Mr. S. Bharathan has taken charge as Director-Refineries of HPCL on October 1, 2022. Prior to this, he was the Executive Director – Refineries Coordination of HPCL with Additional Charge of R&D.

Mr. Bharathan has wide exposure to the Refinery operations of HPCL and has worked in Operations and Technical Departments of Mumbai and Visakh Refinery for over 25 years. He has also worked in the Corporate Office of HPCL on Margin Management & Refinery Project Process for over 4 years. Further, he is also leading HPCL’s Green R&D Centre in Bengaluru for the last 3 years. Under him, HPCL Green Research & Development Centre (HPGRDC) has reached filing of about 380 patents.

S. Bharathan