GAIL (India) Limited Board has approved the appointment of Ayush Gupta as an Additional Director of the company with effect from 22.08.2022 to hold the post of Director (HR).

Ayush Gupta is a 1992 batch Electrical Engineer from IIT Roorkee and MBA in Operations Management. He has over 30 years of varied and rich experience in the field of Training and Human Resource Development, Talent Acquisition, Leadership Development, Performance Management, HRD Initiatives, Project Management, and Operations and Maintenance.

He started his career with Insilco Ltd. as a Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) prior to joining GAIL (India) Limited. Gupta joined GAIL in the year 1998 as Dy. Manager (Electrical) at Agra and Firozabad City Gas Distribution Project where he was actively involved in implementation of several initiatives for bringing down the stock loss in Agra-Firozabad region.

A series of new programmes and L&D interventions including the successful Mentoring Program, Individual Development Programme (IDP) for Senior Executives and remodeling of ET Orientation Programme were launched during his tenure at GAIL Training Institute, Noida. He has successfully led the improvements in various HRD systems, processes and practices including the digital initiatives for better engagement and enhancement of employee experience.

He has been instrumental in formulating talent acquisition strategies to build a strong human resource pipeline for the organization.

He is recipient of the prestigious Chevening Rolls Royce Science, Innovation, Policy and Leadership fellowship from UK Government in 2013, Winner of the National Corrosion Awareness Award in 2004 and Emerging HRD Thinkers Award in 2011.

He is also the co-editor of the book titled 'Natural Gas Markets in India' published by Springer International. He has to his credit several best paper awards for papers published and presented at national and international forums.