Om Prakash Sinha selected as Director (Exploration), ONGC

Om Prakash Sinha has been selected for appointment as Director (Exploration), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 17, 2025. Presently, he is serving as Executive Director – Head, Institute of Reservoir Studies, Ahmedabad, ONGC.

He will be appointed to the post of Director (Exploration) after receiving vigilance clearances and approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

The following 12 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:

1. Om Prakash Sinha, Executive Director – Head, Institute of Reservoir Studies, Ahmedabad, ONGC
2. Ajay Ratan, Director (as ONGC nominee on Pawan Hans), Pawan Hans Limited
3. Tarun Kumar Mathuria, Group General Manager & Basin Manager- Assam & Assam Arakan Basin, Jorhat, Assam, ONCG
4. Prabhakar Thakur, Chief General Manager, Head of Department, Directorate General Of Hydrocarbons ( Dgh)
5. Ashwani Kumar Walia, Group General Manager, Head Forward Base Silchar, ONGC
6. Vikas Mohan, Chief General Manager, Chief Geophysical Services, ONGC
7. Anupma Baveja, Chief General Manager Head Exploration & Development, ONGC Videsh Limited
8. K Karvannan, Chief General Manager, Basin Manager, KG-PG Basin, Rajahmundry, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
9. Dinesh Singh, Chief General Manager, CGM-Corporate Strategy, ONGC
10. Awadesh Prasad, Chief General Manager(Reservoir), ONGC
11. Anup Kumar, Chief General Manager (Geophysics), Oil India Limited
12. Dharam Singh Manral, Chief General Manager (Exploration & Development Directorate), Oil India Limited