Mr. Sandeep Kumar Gupta is CMD of GAIL (India) Limited, India’s leading natural gas company with diversified interests across the natural gas value chain of trading, transmission, LPG production & transmission, LNG re-gasification, petrochemicals, city gas, E&P, etc. He has wide experience of over 37 years in the Oil & Gas Industry. Before joining GAIL in October 2022, Mr. Gupta held the position of Director (Finance) since August 2019 on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Limited. As Director (Finance), he was in charge of F&A, Treasury, Pricing, International Trade, Optimization, Information Systems, Corporate Affairs, Legal, Risk Management, etc. Mr. Gupta is also the Chairman of Mahanagar Gas Limited, Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL), GAIL Gas Limited and also on the Board of Petronet LNG Limited.

Mr. Gupta is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has received prestigious individual recognition such as “CA CFO – Large Corporate – Manufacturing and Infrastructure Category” in January 2021 by ICAI, adjudged among Top 30 CFOs in India by StartupLanes.com in May 2022, Best CEO – Oil & Gas Sector 2022-23 by India Today in April 2023, “CEO with HR Orientation” Award by World HRD Congress in February 2024 and Best CEO in the “Chemical, Oil & Gas” sector in Extel-2025 Asia Executive Team Survey. Mr. Gupta is also admitted as Distinguish Fellow of Indian Institute of Directors. “Best CEO – Chemical, Oil & Gas” by Extel -2025 Asia Executive Team Survey in Sept., 2025. Conferred with “Mahatma Award for Lifetime Achievement and Business Leadership” by Mahatma Foundation and Aditya Birla Group in Oct, 2025.