OREANDA-NEWS. June 19, 2015. The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan chaired the 14th Trust meeting of the Indian Oil Foundation (IOF).

All on-going projects at 5 sites being undertaken by IOF were reviewed. Shri Pradhan stressed on timely and expeditious completion of the projects in close collaboration and co-operation with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and National Cultural Fund (NCF).

Two new sites – Rani Ki Vav in Gujarat and Swatantra Jyot in Andaman and Nicobar were adopted during the course of the meeting. It was decided that IOF will also adopt non-ASI sites. Identification of such sites should be completed in a time-bound manner. Shri Pradhan stressed on the need for proactive adoption of social media for disseminating the work of the foundation.