Media Release

Mangaluru, May 31: M Venkatesh, has been appointed as the managing director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, GOI wef from June 1. Currently, 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, 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 Rs15,000 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.