The Public Enterprises Selection (PESB) has recommended the name of Deepak Gupta for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, GAIL (India) Limited. Presently, he is serving as Director (Projects), Gail (India) Limited.

With over 35 years of experience in the Oil and Gas sector, Gupta is a certified Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute (PMI), USA and has led execution of several mega Projects both in India and overseas.

Gupta is also on the board of several GAIL joint ventures, including Talcher Fertilizer Limited, ONGC Petro-additions Limited (OPaL), South East Asia Gas Pipeline (SEAGP).

Gupta is an alumnus of the former Delhi College of Engineering (now the Delhi Technological University) where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering.