The PetroFed team, led by Director General, Shri A. K. Arora, welcomed the new Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri S. Sundareshan, IAS (1976, Kerala) in his office on February 2, 2010.

Shri Sundareshan, who has been in the Ministry since April, 2007 as Additional Secretary and Special Secretary, took over as Secretary, MoP&NG on February 1, 2010 succeeding Shri R. S. Pandey.

An MBA from the University of Leeds, UK and Masters from the University of Mumbai, Shri S. Sundareshan has also been Chairman, Forward Markets Commission where he put in place necessary regulation and structures for the growth of Commodities Futures market.  He has held several important positions in the Government of India including Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs (Ministry of Finance), Minister (Economic and Commercial), Embassy of India, Tokyo, Joint Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (Ministry of Commerce) etc.

He also handled important assignments in his cadre State Kerala. These include Principal Secretary (Revenue), Secretary (Department of Expenditure), Managing Director (MD), Kerala State Milk Marketing Federation, MD, Kerala Fisheries Corporation besides working as CEO of different State public sector undertakings for six years.