H Kumar
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Administration
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)
India
Biography
Shri H. Kumar appointed by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, GoI, on 7th August 2014, has taken charge as Managing Director of MRPL (Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd), a Schedule A, ONGC subsidiary. Shri H Kumar, an honours mechanical engineer from Calicut University, trained in Advanced Management strategies by IIM Kolkatta, brings to the table over 3 decades of professional experience across the entire gamut of petroleum functions while serving in one of India’s foremost Oil PSEs – HPCL. He has held key positions in different verticals and diverse functional streams of Corporate Strategy, Retail Services & Ops, Projects & Pipelines and LPG Projects and is credited with many benchmarks in the course of his service – whether it be in the construction and commissioning of the 356 KMs Mangalore-Bangalore Pipeline (MBPL) or for the engineering and construction of the Mangalore LPG Import Facility (MLIF) project( a first in Industry) and the HPCL Marketing Terminal for evacuation of MRPL products at Mangalore or the 44 TMTPA LPG plant, at Chakan, Pune.
Research Interest
Advanced Management strategies, Petroleum Functions, Oil Pipelines and Storages.