ONGC board has ‘best persons’ in upstream sector to head company: Chairman
India’s top oil and gas producer ONGC has the best of talent in the sector to head the company, the firm’s chairman Alka Mittal said on Monday amid talk of the government looking at bringing in someone from private sector for the top job.
ONGC is without a regular chairman since March-end 2021. Mittal, who is the second interim chairman since then, is due to supperannuate in August but the government hasn’t yet invited applications to find a permanent replacement.
“Best of persons are sitting on ONGC board. There can’t be any better to head the company,” Mittal said in response to a question at a media conference here.
