Shareholders of Mahanagar Gas Limited approve the appointments of Deepak Gupta as Chairman and Praveer Kumar Srivastava as Managing Director on May 19 2026
Deepak Gupta has been appointed as Non Executive Non Independent Director and Chairman of Mahanagar Gas Limited while Praveer Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as Managing Director for a five year term. The appointments received shareholder approval on May 19 2026.
Gupta joined GAIL India as Director Projects in February 2022 and has been responsible for the execution of multiple infrastructure and energy projects including natural gas and LPG pipelines gas processing units SCADA systems and green energy initiatives.
He currently serves on the boards of subsidiaries and associated companies of GAIL India and has contributed to project execution governance and energy infrastructure development. Prior to this he worked with Engineers India Ltd. for more than three decades where he led refinery and petrochemical projects in India and international markets.
Gupta has also held board level positions in joint ventures including Talcher Fertilizers Limited ONGC Petro additions Limited and SEAGP. He is a Mechanical Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering and brings over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
Srivastava has more than three decades of experience with GAIL India and has worked across operations maintenance of gas processing units pipeline networks and project execution at key facilities. His career includes leadership roles in planning strategy business development gas management and the CMD Secretariat at GAIL.
He later served as Executive Director for the Western Region where he managed operations and maintenance of pipeline infrastructure connecting LNG terminals such as Dahej and Dabhol with industrial consumers. His responsibilities also included marketing of petrochemicals and liquid hydrocarbons. Srivastava focuses on operational efficiency safety and infrastructure reliability and is associated with CSR and skill development initiatives. He also serves as Director at Mahanagar LNG Pvt. Ltd..
