Indian Oil Corporation Limited announced that Shri Sunil Kumar (DIN-08467559) has been appointed on the Board of Indian Oil as Government Nominee Director with effect from 28 December 2022. Shri Sunil Kumar (DIN - 08467559), is an IRAS of 1995 batch. He is presently posted as Joint Secretary (E&BR) in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG).

Shri Sunil Kumar is a Bachelor of Technology (Petroleum Energy) from IIT (ISM), Dhanbad. Shri Kumar has also done Financial Management from NIFM, Faridabad; Masters in Business Administration from BI, School of Management, Oslo, Norway; Executive European MBA from ESCP-EAP, Paris, France; Masters Diploma in Public Administration from IIPA, New Delhi; and Logistic Simulation and Planning from Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China. As Joint Secretary (E&BR), MoP&NG, Shri Kumar he is looking after matters related to Refineries; Auto Fuel Policy; Petrochemicals; Import /export of crude oil and other petroleum products; Bio Fuels; Renewable Energy and Conservation; Integrated Energy Policy; Climatic Change & National Clean Energy Policy; etc.

Before joining MoP&NG, he worked in various capacity with the Indian Railways including Director Finance Expenditure in Railway Board and Chief Project Manager of Accounting Reform Project of Indian Railways. Shri Sunil Kumar is also a Government Nominee Director on the Board of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Engineers India Limited.