Mr. Hirak Dutta appointed Executive Director of OISD
Kolkata   29-Sep-2011

Mr. Hirak Dutta has assumed the charge of Executive Director, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD). Prior to the present assignment, he was working as General Manager (Technical) at IndianOil's Haldia Refinery. In Haldia, Mr. Dutta was associated with the commissioning of Hydro Cracker Unit which was executed and commissioned in the fastest possible time in the Indian oil industry. He was also instrumental in the Refinery achieving TPM excellence award from JIPM, Japan.A Chemical Engineering graduate from Jadavpur University, Mr. Dutta has over three decades of rich and varied experience in Operations, Process Engineering, Trouble Shooting and Monitoring, Plant Safety, Project Management and Human Resource Management. He has worked extensively in human resource functions in IndianOil in various capacities and locations. To his credit, he has published and presented papers both on technical and behavioral issues in various journals, seminars and conferences in India and abroad. He has also attended the condensed MBA program (MEP) at IMM, Ahmedabad.