1. A.K.Bhatnagar
Skills & Experience
Personal Details
Name : Anil Kumar Bhatnagar
Date of Birth : December 14, 1949
Education : B.Sc.
B.E. (Mechanical), AMU, Aligarh - 1972
Address : Flat No. 1202, Tower - 7,
Uniworld Gardens, Sohna Road,
Sector – 49,
Gurgaon – 122003
Haryana
Cellular phone : + 91 - 99 58005448
e-mail address : anil1949bhatnagar@yahoo.com
Background
Basically a Mechanical Engineer, I have worked with the petroleum industry for 33
years since April1972 to April 2005. I was on my own, running a Recruitment
company till 2007 and then took up a 2 years 3 months assignment as Advisor to
Delhi International Airport Ltd. a GMR Group company mandated to modernise,
expand and operate the Delhi International Airport.
My work experience, from the beginning, has been as follows:
1. Worked for 22 years in various functions and positions related to marketing
operations with IBP Co. Ltd, a public sector oil company in India, now a part
of Indian Oil Corporation.
2. 8 years as Advisor - Business Development & Operations for India, Sri
Lanka and Bangladesh with Coastal Corporation, a USA based, Fortune
500 Energy Company, now merged with El Paso, another multinational
giant in the energy sector.
3. 1 & ½ years with The Petroleum Federation of India as Director - Policy &
Planning. PetroFed is a federation of national and international hydrocarbon
companies.
4. 1 year with Essar Oil Ltd., an oil company in the private sector as General
Manager (Retail) – North Zone at Delhi. Left the company due to inability to
relocate to Kolkata as COO & Zonal Head – East.
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2. 5. Owned and managed the Chandigarh branch of a New Zealand based HR
Services MNC as a Business Partner for about a year and a half. The
company specialised in executive recruitment, training and development.
6. I was associated, from July 2007 to September 2009, with Delhi International
Airport limited (DIAL), a GMR group company, involved with modernisation,
development and operations of Delhi International Airport, as ADVISOR, to
assist in setting up ATF facilities and all oil companies related matters.
Skills developed as a manager
It is just a coincidence that at each new place of work, I was involved in establishing
a new set up, both in terms of infrastructure as well as business. The skills
developed with such varied experience in management of establishments,
work force and business make me comfortable in any job situation, within the
petroleum industry or even outside in staff / support functions. Some of these
major skills are:
(i) General Management related
1. Eye for detail / understanding issues / developing alternatives / making the
right choice based on available facts.
2. Communication Skills – Briefings - Reports – Seminars - Training
3. Value Addition – a part of work style and attitude
4. Continuous improvement in quality of work as a conscious effort
5. Coordination at all levels - with knowledge of requirement on all sides and
ways and means of delivering as per the organisational needs
(ii) Work related - Petroleum Marketing Operations
Petroleum Marketing Operations – Oil companies in India
1. Formulating policies and procedures required for field operations.
2. Development of Retail Marketing Network in the country.
3. Recruitment of staff at all levels
4. Training of staff involved with Retail Network Development.
5. Establishing supply & distribution network for catering to the retail network.
6. Coordinate with the entire supply chain and supervise operations of all supply
depots in the country.
7. Establishing Data Base and create effective MIS.
8. Overseeing office administration and accounts related matters
9. Coordinating policy and planning matters pertaining to the petroleum industry
in India and acting as an interface between the industry and the government.
10. Carry out studies for the petroleum industry
11. Project formulation / Feasibility Reports / Pre construction coordination with
various agencies for all components of the project
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3. Business Development and Operations – for a Fortune 500,
multinational, fully integrated Energy Company
1. Dealing at international level – interacting with people of various
nationalities / travel abroad / negotiate / create meaningful alliances.
2. Scanning market developments collect relevant information and build up a
database for the Indian petroleum industry.
3. Keeping track of and analyzing government policies affecting the area of
proposed business.
4. Identifying and developing projects in the partly deregulated petroleum sector
in India / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh
5. Assisting in generating Feasibility Reports for assessment / appraisal and
selection of the most suitable project by the company.
6. Assisting in identifying and selecting suitable partner (s) for Joint Ventures in
India and abroad.
7. Developing the selected project with help from various agencies as
applicable.
8. Running a Fuel Supply Set Up for supplying fuel oil to the company’s Power
Plant in Bangladesh.
(iii) Office establishment and support services related
1. Setting up offices, interviewing / recruiting manpower and generating support
services for office establishment.
2. Development of organisational structures, suitable policies, administrative
norms, office procedures with HR functionaries
3. Data Base and MIS.
4. Training of manpower and problem resolution
5. Purchases and Service Contracts
6. Effective Interface between the staff under charge and the higher
management
7. Conduct and manage meetings on behalf of the top management – arrange
records of the meetings / implementation of decisions taken
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