Arun Balakrishnan
- Former Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
- Joined HPCL as a Management Trainee in Human Resources and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming Chairman and Managing Director in 2007
- Founder Chairman of HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd. (HMEL), a joint venture refining company between HPCL and L.N. Mittal Investments in Bathinda, Punjab.
- Chemical Engineer, College of Engineering, Thrissur
- Post Graduate in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
- Distinguished Alumnus 2008 - IIM Bangalore.
He has been:
- Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India
- Council Member, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)
- Currently a Member of the Board of Governors, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
- Non- Executive Independent Director on the Boards of a number of prestigious companies in the Oil and Gas, Power, Real Estate, Space,Trading, Commodities Exchange, etc.
