New Delhi, Mr. Kamal Kishore Chatiwal has taken over as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL), the largest CNG distribution company of the country, operating City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks across 30 districts in four states including NCT of Delhi.
Mr. Chatiwal, a Chemical Engineer from prestigious IIT Delhi brings to IGL, a rich domain experience of over 32 years in Oil & Gas Sector particularly in Project Execution and Commissioning of Mega Petrochemical Projects, Operation & Maintenance of Gas Processing units, Natural Gas Compressor Station and cross-country LPG Pipeline.
Before joining IGL, he was working as Executive Director (O&M-JLPL) & Head of Zonal Marketing of GAIL in Jaipur. After joining GAIL in 1990, he was associated with the Execution and commissioning of GAIL’s first Petrochemical plant at Pata, first LPG Recovery Plant at Vijaipur and grass root Petrochemical complex at Lepetkata Assam, as Head of Ethylene Cracker Unit of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd, a subsidiary of GAIL. He has been actively involved in conceptualization, approval and licensor selection process of India’s 1st Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) unit and also Polypropylene (PP) plant at GAIL-USAR & new initiatives like Green Hydrogen and renewables, Specialty Chemicals etc.
Mr Chatiwal also has experience of working in various corporate functions like Corporate planning and strategy, Project Development and Corporate training. One of his key achievements in GAIL has been implementation of a change Management program named “Project Parivartan” and start of sustainable development initiative as a Core team member.
Mr. Chatiwal has taken over the reins of IGL from Mr. Sanjay Kumar, who has taken over as Director (Marketing) in GAIL (India) Ltd. IGL is a joint venture of GAIL (India) Ltd. and BPCL with Govt. of NCT of Delhi holding a 5 per cent equity stake.