BPCL gives Sanjay Khanna additional charge of CMD

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has given Sanjay Khanna the additional charge of the company’s chairman and managing director.

Khanna is currently director (refineries) in the state-run company. He is a chemical engineering graduate from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, and a postgraduate in finance management from Mumbai University.

Khanna has more than three decades of experience in refinery operations and technical services. He has anchored several projects for setting up processing units in Mumbai, Kochi and Numaligarh refineries, according to a BPCL statement.


Prior to becoming director (refineries), Khanna headed the Kochi and Mumbai refineries of BPCL. He also serves as a director on the boards of Bharat Petro Resources Ltd and Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd.

Khanna is also the chairperson of the ‘Technical Committee for petroleum refineries’ under the petroleum ministry.