The Board of Directors of Petronet LNG Limited have accorded their approval for appointment of Bhaswati Mukherjee as Additional Director on the Board of Petronet LNG Limited.

Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee is a post graduate in History from Delhi University and has a Degree (Superior) in French History and Civilization from Sorbonne University, France. Mukherjee joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976 and was India's Ambassador to UNESCO, Paris, and India's Ambassador to the Netherlands, The Hague from 2010 to 2013.

Mukherjee has worked successfully on the Indentured Labour Route Project for UNESCO and Government of Mauritius.

A natural orator, Mukherjee is a political Commentator on TV on Indian Culture and Civilization the India EU relationship, Brexit, India's interests in the Indo Pacific, the Chemical Weapons regime nuclear issues and the changing contours of India's Foreign Policy.