GAIL Leadership

Shri Rakesh Kumar Jain is a Cost and Management Accountant by profession, Shri Jain joined GAIL in 1992 as a Management Trainee and has been part of growth trajectory of the company.

Prior to his appointment as Director (Finance), Shri Jain held the position of Executive Director (Finance & Accounts) in GAIL. Additionally, Shri Jain holds the position of Director in Indraprastha Gas Limited, GAIL Gas Limited, GAIL Global (USA) Inc. and GAIL Global (USA) LNG LLC. Earlier he was on the Board of Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt. Ltd (RGPPL). As Executive Director (Finance & Accounts), he headed Corporate Finance and Treasury section in large mobilisation of funds from domestic and international markets and took investment decisions in large infrastructure projects. He was also actively involved in Investor relations and interactions with Analysts fraternity.

Shri Jain has worked in the areas of Corporate Finance and Treasury including Forex Risk Management, Capital Budgeting, Corporate Budgets, Corporate Accounts, Finalization of Long Term international LNG and Gas Agreements, Pricing, Liquefaction and Regasification Terminal Service Agreement, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation, Regulatory aspects etc.

Besides serving a long tenure at GAIL, he was on deputation to Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), as Jt. Director (Commercial and Finance). During his stint at PNGRB, he was actively engaged in the review of tariff regulations, conceptualization of unified tariff, authorization of CGD 9th & 10th bidding rounds, finance functions etc. He has also worked in almost all business verticals of GAIL including GAIL’s largest Petrochemical plant at Pata.

Shri Deepak Gupta is a Mechanical Engineer, a DCE alumnus, with more than 31 years of rich and diverse experience in Oil and Gas Sector encompassing Project Management, Construction Management and Business Development functions. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the PMI, USA.

He has comprehensive and extensive experience in Project Management of Refinery, Petrochemical and Pipeline Projects from concept to commissioning and has led the execution of several successful Projects in India in all modes of Project implementation viz. EPC (LSTK), EPCM, OBE and PMC. He has successfully collaborated with multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams across geographies for implementing the highly complex and challenging Oil and Gas Projects.

In EIL, he has been on the forefront in leading the implementation of the multi-billion dollar 650 KBPSD Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Project in Nigeria, the largest single train grassroot Refinery in the world, which is also the largest Refinery Complex under implementation in the African continent. Besides this mammoth project, he has also led the implementation of the one of the largest Polymer facilities for HMEL at Bhatinda and the upcoming maiden Refinery Project in Mongolia. Besides the above, he has made significant contribution as part of team EIL that is credited with the successful implementation of the Petrochemical Expansion Project at Pata for GAIL and the PFCC Unit of MRPL Phase III Expansion Project at Mangalore.

As the convener of CHT Committee on Project Execution Best Practices he has made meaningful contribution in identifying key areas of improvement in project execution.

Mr Gupta has authored several papers and books sharing his experiences, feedbacks and ideas for fast track Project execution. Several key innovations and initiatives proposed by him are now a part of the best execution practices within the organisation. His special interests include project execution innovations, petrochemicals, strategy formulation, business growth initiatives, system improvement and digitalisation- for fast track project execution.

Mr Gupta has made presentations on strategies for mega project implementation and digitalisation at key forums, both in India and Overseas and has won wide appreciation for his thoughts and ideas.

Shri Ayush Gupta is an Electrical Engineer of the 1992 batch from IIT Roorkee and MBA in Operations Management. He has over 30 years of varied and rich experience in the fields of Training and Human Resource Development, Talent Acquisition, Leadership Development, Performance Management, HRD Initiatives, Project Management and Operations & Maintenance. He is currently also on the Board of Directors of GAIL Gas Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of GAIL.

Shri Gupta is recipient of the prestigious Chevening Rolls Royce Science, Innovation, Policy and Leadership fellowship from Oxford University in 2013, Winner of the National Corrosion Awareness Award 2004 and Emerging HRD Thinkers Award in 2011. He is the co-editor of the book ‘Natural Gas Markets in India’ published by Springer International and has to his credit several best papers awards for papers published and presented at national and international forums.

He has successfully led the improvements in various HRD system, process and practices including the digital initiatives for better engagement and enhancement of employee experience. He has been instrumental in formulating talent acquisition strategies to build a strong human resource pipeline for the organization. Shri Gupta was involved in implementation of the City Gas Distribution network in Taj trapezium zone and led several initiatives for bringing down the stock loss in the region during his initial career stint in GAIL.

Shri Sanjay Kumar is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree. He joined GAIL in the year 1988 and over the next three and a half decades has worked in various roles across domains including Gas Marketing, CGD Business, LNG Sourcing/Trading/Shipping, Business Development, Gas Transmission, Projects Management & Gas Pipeline Operation & Maintenance. This cross functional and multifarious experience has enabled him to gain deep insight on all aspects of the gas and LNG value chain.

Shri Sanjay Kumar played an important role in developing GAIL’s overseas LNG trading subsidiary GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. into a standalone entity that is now well established in the global LNG business.

Shri Sanjay Kumar was GAIL’s nominee Director on the Boards of GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., GAIL Global (USA) LNG LLC, GAIL Global (USA) INC and Chairman of Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL). He was Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the largest CNG distribution Company of India before assuming the Charge of Director (Marketing), GAIL.

Shri Rajeev Kumar Singhal Mr Singhal is an Electronics and Communication Engineer from IIT BHU Varanasi with Diploma in Business and Finance-ICFAI. He joined GAIL in 1989 as Assistant Executive Engineer and has spent more than 3 decades at GAIL in various profiles. He has gained extensive exposure in operation & maintenance of natural gas installations, SCADA / Telecom, LNG Sourcing, Trading, Shipping, Marketing and Business Development activities covering Merger & Acquisition, Diversification, Renewables / Green Hydrogen, etc. A few of his notable achievements have been marketing of US LNG to 6 fertiliser plants under long term contract, renegotiation of LNG sourcing contracts from Qatar and Russia, spearheaded acquisition of JBF Petrochemical Limited through NCLT, setting up of India’s first Small Scale LNG project and acquisition of 26% stake in Japonica, an LNG vessel company.

Shri Asheesh Joshi is an IAS Officer of 2006 batch belonging to Uttarakhand Cadre. Shri Asheesh Joshi was Secretary (Additional Charge) of Drinking Water & Sanitation Department, Govt. of Uttarakhand prior to his posting in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He possesses rich experience of holding the position of District Magistrate and working at Senior Position in various Departments such as Housing, Home, Agriculture, Finance, Land Revenue, Planning, Energy, Tourism and Rural Development in the Govt. of Uttarakhand.

Shri Kushagra Mittal is a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from MNNIT, Allahabad. He has subsequently pursued Master's in Public Policy from IIM, Bangalore where he was awarded Director's Gold Medal for best overall performance.

Shri Kushagra Mittal is working as Director in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is an IRTS Officer from Civil Services batch of 2010. He looks after the matters relating to Marketing division of the ministry and oversees Pricing Policy, LPG verticals there. He has worked as Assistant Operations Manager, Divisional Operations Manager, Area Railway Manager and Senior Divisional Commercial Manager at various divisions of Western Railway where he oversaw train operations and business development in addition to general administration. Prior to joining Civil Services, he has worked with BHEL, a Maharatna CPSE thermal power plant design. He has keen interest in Business processes and financial management and is a Behavior Economics enthusiast.

Shri Anant Kumar Singh is an IPS officer of 1994-batch of Madhya Pradesh Cadre in the rank of Additional Director General (ADG). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering from IIT (ISM), Dhanbad. He has served as District SP in six districts which includes Bhopal & Jabalpur and also served as zonal IG at Jabalpur. He has worked in Intelligence branch, Planning branch of Police, Lokayukta Sangathan of MP Govt. On deputation to Govt of India, he has worked as DIG & IG in CISF. He is recipient of the Police Medal for Gallantry, Police Medal for Meritorious Service & President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service.