Former ONGC CMD, Shashi Shanker appointed as Independent Director on ATGL board

New Delhi: Shashi Shanker, the former chairman and managing director of India's biggest oil and gas producing company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited has been now appointed as an independent director on Adani Total Gas Limited board, the company mentioned in a regulatory filing.

Shashi Shanker with his 30 years of vast experience will now dedicate his work to ATGL. According to the filling, "This is to inform that, on the recommendation of Nomination & Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors of the company have appointed Shashi Shanker, as an Additional Director (Non-Executive, Independent) of the company."

Shanker served as CMD, ONGC from October 2017 to March 2021.

Adani Total Gas is developing City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks to supply the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to the Industrial, Commercial, Domestic (residential) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to the transport sector. Natural Gas is a convenient, reliable and environment-friendly fuel that allows consumers to enjoy a high level of safety, convenience and economic efficiency.

The company has already set up city gas distribution networks in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat, Faridabad in Haryana and Khurja in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, the development of Allahabad, Chandigarh, Ernakulam, Panipat, Daman, Dharwad, and Udhamsingh Nagar gas distribution is awarded to consortium of Adani Total Gas Ltd and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

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