Atindra Roychoudhury takes charge as RCE of OIL

Guwahati: Atindra Roychoudhury assumed the charge of Resident Chief Executive (RCE) of Oil India Limited, Field Headquarters, on June 1, replacing Prsahanta Borkotoky.

Roychoudhury joined OIL as an Executive Trainee (ET) in November 1986 in Electrical Engineering Department in Duliajan. After his brief stint in the Electrical Department, he served the Geophysics Department of OIL for a decade. Later, as a pioneering member of OIL’s IT Department, Roychoudhury was instrumental in the design and implementation of LAN and WAN across all spheres of OIL.

Subsequently, Roychoudhury moved to the Contracts Department and then to OIL’s Corporate office in Noida as Chief Manager (Contracts) till 2014. There he was promoted to the position of Chief General Manager in the Corporate Planning Department on January 1, 2017, and then to the position of Executive Director (Corporate Affairs) on January 1, 2019, till February 13, 2020.

In 2020, he was transferred to Duliajan and was entrusted with the position of Executive Director, Production Services. Nominated by OIL. Roychoudhury also holds the position of Chairman of Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL).
Roychoudhury has a reputation for having worked actively in enhancing hydrocarbon production, technology induction, and digitalization of the systems and processes at OIL.

As Executive Director (PS), Roychoudhury was instrumental in OIL’s key initiatives to enhance production like the introduction of the Technology Service Model (TSM), Production Enhancement Contract (PEC), etc.

He also spearheaded the digitalisation initiative at OIL, namely Project DRIVE. He is actively attached to many socio-cultural and sporting activities of Duliajan.

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