Arun Balakrishnan

Arun Balakrishnan serves as a director at WAISL Limited, Brookfield India Invest Management, Yokogawa India Limited, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, and Linde India Ltd, contributing extensive leadership experience since 2011. In addition to these roles, Arun Balakrishnan holds the position of Chairman of the Board at Pipeline India Ltd and has been an independent director for multiple companies since 2011. Previously, Arun Balakrishnan was the founder chairman and independent director at HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited until 2020 and served as a director at Shipping Corporation of India Ltd between 2016 and 2019. Academic credentials include a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Govt. College of Engineering, Trichur. Arun Balakrishnan also completed high school at St. Michael's Anglo-Indian Boys High School. The tenure as Honorary Chairman of the Bengaluru Chapter of The Institute of Directors spanned a decade until August 2023.