The Board of Directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) have accorded their approval by passing a circular resolution for appointment of the Arun Kumar, Singh, Chairman, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited as Chairman/Additional Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited.

Singh is the Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and assumed charge as the Chief of the Energy Maharatna on 7 December 2022.

A Mechanical Engineer from National Institute of Technology, Patna, he has over 36 years of diversified experience in Oil & Gas industry, in India and abroad. Earlier, he was the CMD ofBharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna' and a Fortune Global 500 Company.

He was also Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) a Joint Venture (JV) City Gas Distribution(CGD) Company, listed on Indian bourses. He was also on the Board ofPetronet LNG Ltd (PLL), a Joint Venture Company, listed on Indian bourses.

He has also held the position of President (Africa & Australia) in Bharat Petro Resources Ltd, a wholly owned Subsidiary of BPCL, engaged in exploration of Oil & Gas, largely overseas.