New Delhi: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) has appointed Dr Ram Naresh Singh as an Independent Director on the Board of India Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). He has been appointed on the Board of Indian Oil with effect from April 8, 2022. This information has been shared by the Petroleum PSU in a regulatory filing to the stock exchange on April 9.

Singh is an MA in Maithili & English and Ph D in Maithili. He is also an LLB. Dr Singh has more than four decades of rich academic experience wherein he has held key positions like Head of Maithili Department, PG Centre, Saharsa and Principal, H.S. College Udakishungang, Madhepura. He retired as a Professor (Maithili department) from Bhupendra Narayan Mandai University, Saharsa, Bihar.

He is currently a Board Member in Bhupendra Mandai Narayan University as Govt of Bihar Nominee. Dr Singh was also an Independent Director on the Board of Instrumentation Limited, a Government Company. He has also been a member of various Hindi Advisory Committees of the Government.

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