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Hasmukh Shah

Mr. Hasmukh Shah - Chairman

Mr Hasmukh Shah has been holding the office of the Chairman of Gujarat Gas Company Limited since 1999. Prior to this, Mr Shah was the Chairman & Managing Director of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (IPCL).

Some of his earlier posts include Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister; Secretary, Posts & Telegraph Board; Founder Chairman, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology; Chairman, Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation (GIIC); Chairman, National Institute of Design for 11 years; Vice Chairman, GE Capital (India); Advisor, General Electric Co.; Chairman, Gujarat Industrial Research & Development Agency (GIRDA); Chairman, Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre; Member Board of Governors of IIT (Mumbai); Chairman, Gujarat Ecology Commission and Joint Director, Bureau of Public Enterprise, Govt. of India. Besides, he has also headed several state and Union government committees.

Pradip Khandwalla

Prof. Pradip Khandwalla - Director

Prof. Pradip Khandwalla is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has done his MBA from Wharton, Pennsylvania and Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon, USA.

Prof. Khandwalla’s research and teaching contributions have been in organisational theory and design and restructuring of organisations for management of excellence, innovative turnaround management, effective management of public enterprises and governmental organisations, and creativity and innovation. He taught at McGill University, Canada for several years. He was associated with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as a professor from 1975 to 2002. He was L&T Chair Professor of Organisational Behaviour at IIMA from 1985 to 1991 and then the Director of IIMA till 1996.

He has made excellent contribution in the areas of management, organisational sciences etc. by authoring over a dozen books and 80 papers and articles in Indian and foreign journals and learned anthologies. He has served on the editorial/advisory boards of several Indian and internationals journals. He won the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of HR’ by the World HRD Congress for his immense contributions in enriching the field of management, science, organisational behaviour and leadership.

He has served on the Boards of numerous companies and on the governing councils of several institutions. He has served as a member of Government of India’s National Renewal Fund and as trustee of India Brand Equity Fund Trust. He has won many international and Indian awards. Several international ‘Who’s Who’ carry his biographical entry.

Jal Patel

Mr. Jal Patel - Director

Mr Jal Patel, an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India as well as of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, has a professional experience of more than 45 years.

He was associated with the German FAG group of Bearing companies since 1962 where he handled various managerial functions. In 1977, he took over as the Managing Director of the company. Subsequently, he was promoted as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director before retiring in 2000. His areas of expertise include Finance, Accounts and Administration.

He is also actively involved with various social and welfare associations and federations as well as various trusts.

Ajit Kapadia

Mr. Ajit Kapadia - Director

Mr Ajit Kapadia is B.Sc. (Hons.) and M. Che. (Chemical Engineering). He has worked with Girdler Corporation of Louisville and Engineers India Limited (EIL). At EIL, Mr Kapadia had full involvement with Bombay High’s development plan and especially with natural gas processing and transportation.

In 1982, he was appointed as the head of the Gas Task Force, a group formed by the Petroleum Ministry to review the entire country’s natural gas availability and utilization pattern. In 1984, Mr Kapadia was appointed as the first Director (Planning) with Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL).

After three years at GAIL, he joined Hindustan Oil and Exploration Company Limited (HOEC) as the first employee and was soon invited to join the Board as the Managing Director. He has spent 17 years establishing HOEC as the first private sector oil company in India.

Shaleen Sharma

Mr. Shaleen Sharma - Director

Mr Shaleen Sharma holds an MBA from Lucknow and has almost 28 years of industrial marketing experience, the last 24 of which have been in natural gas marketing with major oil and gas companies of India.

He was involved in marketing natural gas for ONGC for 12 years, initially in the Upper Assam area and later in Gujarat. In 1996, he moved to GAIL and co-ordinated the negotiations and execution of agreements for purchase of Panna-Mukta, Tapti (PMT) gas. In April 1998, he was deputed to Petronet LNG Limited where he was actively associated in a bid process for procuring and finalising the LNG Sale Purchase Agreement for 7.5 mtpa with RasGas of Qatar. He has been with BG India for over eight years and has been associated with a variety of assignments including LNG marketing, representing BG on the Operator Board of the PMT Joint Venture. Since April 2005, he has been leading BG’s effort to market PMT gas directly to the identified buyers.

In June 2005, Mr Shaleen Sharma moved to Ahmedabad to head commercial activities of GGCL that includes gas sourcing, marketing, transmission and CNG. He was Managing Director of GGCL from 1 July 2007 till 30 June 2012. He has been appointed as President and Managing Director of BG India with effect from 1 July 2012 and continues to be a Director on the Board of Directors of GGCL.

Sugata Sircar

Mr. Sugata Sircar - Mangaging Director

Mr. Sugata Sircar has been appointed as the Managing Director of Gujarat Gas Company Limited with effect from 1 July 2012.

He is a Chartered Accountant with over 23 years of experience in various industries including energy distribution, manufacturing of chemicals, textiles, tyres and food products.

He has worked as the Finance Director of GGCL for more than 5 years till 30 June 2012 and has managed all areas of finance, including planning, accounting, taxation and treasury and was also responsible for the company secretarial function. He was a part of the Executive Committee of GGCL.

Prior to joining Gujarat Gas he worked with Cabot India, Madura Coats, Britannia and Dunlop.

He is a Non-Executive Director on Board of Gujarat Gas Financial Services Ltd and Gujaratgas Trading Company Ltd.

Mr. Shahram Jahanbani - Director

Mr. Shahram Jahanbani has been appointed as the Director of Gujarat Gas Company Limited with effect from 26 July 2012.

He is a B.Sc (Honours) – Chemistry and Technology, a Chartered Accountant - Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales and Corporate Treasurer (MCT - Association of Corporate Treasurers UK.

He joined BG Group in 2006. He has the experience of Finance Director of Rashid Petroleum Corporation (Rashpetco) a Joint venture of BG Group, EGPC (Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation), Petronas and Edison.

Prior to joining BG Group, he worked with Kellogg Brown & Root, D47 Construction Company BV(Czech Republic), Coca Cola Beverages, Lasmo Oil PLC, Midland Montagu.

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