Alka Mittal: Meet the first ONGC woman head

Alka Mittal became the first ONGC’s directors of human resource by taking over additional charge of chairman and director of the company. She replaced Subhash Kumar who was superannuated on dec 31. Saloni reports more on her profile:

Who is Alka Mittal?

She was born in 1965 and is 56 till now. She joined the company as a graduate trainee in the year 1985 and is a post-graduate in Economics from Dehradun’s M.K.P.P.G. College in 1983.

Alka holds an MBA from Hutatma Rajguru Maha Vidyalaya and has a doctorate in commerce and business studies. She joined as HR of oil and Natural Gas Cooperation Limited in 2018. 

Alka Mittal career history

She used to be the chief skill development at ONGC before joining the HR department. She played a very helpful role in supporting and ensuring a safe working environment especially for women workers in remote locations. She led HR-ER functions in different cities like Vadodra, Mumbai, Delhi and Jorhat. As HR, she was also part of various forums like the National Institute of Personnel Management. She was the President of the Forum for Women in the Public Sector of the Northern Region till recently. She also headed the Women Development Forum of ONGC.

The PESB had conducted interview for ONGC’s CMD post in June 2021. However, it had said that it could not find any suitable candidates for the post. Afterwards, the matter was referred to the Petroleum Ministry, which is yet to float a name. 

It has been a great and proud moment for all of us.

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