Who Is Sukla Mistry ? First Woman Director On IOC's Board

Who Is Sukla Mistry: She became the first woman director on the Indian Oil Board. She has taken charge of refining operations of India's largest refiner and fuel retailer.

Here's what you need to know about Sukla Mistry

• She was born in a humble family in Sunderbans region of West Bengal.
• She is 58-years-old
• She is also the first woman director on the IOC board.
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) confirmed Mistry’s appointment in a tweet on its official handle. “Indian Oil welcomes Ms Sukla Mistry as Director (Refineries), the first woman Director on Indian Oil Board. With a rich experience of over 35 years in refining and petrochemicals, Ms Mistry takes over the reins of the refining business and operations of India’s largest refiner,” IOC tweeted.
• She is also a nominee director of Indian Oil on the Board of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited and IHB Limited.
• Mistry has an experience of over 35 years in the areas of refining and petrochemicals, as per a report.
• She has worked at IOC’s refineries at Barauni, Digboi, Haldia and Panipat. She has also worked at the Refineries Headquarters.
• She also has execution-related experience in various greenfield and brownfield projects in refineries.
• She has been honoured with a number of awards in her career so far. Petrofed Best Woman Executive Award (2009), Petrotech Ojaswini Award (2016), SCOPE Award for Outstanding Woman Manager (2016-17) and ET Prime Women Manufacturing and Operational Leadership Award (2021) are some of them.
• She is a graduate in metallurgical engineering from Bengal College of Engineering. She sacrificed her post-graduate studies even after being selected by IIT Kharagpur because she had to support her family and siblings' education.
• She headed Digboi refinery in Assam, the oldest in the country
• In 2001, she was the first and only woman engineer from India to be selected for onsite assignment as an inspection engineer for ENOC refinery in Dubai.

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