Subir Bikas Mitra is the Independent Director of our Company. He completed his degree of Bachelor of Science in Botany from the University of North Bengal in 1979. He then obtained the degree of Master of Business Administration from the University of Calcutta in 1982 and also completed Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calcutta in 1986. He further obtained the degree of Master of Arts from the Himachal Pradesh University in 1999. Thereafter he completed a specialised course in Human Resource Development from All India Management Association Centre for Management Education, New Delhi in 2003. He then obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Oil and Gas Management from the University of Petroleum and Gas Studies in 2017 and did his Master’s in Law from K.R. Mangalam University in 2018. He was then recognised with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law. Previously he has worked with National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Ltd. (NJMC) from July 1983 till September 1991.
He then joined GAIL (India) Limited in September 1991 as Dy. Manager (HR) and was relieved from his services as Executive Director (Law & HR) on attaining the age of superannuation in August 2020. He has also served as adjunct faculty at various institutions such as IIM Jammu, V.V. Giri National Labor Institute, IIM Amritsar and IIM Ranchi. He also holds the experience of working as Advisor in Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, MoPNG and Senior Advisor in Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council. He holds a working experience of 42 years. He joined our Company as Independent Director in May 2025.

MR. SUBIR BIKAS MITRA
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR