Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra takes over as Director (HR), IOC

Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra has taken over as Director (Human Resources) of state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Earlier, he was IOC's Executive Director in charge of West Bengal State Office, the company said in a statement. A mechanical engineer joined IOC in 1987, and has since worked on varied assignments, including terminal operations, supply chain management and logistics. "Mohapatra was also one of the chief architects of the auto fuel quality (BS-III/BS-IV) upgradation programmes of oil marketing companies in India," it said.