ONGC dedicates museum, green building to late chairman Raha

State-run ONGC today re-dedicated India¿s first oil museum here to its late chairman Subir Raha who took the company to a new height.

"It is a privilege for us to rechristen this museum after Subir Raha for his commendable achievements in the ONGC," chairman and managing director of ONGC R S Sharma said.

Sharma also laid the foundation stone of Uttarakhand¿s first energy-efficient green building at a separate function in the presence of the oil major's board of directors and employees. The building is named as 'Subir Raha Bhavan'.

The five-storey platinum rated building would be built with a cost of Rs 112 crore and would be completed by 2013.

Later, speaking on the occasion Sharma paid tributes to Raha and described him as a visionary who brought a turnaround change in the culture of the company.

Sharma added that through this building, we have reinforced our commitment to continue our headquarters at Dehra Dun.

This is the first green building initiative in Dehra Dun.