New Delhi: GAIL (India) Limited's Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Manoj Jain has been given additional charge as Director (HR) of the company. The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) has approved the proposal for entrustment of the additional charge of the post of Director (HR) of GAIL to Jain. He has been given charge of the post upon PK Gupta's superannuation from the post on March 31. He has been assigned with the additional charge of the post for a period of three months with effect from April 1, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. He has been serving as CMD of GAIL since February 15, 2020.
Jain is a mechanical engineering graduate with an MBA in operations management. He joined GAIL as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1985 and rose through the ranks to his current position. He possesses rich and diverse experience encompassing more than 32 years with GAIL in the areas of projects, operations and management, pipeline integrity management and marketing. Prior to his elevation as Director (Business Development), he was serving as Executive Director (Marketing-Gas) in the same organisation.
GAIL is a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoNPG). It is responsible for natural gas processing and distribution in India headquartered in New Delhi. GAIL handles diverse post-exploration and production activities relating to Natural Gas ie transportation, processing distribution and marketing of gas and its fractions and byproducts.
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