Ajit Kumar Hazarika

Shri Ajit Kumar Hazarika (63 years) is a First Class Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Assam. He joined ONGC as Graduate Trainee in 1975 and after successful training of one year joined as Class I Executive Officer in March, 1977. He got initial posting at Assam Asset as Cementing Engineering and in due course of time, due to mere hard work and performance he was promoted to different levels and main highlight of his career growth was double promotion from the level of GM (Drilling) to Executive Director from 1.1.2003 when he was posted at Mumbai and was Head of Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) of Mumbai High Redevelopment Project, one of the most prestigious project of ONGC. Leading from the front as MDT Head he took several innovative decision, out of box thinking to reduce cost of the project and at the same time improved production of Oil & Gas, made many unviable sub-project viable. In the same year, i.e., in 2003, he was selected by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) as Director (Onshore) for ONGC Board as one of the youngest Directors in ONGC Board. He continued as Director of ONGC Board for nearly 8 years and in between he had additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director for 8 months from February, 2011 to October, 2011. He served in Assam, Chennai, Mumbai Offshore and Delhi. He self superannuated in October, 2012.

Presently, working as Independent Consultant to Oil & Gas companies.