Mangaluru. May 30, 2018 : Shri M Venkatesh, has been appointed as the Managing Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, GOI, w.e.f. 1-6-2018. Currently, Shri M Venkatesh is the Director (Refinery) in MRPL and has got more than three decades of experience in the oil industry.
A Chemical Engineer from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, he started his career as a trainee in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. in 1988. He honed his expertise in Technical services while working at Indian Oil’s Mathura and Guwahati Refinery.
In 1994, Shri M Venkatesh joined MRPL as a Deputy Manager in the Technical Services department. Later he worked in Projects and Operations streams also. He played a major role in design, configuration and execution of Rs.15,000 Cr MRPL Refinery Phase-3 expansion project along with a Polypropylene unit.
He has played a strategic role in the robust integration of MRPL and ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd. He is also a Board member of Shell MRPL Aviation Fuels & Services Limited, Petronet MHB Limited and ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd.
