The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India has approved the proposal for entrustment of additional charge of the post of Director (Finance), Engineers India Limited (EIL) to Vartika Shukla, Director (Technical), EIL for a period of three months with effect from 01.07.2021 or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

Vartika Shukla possesses over 32 years of extensive consulting experience comprising design, engineering and implementation of complexes in refining, gas processing, petrochemicals, fertilizers etc. She has led to the successful completion of many prestigious projects for clients in Oil & Gas and petrochemical Industry both in India and overseas. She has a wide spectrum of experience across diverse functions of the Technical Directorate.

She has steered Process Design, R&D and the entire functions of Engineering i.e., piping, equipment, instrumentation, electrical, structural etc. She has been steering several new Initiatives in the areas of biofuels, digitalization, energy efficiency, Make In India and start up Initiative at EIL. She is credited with forging several collaborative partnerships for expanding the technology portfolio of EIL.

Shukla is an active member of prominent industry forums like FIPI, CII, and FICCI and has served on the Editorial Board of FIPI Journal. In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the Oil and Gas sector, Shukla has been bestowed with several prestigious accolades namely, first PETROFED Woman Executive Award, SCOPE Excellence Award and MoP&NG Innovation Award with her team.