First woman to head ONGC – another glass ceiling broken

New Delhi: Alka Mittal has become the first woman to head India’s largest exploration and production company, ONGC, and the second woman in the country after Nishi Vasudev, who created history when she took over the reins of oil in March 2014. Refiner-fuel retailer Hindustan Petroleum.

The Department of Personnel and Training on Monday evening appointed Mittal to the post, falling vacant 72 hours after Subhash Kumar, who took charge from February 2021 in addition to his regular job as Director (Finance), on December 31 retired.

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