Sarthak Behuria

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Sarthak Behuria is the chairman and Managing Director of Indian Oil Corporation.

He is also Chairman (part-time) of subsidiary companies, IBP Co. Ltd., BRPL and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., besides heading Indian Oiltanking Ltd., a joint venture for building and operating terminalling services for petroleum products.

At BPCL, Mr. Behuria was actively involved in the change management and restructuring process of the organisation, including spearheading its marketing transformation. Mr. Behuria also served the erstwhile Oil Coordination Committee (OCC) before he took over as Director (Marketing) of BPCL in 1998 and as CMD, BPCL in July 2002. Known to be a strong “people’s man”, Mr. Behuria practices a management style that is both open and transparent. Widely travelled, Mr. Behuria has presented several papers in national and international fora. He is also a keen Golf and Bridge player.