Board of Directors

Mr. B.C.Tripathi- Chairman


  • Mr. B.C. Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL (India) Limited has been appointed as Director on the Board and elected as Chairman of Mahanagar Gas Limited effective from May 28, 2011.
  • Mr B.C. Tripathi, aged 53 years, has graduated in Mechanical Engineering from MNNIT, Allahabad in 1982.
  • Mr. B.C. Tripathi is Chairman & Managing Director of M/s. GAIL (India) Limited, which is India’s flagship Navratna Natural Gas Company. GAIL is the market leader in India’s gas market. It is an integrated gas utility having presence across the businesses of gas transmission, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, gas processing (LPG and liquid hydrocarbons), LPG pipeline transportation, re-gassified-LNG, City Gas / CNG ventures, and E&P etc. 
  • Prior to taking over as Chairman & Managing Director of GAIL, Mr. B.C. Tripathi was Director (Marketing) of the Company. He has around 30 years of experience in the domain of project planning, management & execution, operations & maintenance and marketing.
  • Apart from being Chairman of M/s. Mahanagar Gas Limited, Mr. B.C. Tripathi is also the Chairman of M/s. Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited, and M/s. GAIL Gas Limited. In addition, he is Director on the Board of M/s. Petronet LNG Limited, a joint venture of GAIL.


Mr. S. L. Raina - Director


  • Mr. S. L. Raina aged 59 years has been appointed as Director on the Board of Mahanagar Gas Limited
  • Presently, Mr. S.L. Raina is the Director (HR), M/s. GAIL (India) Limited. As Director (HR), Mr. Raina has endeavored to streamline HR functioning attuned to business requirements.  
  • Mr. S. L. Raina is an MBA from University of Hull, London, an LLB, Master in Public Administration and Bachelor of Science. Mr. Raina has a career spanning more than three decades in Hydrocarbon and Textile industries and has a very rich experience in human resource management as also marketing and legal at senior level.
  • Mr. Raina has spearheaded various CSR programmes and expedited the implementation of SAP HR across the company as well as centralized payroll and Employee Self Service. Mr. Raina has also served the Company as Central Public Information Officer under the Right to Information Act 2005.
  • Mr. S. L. Raina is representing M/s. GAIL (India) Limited on the boards of M/s. Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited and M/s. ONGC Petro-additions Limited.


Mr. Shaleen Sharma - Director


  • Mr. Shaleen Sharma aged 55 years has been appointed as Director on the Board of Mahanagar Gas Limited with effect from June 25, 2012.
  • Mr. Shaleen Sharma has been appointed as the President and Managing Director of BG India with effect from July 01, 2012.  Prior to his appointment in his current position, Mr. Sharma has served as the Managing Director of M/s. Gujarat Gas Company Limited, India’s largest private sector gas distribution company in terms of sales volumes since July 2007. Mr. Sharma is presently continuing as Director on the Board of M/s. Gujarat Gas Company Limited.
  • Mr. Shaleen Sharma holds an MBA degree from Lucknow and has over 31 years of work experience, predominantly in the natural gas sector with major oil and gas companies operating in India.
  • Prior to joining BG India, Mr. Shaleen Sharma has worked with ONGC, GAIL and Petronet LNG covering many important business areas including finalization and execution of the first long term LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement with RasGas Qatar.


Mr. Apurva Chandra - Director


  • Mr. Apurva Chandra, aged 48 years, has been appointed as Director on the Board of Mahanagar Gas Limited on April 02, 2013.
  • Mr. Apurva Chandra has done his B Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT, Delhi, M Tech in Structural Engineering from IIT, Delhi and Diploma in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial of India. Mr. Chandra belongs to the 1988 batch in Indian Administrative Service, Maharashtra Cadre.
  • Prior to joining as Principal Secretary (Industries), Government of Maharashtra, Mr. Apurva Chandra has spent more than 7 years in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Government of India. He has been involved in framing of policies for fuel supplies to Industries, supply logistics, transportation, storage and distribution of fuel products, etc. Mr. Chandra was directly associated with the natural gas transportation infrastructure, setting up of city gas distribution companies, LNG Import Terminals and allocation of gas to Industries.
  • In the State Government, Mr. Chandra has been associated with the development of sugar sector including establishment of cogeneration plants and ethanol plants.
  • Mr. Apurva Chandra has also served on the Board of Directors of Maharatna PSU, M/s. GAIL (India) Limited and M/s. Petronet LNG Limited.


Mr. Shahram Jahanbani- Director


  • Mr. Shahram Jahanbani, aged 49 years, has been appointed as Director on the Board of Mahanagar Gas Limited with effect from October 25, 2012.
  • Mr. Jahanbani is currently the Vice President (Finance) for BG India and supports the Asset in formulating and communicating strategy and provides leadership, direction and management in all financial matters.
  • Prior to joining BG India, Mr. Jahanbani was the Finance Director of Rashpetco, a joint venture in partnership with the Egyptian National Gas Company, Petronas and Edison. The responsibilities included all aspects of finance including Treasury, production of partnership accounts, management accounting, project accounting (for projects in excess of $ 1.0 billion), budgeting and planning, taxation, business principles officer and member of contract tender board.
  • Mr. Shahram Jahanbani has an Honours degree in Chemistry and Technology.  He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers UK.


Mr. Jainendar Kumar Jain-Director


  • Mr. Jainendar Kumar Jain has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
  • Mr. Jain, aged 67 years, who is an Ex-Director (Finance) of GAIL, is a Chartered Accountant and fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has total experience of thirty two years in various Organizations in different capacities in Finance function. Mr. Jain was Director (Finance) in GAIL from 1996 to 2005. He was GAIL Nominee Director on the Board of Mahanagar Gas Limited from January 1998 to August 2003. He has been on the Board of Indraprastha Gas Limited besides various other companies in the past.
  • Currently, Mr. J.K. Jain is a Director on the Board of M/s. Jamna Auto Industries Limited and M/s. English Indian Clays Limited.  Mr. J.K. Jain has extensive experience in the areas of Finance, Investment, Funding, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Risk Management etc.


Dr. Basudeb Sen- Director


  • Dr. Basudeb Sen has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
  • Dr. Sen, aged 64 years, has over 32 years of executive management experience in different areas of commercial, development and investment banking and portfolio management. He has served as Chairman and Managing Director of the Industrial Investment Bank of India Limited and Executive Director of the Unit Trust of India. Dr. Sen has served on various Committees set up by SEBI, RBI and domestic financial institutions and industry associations.
  • He is currently Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of M/s. ITC Limited, M/s. Gujarat NRE Coke Limited, M/s. Sumedha Fiscal Services Limited, M/s. SREI Venture Capital Limited, M/s. Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Limited and M/s. Himadri Chemicals & Industries Limited. In addition, Dr. Basudeb Sen is also an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of M/s. AI Champdany Industries Limited. Dr. Sen had earlier served on the Board of several companies including CESC and L & T Ltd.
  • Dr. Basudeb Sen is a M.A. in Economics from Calcutta University and a Ph.D. from Indian Statistical Institute, besides being an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, USA.


Mr. Arun Balakrishnan -Director


  • Mr. Arun Balakrishnan has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
  • Mr. Arun Balakrishnan, aged 62 years, who retired as Chairman & Managing Director from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) in July 2010, has graduated in B.E. (Chemical) from the College of Engineering, Trichur, Kerala and holds a post graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, 1976. He has been presented the ‘Distinguished Alumniu Award 2008’ by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
  • Mr. Arun Balakrishnan is also a Director on the Board of M/s. HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd., M/s. Western Coalfields Ltd., M/s. NCDEX (National Commodities & Derivatives Exchange) Spot Limited, M/s. Indian Rare Earths Limited, M/s. BOC India Limited, M/s. MMTC Limited, M/s. Japypee Infratech Limited and M/s. KSS Global BLV.


Mr. Santosh Kumar-Director


  • Mr. Santosh Kumar has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
  • Mr. Santosh Kumar, aged 63 years, who retired as Director (Projects) from GAIL, is an Electrical Engineer from Motilal Nehru Engineering College, Allahabad (1970 batch). He has a total experience of more than thirty years in Fertilizers &  Telecom followed by a major part in Oil & Gas Industry in India, particularly rich and varied experience in the fields of Human Resource Development skills and later as Head of Project activities followed by appointment by President Of India as Director (Projects) on the Board of GAIL.
  • Mr. Santosh Kumar was Director (Projects) in GAIL from November 2006 to June 2009. During his tenure in GAIL, he was also the Chairman of Green Gas Limited, Lucknow and Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd., Pune and Director on the Board of Central UP Gas Ltd., Kanpur, NATGAS, Egypt and GSEG and a Member of First Board of Directors, Ratnagiri Gas & Power Pvt. Ltd., Dabhol. Mr. Kumar was advisor with GSPL, Ahmedabad from September 2009 to August 2010.
  • Mr. Santosh Kumar is also an Additional Director (Independent) on the Board of M/s. Indraprastha Gas Limited. Mr. Kumar is also a Consultant (Oil & Gas) for Project Finance SBU, State Bank of India.


Mr. Vipin Chandra Chittoda-Managing Director


  • Mr. Vipin Chandra Chittoda, aged 58 years, has taken over the charge of Mahanagar Gas Limited as its Managing Director from his predecessor Mr.Prafulla Kumar Gupta effective from April 22, 2010.
  • Mr. Chittoda graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1975. He has rich experience of more than 34 years in Hydrocarbon Industry in Navratna Public Sector Undertakings at prominent positions. He started his career with refining cum petrochemical company, Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (now an IOCL Company) in its infancy and subsequently joined Gas Authority of India Limited [now GAIL (India) Limited] in 1990. 
  • Mr. Vipin Chandra Chittoda, prior to his secondment to MGL, was Zonal General Manager, GAIL heading marketing activities of  Northern Zone generating revenues in excess of ` 3500 Crores. Prior to his assignment at Northern Zone, Mr. Chittoda headed GAIL’s Mumbai Zonal office responsible for Natural Gas, Petrochemicals and Liquid Hydrocarbon marketing activities of GAIL in Maharashtra, Goa and Daman / Silvasa generating revenues of about ` 2500 Crores, prestigious company wide ERP-SAP implementation project covering Petrochemical complex, LPG plants, Natural Gas transmission and LPG transmission business of GAIL.  
  • Mr. Chittoda has rich experience of conceptualizing, engineering, planning, controlling, implementation, installation, commissioning and maintenance of large petrochemicals, Refining, oil and gas projects. Mr. Chittoda has been in leadership position for about two decades. He also headed IT and instrumentation at UP Petrochemical complex Pata and was responsible for erection, commissioning and successful operations of GAIL’s flagship petrochemical project of about Rs. 2600 Crores then.


Mr. William Allan Perrin-Technical Director


  • Mr. William Allan Perrin has over forty years experience in working in the International City Gas Distribution business.  Prior to joining Mahanagar Gas Limited, he had worked in Algeria, Brazil, U.K and in other Downstream companies in India.
  • From November 2002 to April 2006, he was appointed as Director Technical of M/s Gujarat Gas Company Limited, India (BG Group) and was, interalia, responsible for setting policy, strategy and ensure high performance in HSSE, Asset Integrity, Operations and construction activities of the Company and to achieve volumes, PBIT and ROACE targets set by the Shareholders.
  • From May 2006 to November 2006, Mr. William Allan Perrin was Director Technical Services Downstream - BG India.
  • Mr. William Allan Perrin has a degree in Gas Engineering and is Chartered Engineer from UK. He has held various posts including being Chairman of the Institution of Gas Engineers, UK SW.