NEW DELHI: India's Energy major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on January 3 announced that Alka Mittal has been named the CMD of the ONGC.
Notably, the appointment of Alka Mittal is significant as she has created history by becoming the first woman to head the Energy major.
Mittal replaces Subhash Kumar, another interim head who retired after reaching superannuation age on December 31.
Who is Alka Mittal?
With a doctorate in Business/Commerce, Corporate Governance, Alka Mittal completed her higher education from Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia in 2001. She completed her Masters in Economics from Dehradun's M.K.P.P.G College in 1983.
Alka Mittal is a postgraduate in economics and an MBA in HR management. She has also completed a doctorate in commerce and business studies. Alka Mittal took over as the Director (HR) of ONGC in 2018.
Before joining as Director (HR), Mittal held the post of Chief Skill Development (CSD) at ONGC. Alka Mittal is also on the board of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL) as ONGC nominee director since August 2015.
Alka Mittal is an Executive Committee member of NIPM (National Institute of Personnel Management), and was President of Forum for Women in Public Sector (WIPs) Northern Region till recently. She is also heading the Women's Development Forum of ONGC.
"She has a special penchant for training and mentoring and has trained more than 11,000 graduate trainees of ONGC since 2001 on 'Corporate Governance' as part of their induction programme," an ONGC statement had said previously.
She joined ONGC as a graduate trainee in 1985 and had previously worked as Head CSR at the corporate office.
Also Watch: