OREANDA-NEWS. Mr. Verghese Cherian has assumed charge as Director (Human Resources), Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Having completed his Masters in Social Work, he joined the Corporation in the year 1982 at IOC's Refineries Headquarters in Delhi. He has a comprehensive work experience, spanning over 3 decades across IndianOil's Refinery Units, Divisional Headquarters and R&D Centre.

Prior to his elevation, Mr. Cherian headed the apex training centre of the organization, IndianOil Institute of Petroleum Management (IiPM) at Gurgaon.

IndianOil is the leading Indian corporate in the Fortune 'Global 500' listing. It straddles across the entire hydrocarbon value chain - from refining, pipeline transportation and marketing of petroleum products to exploration & production of crude oil & gas, marketing of natural gas and petrochemicals. IndianOil has been meeting nation's energy demands for over half a century. With a corporate vision to be the Energy of India, IndianOil closed the year 2013-14 with the income from operations at Rs. 4,73,210 crore and a net profit of Rs. 7,019 crore.