Mumbai: Dr Pushp Kumar Joshi has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), a Maharatna Company under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Prior to this, Dr Joshi was Director-HR of the Corporation from August 1, 2012. He is also holding the additional charge of Director - Marketing of HDPCL.

During his career, he held key portfolios in Human Resources functions like Executive Director – HRD and Head – HR of Marketing Division. Dr Joshi has a Doctorate in Human Resource Management, Post Graduate in Human Resource Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and Bachelor of Law from Andhra University.

Dr Joshi has been a part of the Board of Directors of HPCL since 2012. During his tenure in the Board, HPCL became a Maharatna Company and achieved the landmark profit after tax of Rs 10,000 crore in FY 2020-21.

HPCL is also in the process of executing the Visakh Refinery Upgradation Project, Green Field Refinery cum Petrochemical complex at Barmer, Rajasthan. As Director – HR, Dr Joshi was responsible for overseeing the design and deployment of key human resource policies and strategies. /BI/