By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Dehradun, 4 Mar: Vipul Kumar Jain, GGM, took over the reins of administration at ONGC, Dehradun, as Head, Corporate Administration, on 1 March, after superannuation of Preeta Pant Vyas, ED-HCA.
Jain was earlier posted as Head, Infrastructure, at Dehradun since May 2016 and he will continue to hold this charge in addition to his new assignment. During his tenure at Dehradun, Jain has been instrumental in completion of some of the long pending works and for giving a push to infrastructure renewal at Dehradun. The long awaited construction of new quarters in the colony has also started in earnest under his leadership. Jain has more than 37 years’ experience in civil construction in various facets of oil & gas upstream industry including drill-site constructions, river training works, as well as residential and commercial buildings. Before posting to Dehradun, he led the execution team of the green building at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, occupied in May, 2015. This building is only the second building in India to be registered under the “Clean Development Mechanism” of UNFCCC. The building has also received “Platinum” rating under LEED program of USGBC.
Vipul Kumar Jain joined ONGC in February, 1983, as Assistant Executive Engineer and has worked at Dehradun, Kolkata, Ankleshwar, Nazira, Panvel and Mumbai. He was presented the Chairman’s “Young Executive of the Year” award for maintaining a exemplary quality regime during construction of a residential building for senior executives of ONGC at Penn Road, Kolkata, in 1990. Since then he has been recipient of many meritorious awards at various work centres of ONGC.
Jain completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) from University of Roorkee in 1983, Masters in Business Administration (Operation Management) from IGNOU in 1993 and Project Management Professional of PMI, USA, in February, 2012. He has attended myriad professional and managerial training courses at some of the leading institutes of India – Administrative Staff College of India, XIM Bhubaneswar, MDI Gurgaon, IIM Lucknow, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, etc. He has visited many countries of Europe as part of the Senior Management Programme and Advanced Management Programme conducted by ONGC for selected executives. He is a Life member of Institution of Engineers, Indian Road Congress and Indian Geotechnical Society. He is also an accredited arbitrator with Construction Industry Arbitration Council and fellow member of Indian Institution of Technical Arbitrators, Chennai.
It is expected that his experience as a proven team leader of large construction projects, broad knowledge of working at Regional Office, Mumbai, and office of Chief ER, acquaintance with rules and procedures and experience of 37 years in ONGC will help Jain meet the expectations of ONGC management and serve the superannuated and serving ONGCians based in Dehradun to their satisfaction.
