Mr. E.S. Ranganathan, is an Instrumentation & Control Engineer possessing an MBA with specialization in Marketing, brings to IGL a rich experience of over 30 years in leading, managing and implementing large projects and business solutions in Oil and Gas sector in the fields of Pipeline Projects, Operation and Maintenance, Business Development and Business Information Systems entailing engineering & planning, process management, scope management, resource management, schedule management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Technology Up-gradation, Vendor Management and Quality Assurance.
He is currently working as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the largest CNG distribution company of the country. Various new initiatives have been successfully implemented in IGL during the ongoing stint as Managing Director of the company to secure the growth of IGL. Addition of new areas of operation and aggressive expansion in existing GAs has ensured a consistent growth rate of 10%-12% for IGL. This has been achieved through multidimensional efforts undertaken to effectively manage all stakeholders. Before joining the current assignment, Mr Ranganathan was posted as Executive Director (Corporate O&M) in GAIL (India) Ltd., where he has worked for over three decades and has significant achievements to his credit including being incharge for Construction and successful commissioning for Dahej- Vijaipur, Vijaipur-Dadri and BawanaNangal Pipeline Projects.
He had also overseen the Development & Commercialization of GAIL’s state of art Ultrasonic Meter testing facility at Hazira, which is the first in Asia. A firm believer in leveraging technology for business solutions, Mr Ranganathan as head of Business Information System in GAIL, had played a pioneering role in using technology towards SMART Working in the field of O&M and Project Management. Mr. Ranganathan is actively involved in various industry forums in India and overseas. He is currently Member Technical on the Governing Board of Fluid Control and Research Institute (FCRI) Governing Board from Oil & Gas industry and was also a Member of Coordination team to finalize the Indian Standards for Metering Design and Construction under the aegis of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
Due to his vast experience in Pipeline Projects, Mr Ranganathan has been a Consultant to ADB in revamping of Gas Pipeline System in Afghanistan, has been representing the country in Pipeline Operators Forum based in Netherlands and is a Working group member for prestigious Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- India (TAPI) pipeline project.
