Exploration veteran

Shashi Shanker takes charge as ONGC CMD
Shashi Shanker takes charge as Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC on October 1, 2017. He has taken over the reins of the upstream ONGC from Dinesh K Sarraf, who superannuated from service on September 30. Shanker is an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in diverse E&P activities. He is a Petroleum Engineer from Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad. He also holds an MBA degree with specialisation in Finance. He has also received executive education from prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Prior to his appointment as Director (T&FS) in 2012, he has progressed through senior management roles in various work-centres, including in Institute of Drilling Technology, Dehradun; West Bengal Project; Assam Project and Deep Water group at Mumbai. He was acclaimed for his performance in spearheading the deep/ultra-deep water campaign of ONGC which was christened 'Sagar Samriddhhi'.