The PetroFed Oil & Gas Industry Awards 2011 for excellence in performance in various categories were presented by the Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy at a well attended function at New Delhi on June 8, 2012.

Congratulating the Award winners the Hon’ble Minister termed PetroFed as ‘a unique organisation’ which represents both, the public sector and the private sector. ‘This institution needs to be strengthened and its process and presentation of awards needs to be encouraged. I shall do everything in my power to strengthen PetroFed and the sector as a whole’, stated the Hon’ble Minister while addressing the gathering.

In view of the paucity of time available with the Hon’ble Minister the formal welcome by Chairman, PetroFed& Chairman, IndianOil, Shri R. S. Butola and presentation about the Awards by Director General, PetroFed, Shri A. K. Arora were dispensed with. The Vice Chairman, PetroFed and President (Refinery Business), RIL, Shri P. Raghavendra thanked the Hon’ble Minister for encouraging the industry and sought an enabling environment & framework to promote self sufficiency in oil & gas for the country.

The scheme of Awards is open to all companies operating in India in the oil & gas sector. The evaluation is undertaken in line with pre-determined weightages assigned to various parameters fixed after due validation. Each award category must receive a prescribed minimum number of applications for giving away an award. Each award carries a trophy and a citation. The Woman Executive of the Year award also carries a cash prize of ` one lakh. The Innovator of the Year individual award has a cash component of ` two lakh while the team award has a prize of ` five lakh with each member of the team getting at least ` 50,000/-

The lessons learnt during awards evaluation every year are incorporated. The application form for each award has been carefully designed and validated to minimize subjectivity while giving benefit of additional initiatives taken. A significant contribution has been made by PetroFed knowledge partner and member company, PricewaterhouseCoopers in conceptualizing the Awards scheme and the preliminary evaluation of applications.

The Awards Committee is headed by Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, TERI and former Secretary to the Government of India. The members of the Awards Committee are Shri B. C. Bora, former CMD, ONGC; Shri P. P. Bagchi, former Executive Director, Oil Coordination Committee, and Managing Director, United Carbon (India) Ltd.; Shri P. K. Agarwal, Director, Human Resources Division & Senior Fellow, TERI & former Director (Marketing) & Director (HR), IndianOil; Shri U. K. Dikshit, Director (Programmes), SCOPE & former ED (HR), IndianOil.

The Jury is headed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Verma, former Chief Justice of India. The other members of the Jury are Dr. Abid Hussain, former Ambassador to the United States of America and Shri Naresh Narad, former Chairman, Public Enterprises Selection Board.

The Jury is headed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India. The other members of the Jury are Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, National Solar Energy Corporation of India and former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Shri Naresh Narad, former Chairman, Public Enterprises Selection Board and former Secretary to the Government of India.

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Leading Oil & Gas Corporate of the Year

Awarded to
Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Exploration & Production - Company of the Year

Awarded to
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Refinery of the Year

Awarded to
Essar Oil Limited

Oil & Gas Pipeline Transportation - Company of the Year

Awarded to
Cairn India Limited

Special Commendation

Awarded to
GAIL (India) Limited

Oil & Gas Marketing - Company of the Year

Awarded to
Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Project Management (` 500-2000 crore) Company of the Year

Awarded to
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Project Management (above ` 2000 crore) Company of the Year

Awarded to
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (Gujarat Refinery)

Human Resources Management Company of the Year

Awarded to
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Drilling Services - Company of the Year

Awarded to
Jindal Drilling & Industries Limited

Environmental Sustainability : Company of the Year

Awarded to
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Innovator of the Year - Individual

Special Commendation

Awarded to
ArunJayendran, Officer Trainee, Palghat LPG Plant, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Innovator of the Year – Team

Awarded to
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited - Institute of Oil & Gas Production Technology

Team led by Mr. Y. R. L. Rao

Team Members: P. K. Bhargava, Deputy General Manager (Production); B. Mandal, Deputy General Manager (Production); Sharmila Roy, Deputy General Manager (Production); Dilip Kumar Sarma, Chief Engineer (Production)

Woman Executive of the Year in the Oil & Gas Industry

Awarded to
ArpanaAnand, Senior Project Manager,
Indian Oil Corporation Limited