Board Members

Mr. Om Prakash Sinha, Director & Chairman, OTBL

Mr. Om Prakash Sinha assumed the charge as Director and Chairman of ONGC TERI Biotech Limited (OTBL) on 22nd July, 2025. He currently serves as Director (Exploration) at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). Mr. O P Sinha is a B.Tech (Petroleum Engineering) graduate from ISM Dhanbad. With more than 37 years of experience in ONGC in various facets of E&P activities, he has worked in Exploration, Field Development and Reservoir Management domains in various capacities. He has excelled in many aspects of Reservoir Engineering, from Seismic to Simulation and execution of field development schemes. He has been instrumental in reservoir management of onshore and offshore fields, formulation of IOR schemes, screening/implementation of EOR processes and reservoir simulation studies. He as the Chief of Institute of Reservoir Studies, an in-house Institute of ONGC at Ahmedabad, dedicated for designing IOR/EOR Programmes for fields of ONGC, where he pursued the expansion of EOR application in ONGC Fields for production enhancement. In present changing energy-mix scenario he is also played pivotal role in conceptualizing projects on Carbon capture utilization and Storage (CCUS/CCS) for carbon emission abatement to reach Net-Zero targets as the CoI-IRS.

Dr. Dipankar Saharia, Managing Director, OTBL

Dr. Dipankar Saharia is the Managing Director of ONGC TERI Biotech Ltd (OTBL) from 1st July 2025.

Dr Saharia is also the Senior Director at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi and leads TERI’s Social Transformation and Strategic Alliance Programme, which includes Social Transformation and CSR Division, Environment Education and Awareness Division, Knowledge Resource Centres and a few other research Divisions and also heads TERI's Administrative Services Division and Regional Centres. Earlier he was heading TERI’s North-Eastern Regional Centre, and was Associate Director of the Environmental & Industrial Biotechnology Division of TERI.

He was with the Government of Assam as an officer of the Assam Civil Services. He held the positions of Assistant Commissioner and later Officer on Special Duty at the Personnel Department and Science & Technology Department, Government of Assam from 1997 to 2009 and was also on deputation to TERI. Dr Saharia also worked with TERI from 1995 to 1996 for the Tissue Culture Pilot Project (now MTP) before joining Assam Civil Service.

Dr Saharia has a Masters in Science and Ph.D. from Gauhati University. His expertise lies in the areas of biotechnology, natural resource management and rural development, integrated water resource management, and he has executed projects in the fields of Natural Resources, watershed management (planning, management & implementation), Bioremediation, Renewable Energy, Micropropagation, Biofuels and Carbon Finance.

He has published 24 research papers in national and international journals.

Sh. Sunil Kumar, Director, ONGC TERI Biotech Limited

On January 8th, 2025, Sh. Sunil Kumar assumed the esteemed position of Executive Director and Asset Manager of ONGC Mehsana Asset.

He was appointed as Nominee Director of ONGC, on the Board of Directors of ONGC TERI Biotech Limited with effect from 24th January, 2025.

A seasoned professional with a strong foundation in Petroleum Engineering from ISM Dhanbad, complemented by a Diploma in Computer Applications from CMC limited and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Marketing & Finance) from MDI Gurugram under Super Unnati Prayas.

Sh. Kumar's distinguished career with ONGC commenced in 1991 as an Assistant Executive Engineer (Production) in Sivasagar/Nazira, where he honed his skills in Workover Operations. In his first tenure at Mumbai, he worked in Well Services Western Offshore handling well engineering and slick line operations at Mumbai High Offshore fields.

His subsequent journey has been marked by significant contributions across various domains. He demonstrated his leadership abilities as a member of the pilot project of Organizational Transformation Project (OTP) in Mumbai under which ONGC’s organization structure was transformed from Functional based system to Asset based Management system. Further, he also functioned as a Core Team Member of Project ICE.

Sh. Kumar was instrumental in planning and executing first deep water project i.e. Vasistha & S1 at East Coast. During his second tenure at Mumbai, he spearheaded the planning, coordination, and execution of India's largest shallow water subsea project, overseeing the drilling, completion and put-on production of 11 subsea wells. Most recently, in Kakinada, he successfully managed ONGC's prestigious and mega deepwater KG-DWN-98/2 Cluster II project as Project Manager monetizing the oil fields and achieving ~35,000 barrels oil per day and ~1.4 MMSCMD associated gas production from them.

With a distinguished career marked by numerous achievements and a wealth of experience, Mehsana Asset eagerly anticipates a new era of growth and achievement under the leadership of Sh. Sunil Kumar.

Mr. Sanjay Seth, Director, OTBL

Mr. Sanjay Seth is a Senior Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Programme with ‘The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)’. His work covers a range of activities from City to Building Level Interventions includes policy analysis, sustainable urban planning, mainstreaming of sustainable habitats in the built environment, promoting low carbon & sustainable transportation, capacity building and knowledge creation.

He is also the Vice President & Chief Executive Officer of ‘Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) Council’. The ‘GRIHA Council’ - recognized as the ‘National Rating System for Green Buildings in India’, was developed by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in support with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India. GRIHA Council issues ‘GRIHA Rating Certification’ for new buildings as well as retrofits and carries out all activities related to the issuance of ‘GRIHA Certification’.

He served as the Secretary of ‘Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, Government of India’ and also led the vertical on Building Energy Efficiency, responsible for the administration and financial management of the organization.

By training he is a Civil Engineer and has about 40 years of experience in the power sector, both on the supply side as well as demand side.

He also serves as a Member on various committees both National and International.