P Jayadevan appointed IOCL executive director for TN, Pondy

: P Jayadevan has taken over as executive director of IndianOil Corporation Ltd for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry with immediate effect.

He succeeds R Sitharthan who has superannuated, a press release said here Tuesday.

Jayadevan would also function as the coordinator for the oil industry in the state and also in the union territory.

Prior to this, he was heading the chairman's secretariat at the corporate office, New Delhi.

He has over three decades of experience primarily in LPG, operations, engineering and sales. He holds a master's degree in petroleum management from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

"Jayadevan's critical work on LPG direct benefit transfer in targeting subsidy was used as a key source by the task force of the government of India to draw up a clear roadmap for Aadhaar-based subsidy transfer," the release said.

He has been presented with the Prime Minister's Aadhaar Excellence Award for his contribution, it added.