Arun Kumar Singh, former chairman of oil refining and marketing company BPCL, is appointed as managing director of ONGC by the Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) of the Government of India. He will head the company for a three-year tenure with effect from the date of assumption of charge. A mechanical engineer from National Institute of Technology, Patna, Singh was Director (Marketing) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) from October 2018 to September 2021, after which he was elevated as chairman and managing director of the company.

He retired as the BPCL head 13 months later in October 2022. In his nearly 38 years of experience in oil and gas industry, Singh has headed business units and entities in BPCL such as retail, LPG, pipelines and supply chain optimization. The ONGC Board was also restructured and approved by the SCSC in the context of emerging trends in the energy sector and national energy priorities.