Sukhmal Kumar Jain has been appointed as an Additional Director and Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Limited with effect from October 23, 2022 in place of Arun Kumar Singh.

Jain, nominee of BPCL, is Director (Marketing) of BPCL. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering and MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research. He has held several leadership positions in retail, LPG and gas verticals of BPCL in his 35 years career.

He has been actively involved in industry defining initiatives, like the Give it Up campaign and Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana in LPG Business, and has successfully navigated the Strategy and Loyalty Programs in Retail Business.

Under his leadership, Gas BU played an increasingly important role in supporting the government's aim of developing India as a gas-based economy, which augurs widespread economic prosperity, while also reducing the nation's dependence on oil imports and contributing to reduction in carbon emissions.