M O Garg, has assumed charge as the new Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Prior to his present posting, he was director in Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
He is a gold medalist of Nagpur University in Chemical Engineering and has contributed significantly in bringing together CSIR and the petroleum industry with a focus on indigenisation of core technologies in this area of strategic importance to the country, said a government statement.
His recent success was in spearheading commercialisation of technology for recovery of pure benzene from FCC gasoline in a large private refinery in India amidst severe international competition.
