Dr. Manas Kumar Sharma took charge as Director (Exploration & Development) of Oil India Limited (OIL), India’s second largest national exploration & production company on 20.04.2022. Dr. Sharma was serving OIL as Executive Director (Basin Manager-Shelf) prior to his appointment as Director (E&D), where he was involved in various E&P activities within the operational areas in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh of OIL. A skilled geoscientist and operational manager, Dr Sharma carries with him more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, he has first hand knowledge & experience in the subsurface & surface domain, both in the working as well as in the senior management level.
Dr. Sharma has conceptualized action plan for various exploration activities leading to identification of prospects for continued hydrocarbon exploration, appraisal of discoveries as well as formulation of revitalization plan for existing brown fields within Operational Areas in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. He is also instrumental in establishing Industry-Academia collaboration with Universities in the Northeast, which has helped in better understanding of the Assam & Assam-Arakan Basin for carrying out extensive exploration activities by OIL in the Northeast.
An alumunus of Dibrugarh University, Dr. Sharma is a Ph.D and M Tech in Applied Geology.