superannuation Fund, Insurance etc.

He also held the position of Director in GAIL Global USA, INC, Houston (USA), a wholly owned subsidiary company of GAIL(India) Limited, having global footprint in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trade.

Shri Pramod Narang is 1984 batch Mechanical Engineer from Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), Surathkal (now NIT, Surathkal). He joined the Pipelines Division of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. in 1985 as a Graduate Engineer Trainee, thereafter rising to the rank of Executive Director in the company.

With over 35 years‚ experience in oil and gas industry, Shri Narang has made immense contributions in various fields like design, detailed engineering and execution of cross-country oil and gas pipeline projects, Operation & Maintenance, Corporate Planning functions, Projects Monitoring, Purchase & Contracts, etc. Construction of large crude oil and petroleum products storage tank farms at Vadinar (Gujarat), Panipat and Paradip; construction of 1300 km Kandla-Bhatinda pipeline, Koyali-Sidhpur products pipeline, Paradip-Haldia crude pipeline, Jaipur-Panipat naphtha pipeline are some of the major projects of national importance, handled by him and completed within schedule. He also played a central role in execution and commissioning of India‚s first trans-national petroleum products pipeline from Motihari in Bihar to Amlekhganj in Nepal, with an objective of accomplishing uninterrupted supply of High Speed Diesel and Motor Spirit to one of the most important neighbours of the country. This project was also completed in a record time.

During 2019-20, as head of Materials & Contracts function, he steered his team in placing highest-ever works and purchase awards along with achieving a record reduction in the lead time. These contributions played a vital role in strengthening the projects‚ value chain and had a far-reaching impact on overall projects execution.

Shri G. Krishnakumar is an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (formerly REC Trichy) with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Master's degree in Financial management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management. During the 36 years of his professional career in BPCL, he has held key positions across the Marketing and Human Resources functions with diverse leadership experience across business and functional domains.

Shri G. Krishnakumar was at the core of BPCL's pioneering work in revolutionising the downstream fuel retailing industry in the country, leading the organisation's customer-centric forays in convenience retailing, premium fuels, in a way heralding the digital age of BPCL at the turn of the century using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Loyalty, a first in the Indian oil Industry. He has developed and nurtured winning brands like Petro Card, SmartFleet Speed, In & Out, which have been significant contributors to BPCL's differentiated customer value proposition in the marketplace, reinforcing the Pure for Sure customer promise. As the head of BPCL's Lubricants business, he spearheaded brand MAK's aggressive growth in the domestic and international markets, and in the expansion of the product portfolio to cover new and emerging industrial, agricultural, passenger and commercial vehicle segments. He also championed the expansion of the service dimension of the MAK brand - MAK Quik, for quick oil change for 2-wheelers which has since been adopted by millions of customers. As Executive Director (HRD), he was focused on major initiatives in the areas of Learning & Development and Talent management.

Shri S. M. Vaidya, a Chemical Engineer from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela has over 34 years of extensive experience in refining and petrochemicals operations. He has had a decade-long association with India's largest cracker plant - the Panipat Naphtha Cracker Complex, a major driver of Indian Oil's petrochemicals business right from the drawing board stage. He is among the select technocrats in the Indian oil & gas industry who are proficient in all facets of refinery-petrochemicals integration, desirable for the sustainability of the oil & gas industry in the long-term. As Director (Refineries) he steered the timely rollout of BS-VI grade auto fuels across the country, commenced supply of IMO-compliant bunker fuel (0.5% Sulphur) and a special winter-grade diesel for the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas, and expanded the Company's green energy offerings with projects related to bio-fuels and 2G/3G ethanol-blended fuels at its refineries. Shri Vaidya is also a Non-Executive Chairman on the Board of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (a Subsidiary of Indian Oil), Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. and Indian Oiltanking Ltd. (both Joint Venture Companies).

Shri Sandeep Kumar Gupta , is a Commerce Graduate and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Before joining GAIL, Shri Gupta held the position of Director (Finance) since August 2019 on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, the leading PSU integrated Energy Company in Fortune "Global 500", and several group companies. He has wide experience of over 34 years of Oil and Gas Industry and handled F&A, Treasury, Pricing, International Trade, Optimisation, Information Systems, Corporate Affairs, Legal, Risk management, etc.

Shri Gupta held different positions in Indian Oil Corporate Office, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Risk Management, Refineries such as Guwahati Refinery, Gujarat Refinery, and Mathura Refinery.

He brings with him the experience of wholly- owned Subsidiaries i.e. IOC Middle East FZE at Dubai, IndOil Montney Ltd., IndOil Global B V Nederlands, and IOCL Singapore Pte. Ltd. He has rich experience of handling International Trade- Finalizing the deals for import of crude oil, petroleum products, LPG from various countries; from Middle East, Russia, West Africa, Europe, USA and Mexico etc.

Shri Sandeep Kumar Gupta has received significant training in the relevant subjects from various renowned institutions like IIM Calcutta, University of Maryland, Washington, Harvard Business School, XLRI Jamshedpur and IIM, Ahmedabad.

Shri Gupta has received prestigious individual recognition such as "CA CFO- Large Corporate - Manufacturing and Infrastructure Category" in January,2021 by ICAI for Financial and Risk Management during Pandemic and was adjudged among Top 30 CFOs in India by StartupLanes.com in May, 2022.

Shri Arun Kumar Singh is a Mechanical Engineer with first rank from National Institute of Technology, Patna (Formerly BCE, Patna). He has joined as the Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). He assumed the charge as the Chief of the Energy Maharatna on 7 December 2022. Earlier, he was the CMD of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a 'Maharatna' and a Fortune Global 500 Company.

He has headed various Business Units and Entities in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) viz. Retail, LPG, Pipelines and Supply Chain Optimization etc. He has rich experience of over 35 years in the Oil & Gas Industry. Shri Arun Kumar Singh has also held the position of President (Africa & Australasia) in Bharat Petro Resources Ltd, a wholly owned Subsidiary of BPCL, engaged in exploration of Oil & Gas, largely overseas.

He was also Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL) a Joint Venture (JV) City Gas Distribution (CGD) Company, listed on Indian bourses. He was also on the Board of Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL), a Joint Venture Company, listed on Indian bourses.

Shri Milind Torawane, IAS, is the Managing Director of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited. He has done Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecommunication) and Masters in Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, USA.

He was Commissioner of Rural Development and Secretary to Government (Rural Department), Panchayats, Rural Housing & Rural Development Department. Further, he has also held various important positions in Government of Gujarat (GoG) like Municipal Commissioner-Surat Municipal Corporation, Secretary-Housing & Nirmal Gujarat, Additional Chief Executive-Gujarat Urban Development Mission.

He has vast experience of working in the Finance Department of Government of Gujarat, as the Secretary (Expenditure) and also as the Secretary (Economic Affairs).

He had also served as the Managing Director of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and Gujarat State Investment Limited (GSIL). He has also served as Director on the Board of various Companies like Gujarat State Financial Services Ltd (GSFSL), Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) etc.

Shri Milind Torawane, IAS, was awarded the best District Development Officer [District - Narmada (Rajpipla)] in the year 2004-05. He was also declared the best Collector and District Magistrate in the year 2007-08 and 2009-10 by the Government of Gujarat.

Mr. Sidhartha Pradhan joined Indian Revenue Service in 1977 batch. In his last assignment, he has worked as Member of the High Level Committee (HLC), appointed by the Finance Minister, to interact with Trade and Industry on Tax Laws. Prior to that, he was posted as Vice-Chairman, Income Tax Settlement Commission, Additional Bench-1, New Delhi from 22^nd June, 2012 till 11^th June 2014. His previous posting in Central Government was as Additional Secretary, Department of Disinvestment in the Ministry of Finance.

He has worked in various capacities, both in Central Government and Government of Orissa. Worked as Additional Commissioner and Commissioner, Income Tax (Central), Delhi. He also worked as Secretary, Public Enterprises, Government of Orissa from 1995-2000 and as Special Secretary (Commerce), Government of Orissa. He was nominated as a Member of the Task Force constituted by Government of Orissa for restructuring the Power Sector in 1992. He was deeply involved in various Committees constituted in this regard for restructuring the Orissa State Electricity Board.

He did his Senior Cambridge at Stewart School Cuttack; B.A. (Pol Science) from Ravenshaw College Cuttack; M.A. (Pol. Science) from JNU, New Delhi, M. Phil from JNU; LLB from Utkal University and MBA from University of HULL, England.

Shri Muker Jeet Sharma, Indian Forest Service (1985 Batch), is a Science Graduate from Jammu, Post-graduate in M.Sc. (Geography) from Punjab University, Chandigarh and M.Sc. (Forestry) from F.R.I., Dehradun.

Shri Sharma has rich experience of more than 40 years in administration, soil & water conservation, global warming, pollution control, climate change, ecology & environment protection, business strategy, consultancy and project management. He has served State Forest Service from 1978 to 1985 and thereafter, he was in Indian Forest Service from 1985 until 2014. He retired as Addl. Principle Chief Conservator of Forest, Indian Forest Services, after serving the Indian Government for over 36 years. During his tenure, he undertook and led numerous initiatives to promote the conservation and protection of forests in J&K (cadre-state) and community forestry. His efforts were recognized by way of the Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award presented to the Forest Department. He is also the Founder and serving as President of J&K Amateur Fencing Association.

Ms. Mukherjee has worked successfully on Indentured Labour Route Project for UNESCO and Government of Mauritius. Her Book on 'India and EU: an Insider View' commissioned by Indian Council of World Affairs, a leading Indian think tank and published in August 18 is a best seller.

Her latest book, 'Bengal and its Partition: an Inside Story' published by Rupa and released in March 21, is a global best seller.

She completed FICCI's course on 'Woman and Corporate Governance'. She successfully cleared with distinction Ministry of Corporate Affairs online proficiency test for Independent Directors in October 2020.

Besides, this she has also written many other books and have published over 100 articles, columns reports and monographs in leading national and international publications. She was a Senior Expert Consultant to DFID.

A natural orator, Ms. Mukherjee is a political Commentator on TV on Indian Culture and Civilization, the India EU relationship, Brexit, India's interests in the Indo Pacific, the Chemical Weapons regime, nuclear issues and the changing contours of India's Foreign Policy.

Ms. Mukherjee has participated in briefings, seminars, round tables on questions relating to India and the EU, India and its neighbours, the United Nations Human Rights Programme, the human rights of women and the girl child as well as issues relating to UNESCO's areas of competence, particularly in Education and Culture.

Ms. Mukherjee lectures at Sushma Swaraj Foreign Service Institute and different Universities in India and abroad. She is presently a senior consultant to MGIEP, UNESCO and an Independent Director on the Board of Jindal Stainless Limited, JK Lakshmi Cement Limited and Udaipur Cement Works Limited.

Shri Sanjeev Mitla, 56 years old, is a Chartered Accountant by profession having rich entrepreneurial experience of more than 34 years in Strategic Planning & Management, Financial Planning & Control, Budgeting, Accounts, Auditing, Taxation, Legal & Secretarial Functions and MIS. He also holds Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (B.Com. Hons.) from Hindu College, Delhi University in 1986.

He is a managing partner of M/s Sharma Goel & Co. LLP and founder promoter of M/s SGC Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading payroll services provider in the country specializing in handling of payroll services, compliances, Retiral Trust Management.

In his vast professional lifespan of over 34 years, he has accumulated extensive experience in almost all field of professional services and industrial sectors with a diverse portfolio of clients. He is having vast knowledge and experience in external and internal audit & systems as well as insurance, banking, manufacturing & social service sector. He is expertise in analysing existing systems and procedures, preparing business continuity plans, designing internal control systems and facilitate effective decision-making. He is also a keen planner, strategist & implementer with demonstrated abilities in managing entire financial operations along with auditing & taxation related matters. He has successfully conducted various Central Statutory audits of major Public Sector Corporations & Public Sector Banks.

He also has experience in advising fortune 500 multinational and large Indian business houses on a wide range of matters relating to FDI policy, business re-organization, cross-border tax structuring and tax controversy across a range of sectors. He performed an imperative role in establishing various International Joint Ventures. He has developed expertise in practice domains ranging from entry level strategy, income tax, indirect taxes, transaction advisory, merger and acquisitions, transfer pricing, regulatory matters and most recently GST.

Shri Sundeep Bhutoria, 49 years old, is a social activist working for over two decades in the field of welfare, international cultural cooperation and the promotion and preservation of Indian arts.

Based out at Kolkata, India, he plays a significant role in preserving and promoting India’s rich cultural legacy, and works tirelessly to advocate universal literacy rooted in the nation’s literary heritage, through his involvement in various NGOs such as Prabha Khaitan Foundation and Education For All Trust.

He is widely acknowledged as a champion of the fine arts. He has been advising and instrumental in launching a number of CSR projects by various corporates

He serves as a Nominee of the Governor of Rajasthan at Bikaner University, as a member of the Expert Committee of Cultural Function and Production Grant of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). He has also been nominated as a member of the Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is the Treasurer of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA), which at present he has taken a leave of absence.

He is the Secretary-General of The Bengal, an NGO that brings together eminent citizens to promote socio-cultural and welfare activities. One of its projects, Pronam — run in collaboration with Kolkata Police — is an outreach program for the welfare of elderly citizens.

In September 2010 he was felicitated at The House of Lords, London, for “Excellence in his chosen field of work”.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Hindi from India and a Certificate in Corporate Management from Japan. Mr Bhutoria has authored seven books.