The Prime Minister of India, in his capacity as ex-officio President of CSIR, has nominated ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh K Sarraf as member of the prestigious governing body of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Mr Sarraf has been nominated to the governing body of CSIR for a period of three years. The governing body is the apex body of CSIR for all decision making processes.

CSIR is a leading scientific R&D organization set up with a mandate to promote guide and coordinate scientific and industrial research in the country with its 38 R&D laboratories and Institutes. Eminent and learned personalities from various fields are nominated to the governing body as members.

About Dinesh K Sarraf

Dinesh K Sarraf, 59, is Chairman & Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), India’s most valuable Maharatna public sector enterprise. Mr. Sarraf is also the Chairman of ONGC Videsh Ltd, operating across 17 countries, Chairman of Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) and four other ONGC Group companies (OPaL- ONGC Petro-additions Ltd, OMPL – ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd, MSEZ- Mangalore SEZ Ltd, and OTPC- ONGC Tripura Power Company Ltd).

Mr. Sarraf graduated in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce of Delhi University and did his post-graduation from the same University. He is an associate member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

He has experience of over three and half decades in the oil and gas industry, having started his oil and gas career in Oil India Ltd. He joined ONGC in 1991 and handled various key assignments at corporate offices. He was elevated to the post of Director (Finance) in ONGC Videsh in 2005 where he served till 2007. During this period, ONGC Videsh made significant acquisitions in Syria, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Egypt and Myanmar. In December 2007, he joined back ONGC as Director (Finance).

In 2011, Mr. Sarraf went back to ONGC Videsh assuming the charge of Managing Director. As MD he transformed ONGC Videsh into an aggressive growth engine for ONGC Group by clinching many high value deals within a short span of time. He was instrumental in several oil and gas acquisitions in Mozambique, Brazil and Azerbaijan by ONGC Videsh to ensure energy security for the country. In March, 2014, he joined back ONGC as its Chairman & Managing Director. As CMD, ONGC he has been focussing primarily on augmentation of production of Oil and Gas from domestic assets.

Mr. D K Sarraf, is the driving force of extraordinary growth of company and strategic approach to oil and gas exploration and production. In the present environment when global oil and gas prices have plummeted, ONGC under his leadership is strongly emphasising on adoption of the best operational & cost practices and appropriate oil and gas technologies, for realisation of greater operational efficiencies. Under his leadership ONGC has made the biggest ever financial decision in its history, unveiling an investment of more than $5 Billion in the east coast oil and gas asset to enhance oil and gas production significantly.