Among the candidates, who appeared for the latest...
round
include Rupshikha Saikia Borah, who is currently director (finance) with Oil
India; Gajendra Singh, ED of GAIL; N K Verma, MD of IGL; Jaiveer Srivastava,
CMD of FACT; R P Singh, director personal at Powergrid; Rakesh Kumar, director
at NLC; NK Jain, director finance of AIL; C Kannan, director finance of SECI,
Rajiv Chopra, director marketing of STC and SPS Bakshi, CMD of EPIL.
As many as 12 candidates applied for interviews but none of
them, except Borah had an exploration background. Borah, the director (finance)
with Oil India, has been interviewed twice earlier by PESB for the post. The
first round of interview took place in November last year where six applicants
appeared including Borah.
Though Borah was found suitable by PESB earlier to head the
oil explorer, media reports suggest that there are indications that centre is
looking for an executive who can turn around the oil PSU, which has been
stagnant for past few years.
Rupshikha Saikia Borah has been a director of finance at the
Navratna PSU since October 1, 2013. She also served as its Chief Financial
Officer. She is the first ever woman to be named a functional director on the
Navaratna company’s board. With over 27 years of experience in financial
management, audit, treasury, corporate finance and strategic planning, Bora
appears to be the most suitable candidate to head the PSU. A post-graduate in
Commerce from Delhi School of Economics, Bora has the distinction of being the
first woman Chartered Accountant from the North-East.
She is wife of former OIL CMD NM Borah who had played a key
role in placing OIL at an international stage.
Currently, UP Singh, who is additional secretary
(exploration) at the petroleum ministry is heading the PSU. The post could not
be filled after Sunil Kumar Srivastava, chairman and managing director of OIL retired
on June 30. Srivastava had replaced NM Borah in May 2012. But he failed to turnaround production trend of the explorer.
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