Dr K Rajagopal, a Professor of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras, has worked in several geosynthetics industries in India, and is an active member of the International Geosynthetics Society.
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Sanjay Singh is Director- Human Resources and Administration at Cairn India. In his current role, Singh is responsible for creation and delivery of dynamic HR strategies to meet the business needs of the organisation.
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Cairn to extend Rajasthan block
Cairn India has sought partner ONGCs nod for extension of the licence of their prolific Rajasthan oil block beyond the contractual deadline of 2020.
New oil & gas exploration norms
The Minister of State (I/C) in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, said that to increase domestic exploration, the government has taken several policy measures such as New Exploration Licensing Policy,
Cairn to double gas output
Cairn India Ltd is planning to double gas output from its Barmer basin in Rajasthan by the end of the current fiscal. The company has estimated its Rajasthan gas reserves at one trillion cu ft (tcf).
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BSNL and MTNL have inked a five-year pact with ONGC to provide all telecom services to the state-owned oil firm on a pan-India basis.
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New Director (Refineries)at IOC
Sanjiv Singh took over as the Director (Refineries) of Indian Oil Corp (IOC). He was Executive Director in-charge of IOC's Rs 30,000 crore Paradip refinery. Prior to that he was head of IOC's most modern refinery of at Panipat.




