A government search-cum-selection committee on Thursday selected Alok Kumar Gupta as the MD and CEO of ONGC Videsh Ltd. Gupta is currently serving as Director(Operations) at ONGC Videsh.
He has been selected for the post from a list of more than 12 candidates who were interviewed on Thursday. The selection committee’s recommendation will now go to the Appointments Cabinet Committee (ACC) for approval after Gupta is cleared by anti-corruption watchdogs CVC and CBI.
The post of MD and CEO of ONGC Videsh had been lying vacant since Narendra K Verma retired on January 31, 2019.
The search-cum-selection committee comprised Oil Secretary Tarun Kapoor, former Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Chairman M A Pathan, and Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) Chairman Rajiv Kumar. (PTI)
