Gujarat Gas announced the appointment of Pankaj Kumar as an Additional Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective September 08, 2021.
According to the Company’s exchange filing, “we hereby inform you that the Board of Directors have appoint€ Pankaj Kumar, lAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat as the Additional I and Chairman on the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. 9th September, 2021.”
Pankaj Kumar, IAS is the Chief Secretary of Gujarat State. He is a Senior IAS Officer of 1986 batch. He has done his B. Tech (Civil Engineering) from IIT, Kanpur and MBA (Public Policy & Management) from ICPE, Ljubljana.
He has wide experience in various departments such as Revenue, Home, Health and Family Welfare, Agriculture and Disaster & Relief Management in various capacities. He has also served in state PSUs like Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation etc. He worked as Collector and DDO in several districts as well. He also served as Addl. Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Gujarat. He worked as Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Government of Gujarat before his appointment as Chief Secretary.
He led series of reforms in Revenue Department including development of online portal iORA that facilitated online Non-Agricultural (NA) permission and Land Premium Payment notably. He had fostered changes in working culture to be more open, transparent, and accountable. He had also extensively used Social Media in governance specially during National Disasters. He has been assigned the task to guide and supervise Health & Family Welfare Department for entire work relating to Covid-19 activities for the State of Gujarat.
In addition to his responsibility as Chief Secretary of the State, he is also Chairman of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Limited, Gujarat State Fertiliser & Chemicals Ltd., Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd., Gujarat Maritime Board and Chairman & Managing Director of Gujarat State Petronet Limited.
Gujarat Gas Limited is an Indian natural gas distribution company, owned by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation. Established in 1980, and headquartered in Ahmedabad, the company operates primarily in Gujarat. It is India’s largest city gas distribution company.
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