{"id":125601,"date":"2022-11-19T14:09:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T08:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=125601"},"modified":"2022-11-19T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T08:39:51","slug":"retired-bpcl-chairman-arun-kumar-singh-to-be-next-chief-of-ongc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/retired-bpcl-chairman-arun-kumar-singh-to-be-next-chief-of-ongc\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired BPCL chairman Arun Kumar Singh to be next chief of ONGC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Retired BPCL chairman Arun Kumar Singh to be next chief of ONGC: BPCL<\/strong>&#8216;s former chairman Arun Kumar Singh is likely to be the new chairman of India&#8217;s top oil and gas producer\u00a0Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)\u00a0according to PTI sources. He retired from BPCL after attaining the superannuation age last month and was already selected to head the\u00a0Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)\u00a0before the August 27 interviews. The will be first time that a person aged over 60 will be heading a top PSU board-level position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-november-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big name in Oil refining market, Singh was chosen by a search-cum-selection committee, constituted by the oil ministry. After interviewing with six candidates, they decided to hire Singh on August 27, 2022. If his selection is approved, Singh will be heading cash-rich PSU (Public Sector Unit) for three years. Eligibility criteria for a board-level position at PSU provide for an internal candidate (applicant from within the PSU) should not be more than 58 years of age on the date of the vacancy. The maximum age limit of 57 years as of the opening date is the qualification for external candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired BPCL chairman Arun Kumar Singh to be next chief of ONGC: BPCL&#8216;s former chairman Arun Kumar Singh is likely to be the new chairman of India&#8217;s top oil and gas producer\u00a0Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)\u00a0according to PTI sources. He retired from BPCL after attaining the superannuation age last month and was already selected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":125602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4982],"tags":[4933],"class_list":["post-125601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-november-2022","tag-appointments-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125603,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125601\/revisions\/125603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}