Shyamal Bhattacharya takes over as the Director (Operations), at ONGC Videsh

Shyamal Bhattacharya has taken over as the Director (Operations), at ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC). Bhattacharya, a geoscientist, has held various key positions during his postings at different locations across the country in ONGC, the company said in a statement. "A graduate in Petroleum Engineering from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Bhattacharya has more than three decades of diversified experience in reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, water flooding, increased oil recovery (IOR) & enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques and reservoir operations," it said.  In his previous role as the Head of Institute of Reservoir Studies, Ahmedabad he was instrumental in leading a team of around 250 geoscientists, facilitating formulation of development schemes of oil and gas fields of ONGC across the country.