Shri Manoj Kumar Sharma holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Production & Industrial Engineering) from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB).
With over three decades of distinguished experience in the oil and gas sector, Shri Sharma has developed extensive expertise across the entire value chain of hydrocarbon infrastructure, encompassing design and engineering, project management, procurement, construction management, and operations and maintenance of crude oil, petroleum products, LPG, and natural gas pipeline networks, as well as strategically significant crude oil terminal projects.
Prior to assuming charge as Director (Projects), GAIL (India) Limited, Shri Sharma served as Executive Director and Regional Head of Eastern Region Pipelines at Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). In this role, he led the operations and maintenance, construction, and city gas distribution (CGD) businesses across five states, overseeing an extensive pipeline network exceeding 5,700 km.
He also held the position of Executive Director (Projects) in IOCL’s Pipelines Division, where he was responsible for the engineering, procurement, and construction management of major oil, LPG, and natural gas pipeline projects in India as well as globally.
Shri Sharma has served on the Boards of GSPL India Transco Limited (GITL), GSPL India Gasnet Limited (GIGL), and Kochi Salem Pipeline Private Limited (KSPPL) as Nominee Director representing IOCL, contributing to strategic governance and sectoral development.
He brings a wealth of leadership experience and a proven track record in board-level governance, project execution, business development, operational excellence, and cost optimization. His deep understanding of energy infrastructure, coupled with his commitment to innovation and emerging energy initiatives, positions him as a key contributor to the growth and transformation of the energy sector.

Shri Sanjiv Kumar Sharma is a Mechanical Engineer from DEI Agra with Postgraduation in Mech Equipment Design from IIT Delhi in 1997. He also holds Executive MBA degree from Narsee Monjee Mumbai. He is presently working as Chief General Manager Gas at IndianOil. He has over 28 years of work experience in Petroleum and Natural Gas Sector while working with IndianOil Corporation Limited. He had experience of tendering, contracting and construction of LPG Bottling Plants, Lube Blending Plants, Retail Outlets, Chandigarh CGD Geographical Area and since 2017 has worked in IndianOil’s Gas group in Gas Sourcing and Gas Infrastructure cum Retail LNG Depts. Presently, looking after and coordinating the Gas Infrastructure and Retail LNG Business related activities of the corporation including management of CGD, Regas Terminal and Pipeline JVs, bidding for Natural Gas Pipelines, LNG Regas Terminal Expansion, booking of Regas Capacities, Auto LNG Business, FSRU based projects in Andaman Islands, LNG Supply through LNG Tankers etc.

Shri Rakesh Kumar Yadav is a Chemical Engineering professional from HBTU 1995 batch, Kanpur, and has also completed his MBA in Marketing in open learning Mode. He began his professional carrier of 31 years, when he joined India Glycols Limited, Kashipur in June 1995 as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) Plant. His early experience in the petrochemical and chemical processing industry helped him build a strong technical foundation and operational expertise.

Thereafter, he joined GAIL (India) Limited in December 1997 at the GAIL’s Pata Petrochemical Complex (U.P.) as a Senior Engineer. Over the course of his professional journey of 31 years, he has held key assignments across major installations and corporate functions at Pata, BCPL Dibrugarh and Noida. His extensive experience spans, Petrochemical Complex operations, Conceptualization, Execution and Commissioning of Mega petrochemical complex, Conceptualization and Execution of Coal Gasification based Ammonia/Urea plant, Project Development and Petrochemical Marketing.

During his tenure in the Project Development Department at Noida, he was instrumental in the conceptualization of Petrochemical projects, as well as the Coal Gasification-based Ammonia/Urea Project at Talcher, demonstrating his strong technical expertise and strategic vision in project planning and development. Further, during his tenure as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in Talcher Fertilizers Limited (JV of GAIL, RCF AND CIL), he played a significant role in project conceptualization, securing project approvals, coordinating with the Ministry, and overseeing the engineering activities related to the coal gasification plant, contributing substantially to the successful development of the project.

Prior to joining Green Gas Ltd (GGL), Shri Rakesh was associated with the Petrochemical Marketing vertical at Corporate Office. His professional strengths encompass project execution, operations management, commissioning of process plants, strategic planning, marketing management and organizational leadership.

As the Managing Director of Green Gas Limited, he is committed to leveraging his extensive and diverse functional experience to drive sustainable growth and operational excellence. With a strong passion for green energy and clean fuel initiatives, he aims to enhance business efficiency, foster innovation, and contribute meaningfully to the advancement of environmentally responsible energy solutions.

An Instrumentation & Electronics Engineer from College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar ( Now OUTR, Odisha University of Technology and Research). Sri Behera joined Indian Oil Marketing Division in Yr’1997. He has 26 Years diverse experience in Engineering projects, Retail Engineering and Retail Sales.

He also played a central role in construction of large petroleum products storage tanksin Supply locations of Indian Oil at Patna, Balasore, Paradip and Deoria. Shri Behera has played a pivotal role in the execution of augmentation of ParadipMarketing Terminal for evacuation of Paradip Refinery products.

Sri Behera started his professional career as an Engineering Officer at Patna Marketing Terminal and successfully completed the augmentation project including commissioning of 1st automation Terminal in Eastern Region of Indian Oil. He has also executed and commissioned another grass root project at Somnathpur, Balasore.

He has also worked in Retail Engineering under Karnataka State Office for setting up new Retail Outlets and allied facilities. He has been instrumental in implementation of Retail automation system in 2300 Retail Outlets under Uttar Pradesh state Office-1. In his prior assignment, he has completed and commissioned a major project of revamping and augmentation at Baitalpur, Deoria, UP for facilitating its conversion to Pipeline Terminal on Patna-Motihari-Baitalpur pipeline.

These contributions played a vital role in strengthening the projects‚ value chain and had a far-reaching impact on overall projects execution.Through his profound knowledge in projects, he has been instrumental in developing various Depots and Terminals that resulted in immense economic benefit to the company.

As the Director (Commercial) of Green Gas Limited, he looks forward to leverage his passion for green energy sources coupled with his pursuit to make business processes efficient and his diverse functional experiences.