New Delhi: Ranjit Rath has taken over as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Limited (OIL), the country's second-largest public sector exploration and production company, according to an official statement released on Wednesday.
Rath took charge as CMD of the Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, on 2nd August.
Also Read: Senior IPS officer Sanjay Arora appointed as Commissioner of Delhi Police
Dr Ranjit Rath, an alumnus of IIT Bombay & IIT Kharagpur, took over as the new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Limited (OIL), India’s second largest National Exploration & Production Company, on 2nd August, in Noida.#Noida pic.twitter.com/PsepTYxDXq
— Dynamite News (@DynamiteNews_) August 3, 2022
Before taking over the charge of Oil India Limited, Rath was the chairman cum managing director of Mineral Exploration & Consultancy Limited under the Ministry of Mines.
He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Khanij Bidesh India Limited; Managing Director of Bharat Gold Mines Limited and also held additional charge of the Director General of Geological Survey of India under the Government of India.
Rath, an alumnus of IIT Bombay & IIT Kharagpur, has over 25 years of experience in the field of geosciences. (ANI)