CEPM Fellowship award for ONGC Director (Onshore) V P Mahawar

NEW DELHI: Ved Prakash Mahawar, Director (Onshore), ONGC received the prestigious CEPM Fellowship Award for the year 2016.

This award was bestowed upon him for his excellent and outstanding contribution in the area of Project and Risk Management.

The award was presented by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, Government of India at the24th Global Symposium-2016 on Project Management held at New Delhi.

The symposium, organized by Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM) in association with International Institute of Projects and Program Management presented the award in the presence of over 600

This award was bestowed upon Mr Mahawar for hisproject and Risk Management skills demonstrated in successfully managing number of stakeholders viz personnel engaged in the operations, various service providers, nearby community, media, local administration etc. andfor enhancing the production of oil & gas in ONGC’S onshore assetsby project management approach.

Mr Mahawar’s technical and managerial skills, helped in expediting and successfully completing stalled projects of gas pipeline laying and up-gradation of surface installations.

He enabled commissioning of OTPC during his tenure as Asset Manager, Tripura through early monetisation of the E&P resources and ascertaining the availability of all the requisite surface facilities to produce natural gas to run the gas generators at OTPC.

His managerial skills were also visible in the controlling of 33 major blowouts of ONGC, OIL India Ltd., Iran offshore of OVL, underground blowout in Najwatnajem block of Qatar offshore.