Indian Oil Corporation Limited hereby informed that in terms of MOP&NG's letter ref. no. CA-31015/1/2022-PNG (41047) dated 14 August 2023, Shri Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar has been appointed on the Board of IndianQil as Director (Pipelines) with effect from 14 August 2023 (Afternoon).

Shri N. Senthil Kumar, aged 58 years, is an Electronics and Communication Engineer with over three decades of versatile experience in the operations & maintenance of IndianQil's countrywide network of oil & gas pipelines. Before joining the IndianOil Board as Director (Pipelines), he was heading the Operations function at Pipelines Division Head Office. Shri Senthil has a vast and rich experience and has played a pivotal role in using technology to boost security systems in pipelines and conceptualization of Central Pipeline Information Management Systems (CPIMS) with backbone alternate communication system.

Shri Senthil also played a vital role in pilot testing of drag reducing agents (innovated by IndianOil R&D) in LPG pipelines for the first time. Shri Senthil is also on the Board of two Joint Venture Companies viz. IHB Ltd. (a JV of IndianOil, HPCL & BPCL) and Indradhanush Gas Grid Ltd., (a JV of IndianOil, ONGC, GAIL, OIL & NRL).

IHB Ltd. is implementing the world's longest LPG pipeline project from Kandla (Gujarat) to Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh). Indradhanush Gas Grid Ltd. is implementing Natural Gas Pipeline projects connecting the states in North East India.