Arun Balakrishnan

Former Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
Worked through HPCL from Management Trainee Director- Human Resources in 2002 and subsequently Chairman & 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 & Energy Studies Currently
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.