Meet NIT graduate who is set to head billion-dollar company in India

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Aug 28, 2023, 05:37 PM IST

She will relocate from Singapore to New Delhi to take up her new role.

Mansi Madan Tripathy, who holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, has been appointed as the new country chair of Shell India. She will join her new role from October 1, 2023. Shell India is a part of Shell Global, a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London.

Mansi will relocate from Singapore to New Delhi to take up the role. She will succeed Nitin Prasad who has been country chair since 2016. The energy giant delivered a record USD 40 billion profit in 2022, Reuters reported earlier this year.

As Country Chair of Shell India, Mansi will oversee Shell Group of companies in India, in addition to her role as Vice President, Shell Lubricants for Asia Pacific. Prior to this, she was vice president of Shell Lubricants Asia Pacific and has held other roles in the company, including managing director of Shell Lubricants India and country marketing officer.

She joined the company from Procter & Gamble in 2012, where she held several regional and global Director-level positions. Mansi has an MBA in Marketing from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research.

Shell is one of India's most diversified international energy companies. With over 350 retail stations across eight states, Shell India is expanding its fuel station network and launched Shell Recharge, its EV charging service, in September 2022.

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