THE TEAM

More About Mr. N. M. Borah

Mr. N. M. Borah is a petroleum engineering graduate from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad with Post Graduate specialization in Petroleum Prospecting and Reservoir Evaluation from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Mr. Borah retired on the 30th April, 2012 from the position of the Chairman & Managing Director of Oil India Limited (OIL), a Navaratna major petroleum NOC in India. Mr. Borah was engaged actively in strategic and business development of OIL including E&P activities overseas. During his stint as OIL’s CMD, the company’s oil and gas production sustained unprecedented growth and registered the highest ever annual crude oil production in the history of the company till date. During that period, the operational acreage portfolio saw significant expansion both within India and overseas. The company experienced a very successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) in September, 2009 and its stock has been performing very well in the market ever since. He was also a Director in the Board of Numaligarh Refinery Limited. He has travelled widely to different parts of the world representing his company and the Government of India in various technical seminars, conferences and business meetings. He is credited with a number of papers presented in national and international conferences

After superannuation from OIL, Mr. Borah served the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) as a Technical Member (Petroleum & Natural Gas).

Prior to his taking over as Chairman & Managing Director of Oil India Limited, Mr. Borah was Director (Operations) of OIL and, in this capacity, he was responsible for the company’s exploration, development, resource management, oil, gas and LPG production and pipeline business in North-east India. He played a key role in accelerating hydrocarbon exploration in the geological frontier areas in the North-east India. Among his interests, expediting gas monetization, revitalization of old depleting oilfields, and international Business Development through overseas asset acquisition are of special significance.

Mr. Borah is a distinguished Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), USA and Society of Petroleum Geophysics (SPG), India. He is a past Chairman, SPE, New Delhi Chapter and also a former President of Indian Geological Congress. He is also a former Chairman, Board of Governors of a National Institute of Technology in India. He is a founding member of the prestigious Delhi and the NCR Chapter of the Project Management Associates. Mr. Borah was the President of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in India during 2011- 12. Amongst other recognitions, Mr. Borah was conferred with the distinguished SCOPE award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution in Public Sector Management (2009-10) by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and the Business Leadership award (2010-11) by New Delhi Television (NDTV), one of the most prominent news and current affairs TV channels in India. He also has the distinction of being honoured as a Most Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.

His hobbies include reading, cooking, golf and travelling. He is conversant with English, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali.

More About Mr. Kapil Garg

Dr. Kapil Garg is the Founder and Managing Director of Oilmax Energy Private Limited, an oil & gas exploration and production company based out of Mumbai. He founded the company in 2008 and has built the company into a key player in the sector.

Dr. Garg began his career in ONGC as a Production Engineer and progressed to leadership roles like Country Manager and Managing Director in Enron Oil and Gas and BG Group in India. He always had an aspiration for entrepreneurship which resulted in the founding of Oilmax Energy Pvt Ltd in 2008. He has unparalleled expertise in multi-disciplinary project management and focused strategic business development. He has a knack for applying out-of-the-box thinking and novel innovations for project delivery and operational efficiency.

Dr. Garg holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) and a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. As a dedicated thinker, he also holds a Ph.D. in the modeling of gas jet fires, aimed at applying his research to improve safety standards at hydrocarbon facilities.

In addition to his role at Oilmax Energy Group, he is a prominent speaker and regularly addresses industry conferences, and maintains involvement with industry associations to contribute to the holistic development of industry and its contributions towards the economy. Dr. Garg is also passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation and is often seen as a speaker and lecturer across renowned institutes and universities.

More About Mr. Brij Mohan Bansal

Mr. Brij Mohan Bansal, possesses around 46 years of experience in Oil and Gas sector in areas spanning Business Development, R&D, Refining and Technical Services.

Mr. Bansal joined Indian Oil Corporation Ltd in 1974 and with his shear passion and hard work rose to the position of Chairman of this giant corporation. As Director (Business Development) he worked for identification and implementation of new businesses (related to oil sector) and was nodal person in putting Indian Oil on Petrochemicals and LNG/ Gas map of India. He was actively involved in cross- border deals, Merger and Acquisitions, scouting for strategic partners across the globe and formation of JVs, Refinery management, and overall management of the companies as chairman / CEO, leading high level delegations for G to G discussions and developed good relations with Oil Companies.

His academic back ground consists of B.Tech in Chemical Engineering and PG Diploma in Process Plant Engineering from prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He was awarded the coveted Alumni Award in 2008-09 for outstanding contribution to National Development.

After his retirement from Indian Oil in 2011, he joined Mauritian consultancy company (DCDM) for a year followed by working as CEO of ‘Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd’ in Mombassa for two years. In 2014, he joined Gulf Petrochem (now GP Global) as Strategic Director and left in end 2016. GP Global deals in storage and trading of Petroleum Products and Coal, across the globe.

Mr. Bansal has served on Boards of many organizations Viz. Lubrizol India, Engineers India, CPCL, IOTL, PLL, GPPL and JBF industries.

Presently, Mr. Bansal is based in New Delhi, India and works as independent consultant and Adviser to M/s Box LNG Pvt. Ltd.

More About Mr. Anil Kumar Jha

Mr Anil Kumar Jha is B. Tech. in Mining from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad and M. Tech. in Mine Planning & Design from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad. He has three decades of experience under his belt in mine planning, production, management supervision direction and control of underground as well as open cast coal mines.

He began his career in coal mining industry in 1983 in Central Coalfields Limited. He also served as General Manager in Central Coalfields Limited. He was Chairman & Managing Director of Coal India Limited (CIL).

Prior to this, he headed Mehanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) as its Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD). Before joining as CMD of MCL, he was Director (Production and Planning) at MOIL Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Steel. Presently he is working as Chairman, Jindal Power Limited.

More About Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia

Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia, a reputed personality in the Hydrocarbon Industry whose endeavor has put India into international oil & gas map in a very short span of time. After heading the exploration group of Reliance for more than 16 years he has currently taken up some distinguished and challenging international and domestic assignments. During his tenure in Reliance,he has been the key man behind the largest gas discovery of KG Basin in 2002, for which government of India conferred Padma Shri to him. He is a postgraduate in Petroleum Exploration from Norwegian Technological University, Norway and obtained his Doctoral degree in Geology from IIT, Kharagpur.

He has been awarded D. Sc for the first time in the field of Petroleum research in India from ISMU, Dhanbad which was highly applauded by Alberta University, Canada & Oklahoma University, USA. He has been serving the Indian petroleum industry for about 3 decades in different capacities with distinction.

More About Mr. Mukesh Jain

Mr. Mukesh Jain is alma mater of Shri Ram College of Commerce and Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi and is a law graduate from K. C. College, Mumbai.

Mr. Jain practices banking and real estate law with focus on transaction structuring and regulatory framework. Besides he has devised customized products for anchor HNI clients. He graduated in 1976 and started his career as a probationary officer with Oriental Bank of Commerce in 1977. During his tenure at OBC he authored the first draft of documentation manual for the Bank in the year 1985. After his tenure at the bank, he rendered banking advisory to his clients from 1989 to 2007.

He started his law practice in the year 1997 and synergized it with my understanding of banking and finance to build a niche practice. As the legal practice took roots, he discontinued financial advisory. Initially the legal practice comprised both litigation and non-litigation practice. However, gradually the focus was shifted to non-litigation practice.

More About Mrs. Anusha Mehta

Anusha is Management post graduate, with Major in Finance from The Department of Commerce, Lucknow University (LUMBA). She has spent almost a decade working with Premier Orgnizations like HDFC Bank and Barclays Finance in the banking space. At present Anusha runs an advisory firm which connects, inspires and support influential entrepreneurs who want to use business to create a values-driven and sustainable world. She is result-oriented and competent leader with management experience in devising strategies aimed at enhancing overall Organisational growth, Sustained profitability of operations and Improved business performance.

More About Mr. Aman Garg

Mr. Garg has been contributing to Oilmax Energy Private Limited (Parent Company), in multiple roles including commercial analysis of ongoing and future projects in petroleum, coal and electric vehicles, technical evaluation of geology & geophysics of possessed and prospective assets bid under the Indian government’s DSF and PEC programs, and directing CSR projects near sites in Assam and Chhattisgarh.

In the role of summer intern in Asian Energy Services Limited in 2019, Mr. Garg contributed by revamping the Company’s marketing strategies towards potential clients.

On academic front, Mr. Garg completed B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in May 2021 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA.