Mr. Singhal is an Electronics and Communication Engineer from IIT BHU Varanasi with Diploma in Business and Finance-ICFAI. He joined GAIL in 1989 and has spent more than 3 decades at GAIL in various profiles.

He has gained extensive exposure in operation and maintenance of natural gas installations, SCADA and Telecom, LNG sourcing, trading, shipping, marketing and business development activities covering merger and acquisition, diversification, renewables and green hydrogen.

Presently as Director (Business Development), he is responsible for building GAIL’s business portfolio in India and abroad, merger and acquisition, petrochemical operations and expansion, exploration and production, research and development, start-up initiatives, health safety and environment management, quality management and project development.

A few of his notable achievements include marketing of US LNG to fertiliser plants under long-term contracts, renegotiation of LNG sourcing contracts from Qatar and Russia, acquisition of JBF Petrochemical Limited, setting up of India’s first Small Scale LNG project and acquisition of 26% stake in Japonica, an LNG vessel company.