The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has conveyed the decision of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for premature termination of the tenure of E. S. Ranganathan from the post of Director (Marketing), GAIL (India) Limited with immediate effect by payment of three months salary in lieu of three month’s notice period and his consequent repatriation to the post of Executive Director (ED), GAIL (India) Limited within the lien period.

Ranganathan, Additional Director, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has been appointed as Director - Marketing of GAIL with effect from 1st July 2020.

Ranaganathan possess a rich experience of close to 35 years in leading, managing and implementing large projects and business solution in oil and gas sector in the fields of Pipeline Projects, Operation and Maintenance, Marketing, Business Development and Business Information Systems entailing engineering & planning, process management, scope management, resource management, schedule management, enterprise resource planning technology upgradation, vendor management and quality assurance.

He started his career in GAIL in 1985 and has been associated with the Hazira Vijaipur Jagdishpur pipeline. He has also worked as Head of Regional Pipeline System in Cauvery Basin and in charge for Operation and Maintenance of Regional pipeline system in Krishna Godavari Basin.

Ranganathan has worked as Executive Director (Corporate O&M) and General Manager (Projects) in GAIL(India) and has significant achievements to his credit including being in charge for construction and successful commissioning for Dahej-Vijaipur,Vijaipur-Dadri and Bawana Nangal Pipeline Projects. He had also overseen the Development & Commercialisation of GAIL’s state of art ultrasonic Meter testing facility at Hazira, which is first in Asia.

Before joining the current assignment, he was working as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the largest CNG distribution company of India. In IGL, Ranganathan has spearheaded the expansion of operation into Haryana, UP and Rajasthan in the country and international foray into the New Yangon Project in Myanmar.

Ranganathan is an Instrumentation & Control Engineer and also has an MBA degree with specialization in marketing.