Sanjay Gupta new chairman of EIL

NEW DELHI: Sanjay Gupta today took over as chairman and managing director of Engineers India Ltd, the state-owned engineering and consultancy, procurement and construction (EPC) company in hydrocarbons and petrochemicals.

Prior to this, he was Director (Commercial) in EIL, a company statement said here.

Gupta replaced A K Purwaha who superannuated yesterday. An Engineering graduate from IIT Roorkee, Gupta has about 34 years of experience in the company ranging from planning to implementation of mega grassroot projects in the refineries and petrochemical sector.

He took over as Director (Commercial) of EIL in July, 2012 and will have a term as head of the company till June, 2017 when he will superannuate.