BPCL appoints Dr. Suman Billa on Board; stock zooms ~2%

17 Mar 2022 , 01:56 PM

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Suman Billa, Principal Secretary, (Industries & Norka), Govt. of Kerala, as Government Nominee Director effective from March 16, 2022.

Dr. Suman Billa is a senior lAS officer who passed out from the 1996 batch. He possesses M.Phil from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has been a British Chevening Gurukula Scholar at the London School of Economics.

Before his assignment as Principal Secretary, (Industries & Norka), Govt. of Kerala, he was associated with the United Nations World Tourism Organization in Madrid, Spain as the Director, Technical Cooperation & Silk Road.

He has also held key positions of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Secretary, Kerala Tourism, Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies, District Collector, Palghat, and Director, Kerala Tourism. He has also been the Private Secretary to the Ministers of State in the Ministries of External Affairs and Defence.

Presently, he is associated with the boards of Malabar Cements Ltd., Overseas Keralites Investments & Holdings Ltd, INKEL Ltd, and Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd as Director.

BPCL is currently trading at Rs363.45 up by Rs7.05 or 1.98% from its previous closing of Rs356.40 on the BSE. Its scrip touched today’s high and low of Rs364.35 and Rs358 respectively.