Oil India Limited | Jodhpur, India

Sr. Manager - Contracts & Purchase

• Finalized 45 contracts in a single year, the highest by any individual in Rajasthan Field in 5 years, leveraging GeM bid category, single bid methodology and standardized qualification criteria to cut procurement lead times.
• Initiated centralized procurement across 5 operating units for common and specialized long lead items, lifting bidder participation from 2 to 4 per tender and securing 7% savings on ₹40 Cr. of aggregated annual spend.
• Championed Oil India's first ever MSE Vendor Meet for women and SC/ST entrepreneurs; built internal consensus, drove policy change on turnover threshold relaxation and secured 7 orders for MSE Women vendors.
• Co-authored the first ever SOP for loading and unloading operations at Hamira Stores, institutionalizing safety and handling protocols as a replicable standard across field operations.

Manager - Contracts & Purchase

• Led end-to-end commercial negotiation with M/s Fishbones AS, Norway for a first-of-its-kind drilling technology contract, devising pricing strategy and contractual terms that resulted in the highest producing well in Rajasthan Field (130 BOPD vs 35 BOPD baseline)
• Finalized the health assessment contract for O&M operator change at Oil India's largest wind plant (54 MW), lifting machine availability from 61% to 86% and annual revenue from ₹28.91 Cr. to ₹32.56 Cr.
• Drove the organizational shift to GeM based procurement across internal teams and the vendor ecosystem, growing adoption from ₹227.28 Cr. to ₹447.02 Cr. (96.7%) in FY 2025-26
• Resolved an audit observation on single vendor dependency in crude oil transportation by redesigning bowser qualification criteria, enabling multi vendor participation and ₹3 Cr. in annual savings
• Prepared financial qualification criteria incorporating D/E ratio, working capital, net worth and annual turnover for Oil India's first-ever Gas Sweetening Plant (₹268 Cr.), attracting international and Indian vendors to a landmark Net Zero 2040 project

Manager - Stores (Additional Charge: Contracts)

• Led a 17-member cross functional team to redeploy idle godown inventory and scrap rejected items, unlocking ₹2.2 Cr. in savings and negating the need for additional godown construction.
• Headed end-to-end godown operations at Hamira Stores, ensuring 100% supply continuity across 5 locations through structured rostering and resource planning for a 26-member labour workforce.
• Restructured manpower contract terms from fixed job based to daily wage mode, ensuring minimum wage compliance for 31+ workers while improving transparency, productivity and dispute resolution.
• Served as Departmental IT In-Charge on the e-Office implementation team, proposing process and configuration changes tailored to Rajasthan Field operations to drive automation.
• Managed C&P Department budgeting across CAPEX and OPEX with an average annual budget of ~₹5 Cr.

Senior Officer | Stores (Receiving)

• Delivered ₹23L in annual overtime savings and ~25% reduction in demurrage charges by streamlining material receiving, stacking, and inter-department transfer workflows while coordinating with internal and external logistics stakeholders.
• Rationalized the insurance claims process by establishing multi party accountability across transporters, suppliers and material handling contractors, cutting annual filings from 243 to 67.
• Increased insurance claim acceptance rate by 22% by co-designing an automated digital intimation system with F&A and IT, triggering supplier alerts 15 days prior to delivery.
• Cut operational time loss by 13% and minor disciplinary incidents by 22% through 25+ behavioural safety and toolbox talk sessions designed and delivered for 100+ field workers.
• Co-designed an ERP based HSD procurement module by defining mandatory field requirements, converting a manual 5-day invoice cycle into a 2-day digital workflow and ensuring uninterrupted fuel supply (₹1.58 Cr. annual spend).
• Recovered ₹2.3 Cr. by resolving 34 insurance claims pending for 5+ years, partnering with F&A and Marsh Insurance on root cause analysis and documentation to clear the entire backlog.

• Highest Contracts in Rajasthan Field: Finalized 45 contracts in a single year, the highest by any individual in 5 years.
• Energy Transition Task Force: Selected as one of 25 professionals from a workforce of 1100 to develop the company's energy transition strategy roadmap.
• Rajbhasha Samman Shield 2024: Contributed to Rajasthan Field winning the 2024 Rajbhasha Samman Shield under MoHA.
• CFA Charterholder: Cleared all three CFA levels on first attempt.
• IIT-JEE: Cleared one of India's most competitive engineering entrance examinations.

• B. Tech, Chemical Engineering | Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati | India (2012-2016)
• CFA Charterholder – CFA Institute

• CFA Charterholder, CFA Institute
• IPMA Level D Certified, International Project Management Association, 2025
• Executive Managerial Programme, IIM Lucknow, 2017
• Gold Market Foundations, Coursera, 2026
• Public Procurement, AJNIFM, Faridabad, 2024
• Excel / VBA (Levels I, II & III), University of Colorado Boulder, Coursera, 2020

• Appointed nodal officer for two high-profile parliamentary committee visits, managing protocol, logistics and stakeholder engagement across 33 organizations and government representatives in Jodhpur and Jaisalmer.
• Presiding Officer, 2019 National General Election, managing polling staff and transparent conduct for 800+ electors.
• Highest wicket taker in a 5-match inter-company cricket tournament against State Bank of India, Oil India (2019-2025).
• Marathon winner, 2023, organized by Aravali Club, Jodhpur.
• Supported migrant labourers' families with relief and livelihood support during COVID-19 with Lions Club, Jodhpur.