Sukhrnal Kumar Jain, ED (ln-Charge), Marketing Corporate has been appointed as Additional Director and Director (Marketing) by the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Board with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post till the date of his superannuation or until further orders whichever is earliest.

Sukhmal Kumar Jain 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 with the company. Before his appointment, he was Executive Director In-charge (Marketing Corporate) and prior to that was the head of Gas Business Unit.

In his illustrious career of over three decades, he has been actively involved in industry defining initiatives, like 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.

He is also the Chairman of Goa Natural Gas Pvt. Ltd. Earlier, he was the Chairman of Central UP Gas Ltd. and a Director on the Board of Bharat Gas Resources Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BPCL which has recently merged with BPCL.