Mangaluru : M Venkatesh, has been appointed as the Managing Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, GOI. Currently, Venkatesh is the Director (Refinery) in MRPL and has got more than three decades of experience in the oil industry.

A Chemical Engineer from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, he started his career as a trainee in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. in 1988. He honed his expertise in Technical services while working at Indian Oil’s Mathura and Guwahati Refinery.

In 1994, Shri M Venkatesh joined MRPL as a Deputy Manager in the Technical Services department. Later he worked in Projects and Operations streams also. He played a major role in design, configuration and execution of Rs.15,000 Cr MRPL Refinery Phase-3 expansion project along with a Polypropylene unit.

He has played a strategic role in the robust integration of MRPL and ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd. He is also a Board member of Shell MRPL Aviation Fuels & Services Limited, Petronet MHB Limited and ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd.