M K Surana takes over as HPCL chairman

Prior to this, he was the CEO of Prize Petroleum Company

The Union government has appointed Mukesh Kumar Surana as chairman and managing director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

He takes over effective April 01, 2016 from Nishi Vasudeva who superannuated on March 31, 2016. Prior to taking over as CMD, Surana was holding the position of chief executive officer – Prize Petroleum Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary and upstream arm of HPCL, since September 2012.

Surana is a Mechanical Engineer, with Master’s degree in Financial Management.