The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) has approved the appointment of Dr. Alka Mittal, Director (HR), ONGC, as a Nominee Director (Part-Time) on the Board of HPCL in place of Subhash Kumar, Director (Finance), ONGC (holding additional charge of CMD, ONGC).

Dr. Alka Mittal has been appointed as Nominee Director (Part-Time) on the Board of HPCL effective June 17, 2021.

She is Director (HR) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), India's Energy Major, since November 2018. Dr. Alka Mittal has over 36 years of extensive experience in the industry across diverse roles and challenging domains, and is the first woman functional director of ONGC in its history.

A leader with a mission, Dr. Mittal has driven a number of strategic human resource programmes and initiatives with success, and has also steered ONGC to become one of the top companies in the country in the area of CSR, with focus on impactful projects to support social infrastructure and build sustainable communities.

Dr. Mittal is on the Board of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited as ONGC nominee Director since August 2015, and is a member of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Trichy. She is actively involved with various national and international professional forums dedicated to the cause of Human Resource Management and empowerment of women, especially in the energy sector. She has a special penchant for training and mentoring, and has trained more than 12,000 young Graduate Trainees of ONGC over two decades.

Dr. Mittal is a postgraduate in Economics, MBA (HRM) and a Doctorate in Commerce and Business Studies in the area of Corporate Governance.