Sanjiv Singh takes over as Director Refineries of Indian Oil

Excelsior Correspondent
NEW Delhi, July 1:  Sanjiv Singh has taken over as the Director [Refineries] of the leading Fortune 500 company, Indian Oil. He took over from Raj Kumar Ghosh who superannuated on June 30, 2014.
Mr Singh was  working as Executive Director (In -Charge) at the Paradip Refinery Project in Odisha, leading the prestigious Rs 30,000 crore project , till recently.
Earlier, he has held the position of Executive Director (In-Charge) at the most modern refinery of the country at Panipat and was responsible for setting-up of Refinery, Naphtha Cracker and other downstream polymer units.
Singh played key role in the commissioning of Panipat Refinery, Para Xylene and PTA and India’s largest Naphtha Cracker which has ushered in a new era of industrial development in Haryana.
A graduate in Chemical Engineering from IIT Roorkee, Sanjiv Singh also acquired Diploma in Management and  joined Indian Oil Corporation Limited in 1981 and has worked in various positions at Mathura, Barauni and Panipat Refineries. His services were also drawn by the Centre for High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Nigeria National Petroleum Company, Nigeria. During 2007-08.
Mr Sanjiv Singh led the Indian Oil team to KNPC [Al-Ahmadi Refinery] to assist them in reducing their turnaround time in the FCC turnaround. First of its kind, this assignment brought lots of praises for Indian Oil.