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INTERNSHIP REPORT ON HINDUSTAN

PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
 INTRODUCTION
 HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD.
(HINDPETRO) - COMPANY HISTORY
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) a fortune 500
company is one of the major integrated oil refining and marketing
companies in India. The company is a Mega Public Sector
Undertaking (PSU) with Navratna status. The company operates
in two business segments: Downstream and exploration and
production of hydrocarbons. The Downstream segment is
engaged in refining and marketing of petroleum products. HPCL
operates two coastal refineries one at Mumbai (West Coast) of
7.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) and the other in
Vishakapatnam (East Coast) with a capacity of 8.3 MMTPA. HPCL
in collaboration with M/s Mittal Energy Investments Pte. Ltd. is
operating a 9 MMTPA capacity refinery at Bathinda Punjab with
49% equity stake. HPCL also holds an equity stake of 16.95% in
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) a refinery at
Mangalore with a capacity of 9 MMTPA. The company owns the
country's Lube Refinery with a capacity of 428000 Metric Tonnes.
The company's products and services include Refineries aviation
bulk fuels & specialities international trade liquefied petroleum
gas (LPG) - HP gas Lubes - HP lubes. The company's subsidiaries
include HPCL Biofuels Ltd and HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd.Hindustan
Petroleum Corporation Ltd was incorporated in the year 1952 with
the name Standard Vacuum Refining Company. Then the name
was changed to ESSO India. When ESSO and Lube India were
nationalised the company was renamed to Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd in the year 1974. The Caltex undertaking was
nationalized in the year 1976 which were subsequently merged
with the company in the year 1978. In the year 1979 the
undertakings of Kosan Gas Company the concessionaires of HPCL
in the domestic LPG market was merged with the company. In
December 2000 the 'Guru Gobind Singh Refineries' was
incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary company. The
company completed the Rs 378 crore pipeline project from
Vijayawada to Secunderabad which was commissioned on March
2002. They set up a new LPG Bottling plant with capacity of 44
TMTPA in Kota. The company implemented 15 company tank
trucks in the year 2004.During the year 2004-05 the company
completed their construction of a new grassroot depot at Aonla
Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh with total cost of Rs 10.25 crore. Also
they completed the construction of another new grassroot depot
at Ramagundam Andhra Pradesh at a total cost of Rs 11.47 crore.
Further they commissioned a total of 13100 KL additional tankage
at various locations during the year. The company branded their
retail outlets under the name 'CLUB HP'. They launched 'Turbojet'
branded diesel and the 'Power' branded petrol in India. During
the year 2005-06 the company's Mumbai Refinery undertook
mega project at an approved cost of Rs 1850 crore to meet the
MS/HSD of EURO-III grade in Metro/Mega cities and Bharat
stage-II grade in the rest of the country and the Visakhapatnam
Refinery undertook Clean Fuel Project at an approved cost of Rs
2147.8 crore to meet the MS/HSD of Euro-III grade in Metro-
Mega cities and Bharat-II grade in the rest of the country. The
company commissioned 647 Retail Outlets during the year.During
the year 2008-09 the installation of facilities for production of
Euro III / IV Petrol (Motor Spirit) at both the Refineries was
completed. In pursuit of promoting alternate fuels CREDA-HPCL
Biofuel Ltd (CHBL) was incorporated on October 14 2008 as a
subsidiary company with equity shareholding of 74% by the
company and 26% by Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy
Development Agency (CREDA). CHBL is to undertake cultivation
of Jatropha plant an energy crop used for production of bio-
diesel on 15000 hectares of land leased by the Government of
Chhattisgarh.HPCL Refineries commissioned Clean Fuels Projects
and Euro-IV MS production started prior to January 2010 as per
Auto Fuels Policy. Mumbai Refinery was the First Indian PSU
refinery to commence BS-IV MS production facilities and first
batch of BS-IV MS was rolled out in January 2010. In its continual
effort to widen the crude basket Mumbai Refinery processed 2
new crudes namely Iran Mix and Ravva crude. In April 2011 the
company approved the acquisition of balance 50% shares held by
other joint venture partners in Prize Petroleum Company Ltd. In
November 2011 the company entered into an MoU with Greater
Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation Ltd (GCGSCL) and Gas Authority
of India Ltd (GAIL) to carry out Natural Gas business in the City
of Kolkata and its adjoining districts.The company is setting up a
state of the art Green R&D Centre at Bangalore with an objective
to become a technology leader through continuous & innovative
R&D efforts. The projects is being executed in a phase manner
with a phase-I capital investment of Rs 210 crore.In 2012 HPCL
Mittal Energy joint venture ties-up with IBM for data solutions.
The company became a promoter of the Rajasthan refinery by
taking a majority stake of 51 per cent in Rs 25000-crore refinery
with anual capacity of 9 million metric tonnes.In 2013 a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between
Government of Rajasthan (GOR) and the company for setting up
a state-of-the-art 9 MMTPA refinery-cum-petrochemical complex
in Barmer District of Rajasthan. The company proposed to enter
into a 50:50 joint venture with Shapoorji Pallonji Group for LNG
terminal for import of liquid gas (LNG) on Gujarat coast. The
company procures 1mn barrels of Nigerian Qua Iboe crude oil.
The company has been bestowed with the Golden Peacock Award
for Excellence in Corporate Governance for the year 2013 by
Institute of Directors. The company signs MoU with MOP&NG
Govt. of India for FY 2013-14.In 2014 the company's Mumbai
Refinery bagged the coveted 'National Energy Conservation
Award (First prize)' in the Refinery Sector. The company
Inaugurates KSP on World's Highest Motorable Road. The
company bags the Platts Top 250 Global Energy Award. The
company acquires two gas blocks in Australia for AUD 85 mn.In
2015 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has approved
the proposal for implementation of capacity expansion of the
company's Mumbai refinery from 7.5 MMTPA to 9.5 MMTPA. HPCL
- `HP-HiGAS Unit' a new commercial scale unit developed based
on HPCL R&D technology at Visakhapatnam Refinery was
inaugurated during the year. The company commenced
marketing of Bio-Fuel blended High Speed Diesel (B-5 Diesel) in
select retail outlets of the country.On 27 May 2016 the Board of
Directors of HPCL approved acquisition of 2.16 crore equity share
of Petronet MHB Ltd. (PMHBL) at Rs 12.04 per share from
Petronet India Ltd totaling to Rs 26.09 crore.The Board of
Directors of HPCL at its meeting held on 20 July 2016
recommended issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 2 bonus
shares for every 1 existing equity share. The board also approved
Rs 20928-crore project to increase the capacity of Visakhapatnam
refinery to 15 MMTPA from 8.33 MMTPA with residue up-
gradation facility meeting BS VI fuel specification compliance. On
21 July 2016 HPCL announced that the name plate capacity of its
Mumbai refinery stands enhanced to 7.5 MMTPA from 6.5 MMTPA
due to various process improvements and debottlenecking
schemes implemented by the company.Following approved from
HPCL's Board of Directors as well as shareholders the Reserve
Bank of India on 5 August 2016 notified increase in the ceiling on
investment in HPCL's shares by foreign institutional investors
(FIIs) from 24% to 40% of the paid up capital of the company.
HPCL commissioned Mangalore-Hassan-Mysore-Solur LPG pipeline
(356 km) in October 2016 with a cost of Rs 838 crore and ahead
of scheduled time of completion. To reduce carbon footprints and
promote renewable energy HPCL commissioned a 50.5 MW wind
power project in Rajasthan in December 2016 taking the total
wind power capacity to 101 MW.On 7 December 2016 HPCL
announced that it has signed a Consortium Agreement with
Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Limited to carry out pre project activities for setting up of 60
MMTPA West Coast Refinery and a Petrochemical Project in the
State of Maharashtra through a Joint Venture Company.The
Board of Directors of HPCL at its meeting held on 17 April 2017
approved resumption of Rajasthan Refinery Project and signing of
revised MOU with the state government of Rajasthan for
implementation of the project. The project involves the setting up
of 9 MMTPA grass root refinery at Pachpadra in Barmer district in
Rajasthan.The Board of Directors of HPCL at its meeting held on
26 May 2017 recommended issue of fully paid bonus shares in
the ratio of 1 bonus equity share of Rs 10 each for every 2
existing equity shares of Rs 10 each.HPCL registered highest ever
Profit after Tax of Rs 6209 crore on standalone basis with gross
sales of Rs 213489 crore for the year ended 31 March 2017 (FY
2017). HPCL refineries at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam maximized
crude processing and achieved the highest ever combined
refining throughput of 17.81 MMT with capacity utilization of
113% in FY 2017 compared to throughput of 17.23 million tonnes
in FY 2016. HPCL successfully rolled out daily pricing of petrol and
diesel across India effective from 16 June 2017 to smoothen flow
of products from supply locations to the consumer and align the
prices to the international prices on daily basis. On 6 July 2017
HPCL announced that it has raised $500 million from fixed rate
senior unsecured notes in overseas markets. The company
intends to use all of the proceeds of the issue to fund capital
expenditure for its ongoing and future domestic projects in
accordance with the ECB guidelines of India.
 COMPANY INFORMATION

DIRECTOR (HUMAN RESOURCES): PUSHP KUMAR JOSHI

DIRECTOR: SANDEEP POUNDRIK

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR: RAM NIWAS JAIN

CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR: MUKESH KUMAR SURANA

DIRECTOR (REFINERIES): VINOD S SHENOY

DIRECTOR (MARKETING): S JEYA KRISHNAN

DIRECTOR: ASIFA KHAN

DIRECTOR: G V KRISHNA

DIRECTOR: T N SINGH

DIRECTOR: AMAR SINHA

DIRECTOR: SIRAJ HUSSAIN

DIRECTOR (PART-TIME): SUBHASH KUMAR

COMPANY SECRETARY: V MURALI

AUDITOR: G M KAPADIA & CO/M P CHITALE & CO

IND NAME: REFINERIES

HOUSE NAME: ONGC

REGISTERED OFFICE

PETROLEUM HOUSE, 17 JAMSHEDJI TATA ROAD,MUMBAI,MAHARASHTRA-400020

PH : 91-22-22863900

WEBSITE : HTTP://WWW.HINDUSTANPETROLEUM.COM

E-MAIL : [email protected]
 STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES

Vision
To be a World Class Energy Company known for caring
and delighting the customers with high quality products
and innovative services across domestic and international
markets with aggressive growth and delivering superior
financial performance. The Company will be a model of
excellence in meeting social commitment, environment,
health and safety norms and in employee welfare and
relations.
Our Mission
"HPCL, along with its joint ventures, will be a fully
integrated company in the hydrocarbons sector of
exploration and production, refining and marketing;
focusing on enhancement of productivity, quality and
profitability; caring for customers and employees; caring
for environment protection and cultural heritage.
It will also attain scale dimensions by diversifying into
other energy related fields and by taking up transnational
operations."
Our Values
Building an ‘Enabling Culture’ is key to realize our vision
and fulfil our mission. Our cultural motto ‘HP FIRST’
instills pre-eminence of HPCL’s vision and mission above
all else and guides in all our professional endeavors and
engagements. ‘HP FIRST’ also crystallizes our corporate
values as an acronym where ‘F’ stands for Free, Frank
and Fair, ‘I’ stands for Integrity, ‘R’ for Respect for
Individual, ‘S’ for Sustainable Performance and ‘T’ for
Team Spirit.
 HISTORY / OVERVIEW OF THE
FIRM
1952

- The Company was incorporated in the name of Standard

Vacuum Refining Company of India Limited on July 5, 1952 under
the Indian Companies Act, VII of 1913.

1962

- On 31st March the name was changed to ESSO Standard

Refining Company of India Limited.

1974

- On July 15th the name of the company was changed to its

present name Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited., by
virtue of Lube India and ESSO Standard Refining Company of
India Limited Amalgamation Order 1974 dated July 12, passed by
the Company Law Board, Department of Company Affairs, GOI,
New Delhi and as published in the Gazette of India Extra-Ordinary
GSR No.320(E) dated July 15. A certificate to this effect was
issued by the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai on September
4th.

1976

- With the nationalisation of Caltex Undertakings in India the same

were also taken over by the Government of India and
subsequently merged with HPCL.

1979
- The undertakings of Kosangas Company Ltd. were merged with
HPCL. As part of the disinvestment in PSUs, shares of HPCL
were sold by the Government to Financial Institutions, Mutual
Funds and Banks. Presently the Government holding in HPCL is
60.31%. The balance is being held by Financial Institutions,
Mutual Funds, Banks, Foreign Institutional Investors, Employees
and Individual Shareholders.

-It has co-promoted several joint ventures like Mangalore Refinery

& Petrochemicals (MRPL), Hindustan Colas, Petronet India,
Punjab Refinery Project, Visakh Power Project, Prize Petroleum
Co & South Asia LPG Co.

1983

- The capacity of lube plant was increased by an additional

74,000 tonnes per annum of high viscosity index lube base
stocks.

1985

- The crude unit and related off-sites were commissioned in

January and fluid catalytic cracking unit was commissioned in
August.

- During the year corporation embarked upon a project to expand

the crude distillation capacity at Mumbai by 2 million tonnes per
annum at an estimated cost of Rs.45 crores. This project was
commissioned in April.

1988

- Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Ltd., is the first joint

sector refinery being set up in the country after the Government
has allowed entry of the private sector in the petroleum refining
industry.

1989

- During the year corporation installed the latest C-generations

concept 3*10 MW gas turbines to meet the power requirement at
Bombay Refinery with facilities to generate steam simultaneously.

1991

- During September 3*10 MW gas turbine generators and heat

recovery steam generators were commissioned at a cost of
Rs.79.22 crores at Mumbai.

1993

- During March an MOU was entered into between Govt. of India

and Govt. of Sultanate of Oman, HPCL and Oman Oil Co., Ltd.,
for setting up 6 million TPA refinery on the West Coast of India
through a joint venture company called Hindustan Oman
Petroleum Co. Ltd.

1994

- In March 1993, an MOU was signed between the Government of

India, HPCL, Government of Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil
Company to form a Joint Venture Company. Accordingly, on
March 4, Hindustan Oman Petroleum Company Ltd. (HOPCL)
was incorporated. The project is
estimated to cost approx. Rs. 4426 crores (at June prices) and
both promoters will have a 26% stake each in the equity.

- A Memorandum of Understanding has been was signed on May

24th between HPCL and Colas S.A., France for implementing a
project for setting up a Bitumen Emulsions plant. This was
followed by execution of the Joint Venture agreement on
November 25th. It is proposed to form a Joint Venture Company
(JVC) in the name of `Hindustan Colas Limited'' in the State of
Maharashtra with equal equity participation from HPCL and Colas
S.A., France.

- During the year, the company entered into a tie up with Exxon, a
leading oil company for blending and marketing EESO brand of
lubes.

1995

- During February, the company issued 173,50,000 equity shares

of Rs.10 each with detachable warrants of Rs.380 each as
follows.

- a. On firm allotment basis:

- i) 34,70,000 equity shares with warrants to Indian Financial

institutions

- ii) 3,35,000 shares with warrants to Indian Mutual Funds.

- b. Preferencial allotment basis:

- i) 17,35,000 shares with warrants to share to employees

- ii) 17,75,000 shares with warrants to shareholders of the

company,

- iii) 34,70,000 shares with warrants to NRIs, balance 66,05,000

shares were issued to the public.

- During the year company entered into a MOU with Saudi

Arabian Oil Co.(Saudi Armaco) for setting up a 1 million tonnes
p.a refinery Punjab. Armaco would contribute to the extent of 26%
in the equity capital of the company.

- During the year company proposed to undertake petrochemical

production from feedstock available from the refineries. The
petrochemicals planned were paraxylene/PTA , polyisobutylene
and acrylonitrile.

- During the same year the company undertook to provide thermal

power from surplus heavy fuel oil. The proposed joint venture is to
set up 500 MW power plant an estimated cost of Rs.1865 crores.

1996

- During the year March a joint venture with Colas S.A of France,
the company commenced its first State-of-the-art Bitumen
emulsion Plant of 20,000 TPA capacity at Vashi, named
Hindustan Coalas Ltd.

1997

- A new Terminal was commissioned at Kakinada with 30000 KL

Tankage and allied facilities at a cost of Rs. 15.06 crores.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is

contemplating setting up 30 more LPG bottling plants over the
next five years.

- HPCL is converting the detachable warrant into equity shares of

Rs.10 at a premium of Rs.330 per share. Through this conversion
of warrant company is raising Rs.589.90 crore. The amount will
be payable in four instalments of Rs 85 each payable over a
period of one year.
- Each warrant is to be converted into one equity share at a price
of Rs.340 a share. With the full conversion of warrants, the
government of India holding HPCL''s equity capital will be just
over 51 per cent, ruling out further dilution in the company''s
capital in the near future.

- HPCL has signed an MoU with the government for the execution
of four projects, the Vizag refinery expansion project, Vizag-
Vijaywada pipeline project, diesel hydro de-sulphurisation projects
at Mumbai and Vizag and Punjab refinery project.

- The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has set up an expert

committee on 15th September, to enquire into the causes leading
to the breakout of fire at HPCL''s Vishakapatnam refining plant.

- The joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd

and its former parent before nationalisation, Esso, is on slippery
ground.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd signed a fuel supply

agreement with a private firm which would set up a 100 MW liquid
fuel based combined cycle power plant near Kengeri on the city
outskirts.

1998

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has signed a

commercial agreement with Kondapalli Power Corporation Ltd
(KPCL) for the supply of naphtha for the latter''s 355-MW
combined cycle power generation unit at Kondapalli in Krishna
district of Andhra Pradesh.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has awarded the

contract to build the refinery to South Korea''s Hyundai Heavy
Industries.
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is believed to have
signed an agreement with Esso Mauritius for marketing the
latter''s range of lubricating oils here.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has set up a joint

venture company with domestic financial institutions (FIs) for oil
and gas exploration both in the country and abroad.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has commissioned its

state-of-the-art modern LPG filling plant at Usar, Alibagh.

- State owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation''s (HPCL) joint

venture with Aditya Birla Group, Mangalore Refineries and
Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), is keen to set up an independent
marketing network.

1999

- American Express and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation has

signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for card
acceptance at various gas stations.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Gas Authority

of India Ltd (GAIL) have entered into an agreement for setting up
a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline and infrastructure from
Visakhapatnam to Secunderabad via Rajamundry and
Vijayawada.

- The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has allowed

the joint venture of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) and
Total of France, to set up LNG terminals and venture into
downstream activities such as marketing of petro-products, etc.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) is celebrating its

silver jubilee year with "Shakti Utsavs" in major Indian cities.

2000

- Scheme of amalgamation of Industrial Perfumes Ltd. with the

company is effective from 9th February, with retrospective effect
from 1st January, 1999.

- The Company signed a confidentiality agreement with Totalfina

of France to look at downstream areas, including retailing, once
the domestic oil sector is opened up.

- The Company has decided to float a joint venture information

technology company for its e-commerce and other internet based
services foray.

- The Company will set up a Rs 2900 crore power project in

Visakhapatnam as part of the company''s difversification strategy.

- HPCL has signed a business initiative with internet service

provider (ISP) Satyam Infoway Ltd. to set up more than 200 cyber
cafes at its retail outlets across the country.

- Pepsi has entered its second cyberspace venture forging a tie-

up with Satyam and the company as the official beverages
supplier for their "Speednet project".

- Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals, the joint venture

between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and the AV Birla
Group of companies, is all set to sign a memorandum of
understanding with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation for joint efforts
in the downstream sector.

- There was a fire blast in the Refinery at Malkapuram Near

Visakhapatnam, on 17th August.
- India''s largest private Internet Service Providers, Satyam
Infoway and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. have forged
an alliance to set up cyber kiosks at various petrol pumps across
the country.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. has entered the

Bangladesh lubricants market with a range of its diesel engine
and motor oil.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. along with ZIP Telecom,

front-end operator of Hughes Ispat, will set up public access
telephone booths at HPCL retail outlets across Maharashtra.

- The Company has set up two regional offices in Jamshedpur as

part of its strategy to focus on improving services.

- A subsidiary company "Guru Gobind Singh Refineries" has been

incorporated on Dec 2000. Land admeasuring approx. 2000 acres
has been acquired.

- GOI is the major shareholder in the company with 51% stake.

2001

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. has introduced its smart

card in Bangalore for the first time in the country.

2002

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd has informed that the

Government of India has appointed Shri Arun Balakrishnan as
Director-Human Resources of the Corporation.

-M B Lal appointed as Chairman & M D of HPCL.

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd has informed that Shri

Naresh Narad, Special Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural
Gas has ceased to be a part time ex-officio Director of the
Corporation with effect from November 11, 2002 consequent
upon his movement from Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, as
Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

-M S Srinivasan appointed as part-time ex-officio Director on the

Board of HPCL.

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd has informed that Shri S D

Gupta, Director (Finance) of the corporation passed away on
December 26, 2002 after a brief illness.

- Approves Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL)

control to Birlas

- HPCL is introducing a new system at its 6,000-odd retail outlets

across the country. The Company plans to set up facilities
enabling customers to buy original spare parts and accessories
for the car

- Ties-up with Gas Authority of India Ltd (Gail), Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation (ONGC) to purchase LPG

- Ties up with Lubrizol for its own brand of high-performance

petrol, branded ''Power''

- Unveils branded petrol, diesel (Power & Turbojet respectively)

- HP unveils new retail brand - ''Club HP'' through which it intends

to offer quality personalised vehicle and consumer care through
select outlets

- FedEx inks one-year agreement with HPCL to set up

transportation services at HPCL''s 100 "Club HP" retail outlets in
eight cities in the country

- HPCL and GAIL sign agreement for formation of new JV

Company to distribute and market environmentally friendly fuels in
and around the cities of Andhra Pradesh

2003

- Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment (CCD) decides to divest

34.01 per cent equity in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
(HPCL) to a strategic partner

- Govt fixes Rs 2,500-cr net worth for HPCL bidders

- Forges alliance with Chennai-based KwickTel Communications

to launch vehicle tracking system

- HPCL shareholding in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals

Ltd (MRPL) dips to 16.89% consequent to MRPL Debt
Restructuring Arrangement
- TotalFinaElf withraws from the race for acquiring the 34 per cent
stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)

- HPCL becomes the second largest firm in terms of sales with a

turnover of over Rs 50,000 crore

- Launches loyalty Plan for its LPG Consumers

- Launches a new scheme where in the LPG (liquefied petroleum

gas) delivery boys will carry portable weighing scales, so that HP
customer can measure the Gas contend in cylinder before
receiving it

- Unveils a high-octane petrol brand in the market named as

''Power ''93''

- Ties up with Chevron for Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) business

- Government of India appoints Mr. C Ramulu as Director -

Finance of the Corporation

- Signs agreement with Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC )

for sourcing crude oil

---HPCL bags eighth slot among `Top 10'' in Asiamoney''s

corporate governance poll on Asian companies in the energy
sector. And joined the club of a select few Asian companies.

-Unveils Smart Card which a customer could use to pay for petrol
or diesel bought at HPCL''s outlets

2004

-HPCL - Marketing Initiatives in Sri Lanka

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has formed a

50:50 joint venture with Total Gas and Power India (TGPI), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Total France, to develop the biggest
underground ''Cavern LPG Storage'' project at Visakhapatnam

-Gets award for industrial safety by National Safety Council,

Kerala Chapter in chemical industries sector

-Inks pact with Shell India Private Ltd for product and
infrastructure sharing between the two companies

-Signs agreement with US Pizza, a pizza outlet, which would be

opening over 500 delivery units at HPCL''s outlets around the
country. The understanding is aimed at making the partnership
the largest food chain in the country

-Mr S. Roy Choudhary has been appointed as Director-Marketing

in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), effective May 10

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd on June 26 signed a

memorandum of understanding with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

-Birla Power Solutions, a Yash Birla Group company, has tied up

with Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) to produce electricity
generators, which run on LPG

-HPCL launches unique smart card

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation signs MoU & Confidentiality

agreement with Chevron Texaco

2005

-HPCL signs MoU with RCF (Rashtriya Chemicals Fertilisers Ltd )

-HPCL ropes in Sania Mirza to endorse retail brands

-Pizza Corner forges alliance with HPCL

-Amex, HPCL unveils co-branded credit card

-HPCL opens new LPG bunk in Visakhapatnam

-HPCL partners with MSFCL for bio-diesel venture

-HPCL signed an agreement with BP plc (formerly known as

British Petroleum) to form 50:50 strategic joint venture partnership

-HPCL signs MoU with Gail on November 16, 2005

2006
-HPCL, MyTVS unveils MyTVS Club HP Smart1 cards

-HPCL signs MoU with SINOPEC

-HPCL join hands with Malbro Appliances to market LPG stoves

-Kamat Group joins hand with HPCL for food joints

-Nirlep Appliances Ltd, manufacturer of cookware, has entered

into a marketing pack with HPCL for marketing non-stick
cookware, regular inner and outer lid pressure cookers and gas
stoves.

2007

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has informed that

Shri. Arun Balakrishnan earlier Director (HR) has taken charge as
Chairman & Managing Director of the Company effective April 01,
2007 (AM).

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and ONGC have

signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), covering Product
Sale Purchase, Infrastructure Services and Co-operation in
Energy & related fields.

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has informed that

Shri. P V Rajaraman, retired IAS Officer and former Chairman of
Tamilnadu Industrial Investment Corporation has been co-opted
as part-time ''Non-officio'' Director on the Board of the Company.
- Mr V. Vizia Saradhi assumed charge as the Director, Human
Resources, of the HPCL on Aug 3.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has informed that

Shri. V Viziasaradhi has been appointed as Director - Human
Resources on the Board of the Company effective August 03,
2007 (PM).

2008

-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has informed that

Shri. L N Gupta, Joint Secretary - Refineries, Ministry of
Petroleum & Natural Gas (MOP&NG) has been co-opted as part-
time ex-officio Director on the Board of HPCL at the Board
Meeting held on June 25, 2008 (PM).

-HPCL signs MOU with Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd

-HPCL joins hand with CREDA

- HPCL forays ethanol business

2009

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has appointed

following firms as statutory / Branch Auditors for the Financial
year 2009-10.
V. Sankar Aiyar & Co. : Joint Statutory Auditors
Om Agarwal & Co. : Joint Statutory Auditors
Gandhy & Co. : Branch Auditors for Visakh Refinery.
2010

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has appointed Dr.

Gitesh K. Shah as Part-time Non-Official Director on the Board of
HPCL effective December 07, 2009.

2011

- HPCL wins Oil and Gas Marketing Company of the Year award.

- Oil India Limited (OIL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd

(HPCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to
start a joint business in mutual interest sector.

- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd has informed BSE that the

Company has entered into an MOU with Greater Calcutta Gas
Supply Corporation Ltd. (GCGSCL) and Gas Authority of India
Ltd. (GAIL) to carry out Natural Gas business in the City of
Kolkata and its adjoining districts.

2012

- HPCL, Mittal Energy joint venture ties-up with IBM for data
solutions.

- HPCL has now become a promoter of the Rajasthan refinery by

taking a majority stake of 51 per cent in Rs 25,000-crore refinery
with anual capacity of 9 million metric tonnes.

2013

-HPCL has informed BSE that a Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) was signed between Government of Rajasthan (GOR) and
M/s. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for setting
up a state-of-the-art 9 MMTPA refinery-cum-petrochemical
complex in Barmer District of Rajasthan.

-HPCL to enter into a 50:50 joint venture with Shapoorji Pallonji

Group for LNG terminal for import of liquid gas (LNG) on Gujarat
coast.

-HPCL procures 1mn barrels of Nigerian Qua Iboe crude oil.

-Launches of 5 Kg LPG Cylinder Sale through COCO ROs in

Hyderabad.

-HPCL has been bestowed with the Golden Peacock Award for
Excellence in Corporate Governance for the year 2013 by
Institute of Directors.

-HPCL signs MoU with MOP&NG, Govt. of India for FY 2013-14.

2014
-HPCLs Mumbai Refinery has bagged the coveted ''National
Energy Conservation Award (First prize)'' in the Refinery Sector
for the year 2014.
-HPCL Inaugurates KSP on World s Highest Motorable Road.
-HPCL bags the Platts Top 250 Global Energy Award.
-HPCL has signed a fresh Memorandum of Understanding with
R&T Agents M/s.Link Intime India Pvt. Ltd.
-HPCL acquires two gas blocks in Australia for AUD 85 mn.

2015
-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has approved the
proposal for implementation of capacity expansion of the
company''s Mumbai refinery from 7.5 MMTPA to 9.5 MMTPA.
-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited''s HP Nagar East
Colony, Mumbai has been awarded a PLATINUM RATING
-HPCL - ?HP-HiGAS Unit?, a new commercial scale unit
developed based on HPCL R&D technology at Visakh Refinery
inauguration done
-HPCL - Oil Marketing Companies commenced marketing of Bio-
Fuel blended High Speed Diesel (B-5 Diesel) in select retail
outlets of the country.

2016
-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd Acquisition of shares of
Petronet MHB Ltd. From Petronet India Ltd.
-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd has issue of Fully paid
bonus shares in the ratio of 2 (two) Bonus Equity Share of Rs. 10
each for every 1 (one) existing equity share of Rs. 10 each
-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd receives Golden Peacock
Award 2016
  RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

HPCL Recruitment for Asst Technician/Fire Operator:

Assistant Process
Technician, Assistant
Job Role Maintenance
Technician, Fire
Operator & Others

Qualification Diploma/B.Sc/12th/10th

Total Posts 122

Experience Freshers

Salary Rs.47,800/Month

Job
Across India
Location

Last Date 31 October 2018

Hindustan Petroleum Recruitment Detailed

Eligibility:

Assistant Process Technician: B. Sc. with Chemistry

as Principal Subject or Diploma in Chemical
Engineering recognized by AICTE.
Assistant Boiler Technician: SSC or equivalent with
1st Class Boiler Attendant Competency Certificate

Assistant Laboratory Analyst: B.Sc. with Chemistry as

principal subject and 60% aggregate in Principal
Subject recognized by AICTE.

Assistant Maintenance Technician: Diploma in

Electrical Engineering / Electrical Instrument Engineering
/ Mechanical Engineering recognized by AICTE.

Fire Operator:

 Intermediate/XII with Science recognized by

respective State Board and
 Certificate in Basic Fire Fighting Course for Fireman
from State Fire Training Centre or
Sub Officers Course from Nagpur Fire College or
similar or any other equivalent course
from recognized institute and
 Valid heavy vehicle driving license.

Note: Candidates possessing higher professional

qualifications such as AMIE, B.E., MBA, CA, LLB, MCA or
any such equivalent qualification shall not be eligible.

Age limit (As on 01.10.2018): 18 to 25 years

Relaxations in upper age limit:

 3 years for OBC (NCL) candidates

 5 years for SC Candidates
  10 years for PWD (UR), 13 years for PWD (OBC-
NC) and 15 years for PWD (SC/ST)
 Others as per Govt rules.

Post wise vacancies: 122 Posts

 Assistant Process Technician – 67 Posts

 Assistant Boiler Technician – 6 Posts
 Assistant Laboratory Analyst – 7 Posts
 Assistant Maintenance Technician (Electrical) – 7
Posts
 Assistant Maintenance Technician
(Instrumentation) – 7 Posts
 Assistant Maintenance Technician (Mechanical) – 9
Posts
 Fire Operator – 19 Posts

HPCL Recruitment – Officers Selection Process:

 Candidates fulfilling all of the above eligibility

criteria for respective positions will be called for a
Computer Based Test (CBT) comprising of General
Aptitude Test and
Technical / Professional Knowledge.
 Candidates qualifying in CBT will be called for Skill
Test, on the basis of category-wise
and position wise merit list. Skill test shall be of
“qualifying nature” only.
 Final selection will be subject to clearing
document/certificate verification and pre-
employment medical examination.

Examination Centre: Mumbai.

HPCL Recruitment for Officers through GATE:

Job Role Officers

Qualification B.E/B.Tech

Total Posts Not Disclosed

Experience Freshers

Rs. 60,000-
Salary
1,80,000/-

Job
Across India
Location

1 October
Last Date
2018

Hindustan Petroleum Recruitment Detailed

Eligibility:

Educational Qualification: Full time regular B.E/

B.Tech in the relevant disciplines from AICTE approved
/UGC recognized University / Deemed University.

Eligible streams/Corresponding Gate Paper & Code:

 Corresponding GATE
Engineering discipline
2019 Paper/Code

Mechanical, Mechanical &

Mechanical (ME)
Production

Civil Civil (CE)

Chemical, Petrochemical,
Petroleum Refining &
Chemical (CH)
Petrochemical, Petroleum
Refining

Age limit: Below 25 years

Relaxations in upper age limit:

 3 years for OBC (NCL) candidates

 5 years for SC Candidates
 10 years for PwD candidates and above category
relaxation
 Others as per Govt rules.

HPCL Recruitment – Officers Selection Process:

 The Gate marks for the year 2019 only will be

considered for this recruitment process
 Shortlisted candidates will be called for Group
Discussion & Personal Interview based on their
normalized marks out of 100 in GATE 2019, in the
corresponding paper.
  Merit List of successful candidates will be drawn
basis 85% weightage to GATE 2019 marks and
15% to Group Discussion/Task and/or Personal
Interview.

Note: Only GATE 2019 Score is valid for this

recruitment process. GATE score of 2018 or prior is not
valid.

How to apply HPCL Recruitment 2018 for Officers?

All interested and eligible candidates apply for this
position in online through GATE 2019 Examination latest
by 1 October 2018.
 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
HPCL has a full-fledged Corporate Training Department,
to augment the learning and development requirements
of its officers.

The HR Department's Vision is “Excellence in harnessing

the full potential of all employees for becoming a World
Class Energy Company”.
With this Vision in focus, the Corporate Training
Department's vision is to “Create value through enhanced
competencies and be a strategic partner to business by
enabling employees realize their full potential through
innovative and progressive learning initiatives”.
Basis the above, the key focus areas of the Department
are as under:
 Objectives
 Training Policy
 Identifying Training Needs
 Training Plans
o HP Management Development Institute, (HPMDI)
Nigdi.
o Customized Programs

o External Seminars/ Conferences

o Foreign Training

o E-Learning

o Learning Centers

o Education Refund Plan (ERP)

o Study leave policy

 Training Effectiveness
 Summer Internship/Training for students
Objectives
 Improve the performance of Employees in their
respective assignments
 Enhance competencies to take up higher
responsibilities
 Strengthen the Leadership Pipeline

 Bring cultural change from Command & Control to

Team based structure
 Leverage technology in human resources development

 Facilitate learning in the organization and build a

"Learning Organization"
The specific training needs of individual employees are
identified through Competency Mapping Exercises. The
Training Department interacts with all Business Units /
functions to identify and design training programs to
cater to these needs. These programs enable employees
to enhance their skills and realize their full potential.
Top

Training Policy
The Training Policy at HPCL provides broad directions to
guide the learning solutions and initiatives.
 Management Staff

o Entry level: Samavesh - (Induction/ orientation

Training) facilitates a new employee to build a
sense of belongingness.
o Supervisory level: Employee is equipped with
function specific inputs and job related technical
skills.
o Managerial Level: Employee is exposed with the
principles of Management which will help blend
 theory with practice, with focus on leadership
development. HPCL has developed "Project
Akshay" for development of leadership pipeline.
o All training initiatives are planned in order to
address new needs required by change in the
market scenario.
 Non-Management Staff

o Trainings with focus on Safety at locations, Skills

relating to job requirement - (technical, computer
operations, team spirit etc.).
Identifying Training Needs
 Individual Level: Mainly through recommendation
from the Performance Appraisal System
 Functional / Departmental Level: Customized Training
programs are developed for the departments in
consultation with the SBU/Functions
 Organizational Level: Individual Development Plan
obtained from the Competency mapping exercise is
used to provide specific Training to bridge the
observed the employee skill gaps
 Other Training Plans for enhancement of the officers'
competencies are scheduled
Top
Training Plans: In-Company Programs
The In-company programs are conducted through
internal faculty, external faculty and external courses.
Focus is given to the development of core internal faculty
members, who will effectively train employees at
different levels of the Corporation.
 HP Management Development
Institute, (HPMDI) Nigdi
HPCL has a full-fledged, well equipped Training Institute
at Nigdi, Pune, standing testimony to the value that HPCL
places on training. Away from distractions, it is the
“Temple of learning” by virtue of its perfect learning
ambience. HPMDI is equipped with the best infrastructure
conducive for effective learning. It is also having
adequate recreational facilities to keep the employees
occupied before / after learning hours.
The faculty is largely drawn from premier institutes or
reputed independent training consultants. They are
academicians and professionals who are well versed with
the updated techniques and changing trends in the field
of professional training. Tools like Group discussions,
Role plays, case studies, presentations etc are used in
the training.
Customized Programs
The training plan for the year for each Business
Unit/Function is finalized after mutual discussions with
them. The SBU specific requirements due to the change
in market scenario and thereby required competencies
are delved upon. Then suitable Consultants/practitioners
are identified and customized programs are designed in
consultation with line functions.
Training Plans: External Seminars/ Conferences
HPCL nominates officers for external seminars and
conferences in connection with their functional
requirements.
Foreign Training
Advanced Management Programs are organized for
officers of levels DGM and above, by reputed Business
Schools like ASCI- Hyderabad, MDI- Gurgaon, ISB-
Hyderabad and IIM-Kolkata, including visit to select
foreign countries.
HPCL also sponsors Study Tour for employee groups to
enrich their knowledge and skills, a few employee groups
for select foreign training to enrich their knowledge and
skills, in the form of select foreign training.
E-Learning
Various e-learning programs on defined competencies,
including Online certification courses on Project
Management, Supply Chain Management, different e
learning resources on various behavioral areas are
facilitated.
Learning Centers
Learning Centers are available in all Zones and Corporate
HQO for accessing information through internet, books
and CDs. leading to learning.
Education Refund Plan (ERP)
Education Refund Plan (ERP) enables the employees to
undertake academic courses to further their self-
development process, in relation to Corporation's
requirement.
Study leave policy
For employees interested in higher studies, to further on
their own, Corporation has a detailed Study leave policy.
Top

Training Effectiveness
Based on the post-training evaluation, the Training
department continuously monitors the effectiveness of
the facilitator and relevance of the content. Alterations /
modifications take place on this basis. Similarly
Participant assimilation of training is also recorded.
Summer Internship/Training for students
Students undergoing Graduate / Postgraduate
professional courses from reputed Management and
Engineering Institutions will be engaged for Summer
Internship for a period of 6 to 8 weeks during April-June
every year.
 ROLE IN THE
ORGANIZATION(HR)
Talent Acquisition : HPCL is an equal opportunity employer. All
vacancies in HPCL arising in Management cadre are published in all
leading newspapers including leading regional language newspapers
whereas those in Non-Management cadre are published in
Employment News as well. A systematic procedure, including
test/GD/interview and other HR practices, is followed to ensure
selection of right candidates.

Capability Building : The Corporation is dedicated to enhance the

competencies of employees to enable them perform eff 71 a mutually
agreed upon performance appraisal system which assesses their
performance on specific attributes is already in place. Promotions for
this category of employees is based on a Career Development Policy
(CDP) and implemented through Zonal Employee Promotion Committee
(EPC). HPCL has leveraged technology for implementation of a robust IT
based platform for performance assessments and implementation of
promotions. Industrial

Relations : HPCL believes in maintaining healthy, harmonious and

productive Industrial Relations. Periodic Long Term Settlement and
Career Development Policy are the guiding points for salary fixation,
working condition and career development of Non-Management
employees.StandingOrders (Non-ManagementEmployees) andCDA
Rules (applicable for Management employees) define the model
behavioral requirement of the relevant employee groups and recourse
in case of deviations. The Corporation adheres to all relevant statutory
requirements and abides by guidelines / requirements of the relevant
local authorities wherever it is working. The Corporation works towards
ensuring safe working conditions and ensures that wages and welfare
facilities to contract labor employed with contractors of HPCL are in
accordance with the statutory provisions.

Compensation and Benefits : HPCL strives to be a model employer and

corporate citizen. The pay and benefits of Management employees of
the Corporation are guided by relevant DPE guidelines. For non-
management; a long term settlement is arrived through collective
bargaining with recognized Unions; and compensation packages are
worked out accordingly.

Grievance Redress : Various well defined grievance redress

mechanisms are available for all categories of employees of HPCL. An
open door approach to unions ensures representation of collective
grievances of employees as well as individual cases in case of
requirement. 72 IT enabled platform is made available to all the
employees to log in his grievances through Online application wherein
the issues / queries of employees are handled by HR Officer. Suitable
escalation mechanism also exists in case the employees are not
satisfied with the resolution. Management Employee Relations
Committees [MERC] have been constituted at all Marketing Zones and
both the Refineries which look into the grievances of Officers under
their jurisdiction.

Technological Initiatives : HR in HPCL is committed to usage of

scientific and contemporary knowledge for achieving organizational
vision and enhancing employee engagement & competencies. As such
wide variety of employment related aspects of employees are
computerized to enable easy to access to the employee and faster
processing of various benefits. Towards this end, the C & B claims,
leave, retirement processes, transfer related requirements etc. are
already system based procedures.

Reward and Recognition : HPCL has implemented reward and

recognition schemes aimed at motivating all employees towards higher
performance. For executives in the Senior / Middle Management, “HP
ICON Awards” have been instituted since 2010 which aims to identify
and recognize People Managers i.e. Officers who place the interests of
their teams before individual contributions. For Officers in the junior
management category, “HP Outstanding Achievers Awards” have been
instituted to recognize outstanding contributions, while “HP Gaurav
Awards” recognize outstanding efforts amongst NonExecutive category
of employees. While HP ICON Awards are a bi-annual affair, the HP
Outstanding Achievers Awards and HP Gaurav Awards are given away
on an annual basis.

73 Whistle Blower Policy : 1. Preface : • HPCL believes in conducting

its business in a fair and transparent manner by adopting highest
standards of professionalism, honesty, integrity and ethical behavior.
As such Corporation endeavors to work against corruption in all its
forms including demand and acceptance of illegal gratification and
abuse of official position with a view to obtain pecuniary advantage for
self or any other person. • Towards this end, the Corporation has
framed and adopted Conduct, Discipline and Appeal rules and Standing
Orders which govern the conduct of Management Employees and
workmen. Vigilance Dept. of the Corporation is also empowered to
initiate investigations on its own and act on complaints received from
public / employees, with regard to violation of Corporation’s rules and
procedures in the conduct of business. • Any actual or potential
violation of the Corporation’s rules, regulations and policy governing
the conduct of business is a matter of serious concern for the
Corporation. The Corporation is, therefore, committed to developing a
culture which is safe for employees - Officers and workmen can raise
concerns about instances, if any, where such rules, regulations and
policy guidelines are not being followed in furtherance of business. •
The objective ofthis policy is to build and strengthen a culture
oftransparency and trust in the organization and to provide employees
- officers and workmen, with framework / procedure for responsible
and secure reporting of improper activities (whistle blowing) and to
protect employees wishing to raise a concern about improper activity /
serious irregularities within the Corporation.

2. Eligibility : All employees of the Corporation are eligible to make

“Protected Disclosures”. 74 3. Whistle Blower - Role & Disqualifications
: A) Role :

• The Whistle Blower’s role is that of a reporting party with reliable

information.

• The Whistle Blower is not required or expected to conduct any

investigations on his own.

• The Whistle Blower does not have any right to participate in

investigations.

• Protected Disclosure will be appropriately dealt with by the

Competent Authority.
• The Whistle Blower shall have the right to be informed of the
disposition of his disclosure except for overriding legal or other reasons.
B) Disqualifications :

• Genuine Whistle Blowers will be accorded protection from any kind

of unfair treatment / victimization. However, any abuse of this
protection will warrant disciplinary action

. • Whistle Blowers, who make any protected Disclosures, which have

been subsequently found to be motivated or malafide or malicious or
frivolous, baseless or reported otherwise than in good faith, will be
liable for disciplinary action as per the applicatble Service Rules.

• Whistle Blowers, who make three Protected Disclosures, which have

been subsequently found to be malafied, frivolous, baseless, malicious
orreported otherwise than in good faith, will be disqualified from
reporting further Protected Disclosure under this policy. 75 4.
Protection : The identity of the Whistle Blower shall be kept
confidential

• No unfair treatment will be meted out to a Whistle Blower by virtue

of his/ her having reported a Protected Disclosure under the Policy.

• Complete protection, will be given to Whistle Blower against any

unfair practice like teteliation, threat or intimidation of termination /
suspension of service. disciplinary action, transfer, demotion, refusal of
promotion, or alike including any direct or indirect use of authority to
obstruct the Whistle Blower’s right to continue to perform his duties /
functions including making further Protected Disclosure.

• If the Whistle Blower is required to give evidence in criminal or

disciplinary proceedings, arrangements will be made for the Whistle
Blower to receive connection with the above, towards travel etc. will be
reimbursed as per normal entitlements.

• A Whistle Blower may report any violation of the above clause to the
Competent Authority who shall investigate into the same and take
corrective action as may be required.

• Any other employee assisting in the said investigation shall also be

protected to the same extent as the Whistle Blower. Sexual Harassment
of Women at workplace : HPCL believes that all its employees have the
right to work with dignity which includes the right to a gender sensitive
work environment. The Corporation is, therefore, committed to take
measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination and create a healthy
work environment which enables employees to work without fear of
prejudice, gender bias and sexual harassment. The CDA Rules
applicable to Management employees and the Standing Orders
applicable to workmen, accordingly list, inter alia, any act of sexual
harassment of any women at her work place as a misconduct.
Guidelines have been developed to ensure that employees strictly
comply with and adhere totheprovisionsofTheSexual
HarassmentofWomenatWorkplace [Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal] Act, 2013 [Referred hereafter as SHWW (PPR) Act]. 76
Salient features of the SHWW [PPR] Act 2013, as adopted by HPCL are
as under :

1 Prevention of sexual harassment :

• No woman shall be subject to sexual harassment at the workplace as

defined above.
2 The ICC, in addition to redress of complaints, will also : Recommend
measures to create healthy work environment and arrange for
workshops, training programs and awareness programs, debates and
display of posters and other publicity measures, for gender
sensitization of employees at the workplace.

3 Procedure for filing Complaints :

• Complaints of sexual harassment at the work place should be

submitted by the aggrieved women to the Presiding Officer of the
Internal Complaints Committee concerned in writing with contact
details within a period of three months from the date of last incident.
The complaint should be enclosed in a sealed envelope suitably
superscribed - “SHWW (PPR) Complaint” and addressed to Presiding
Officer. Internal Complaints Committee with remarks “to be opened by
Addressee only”.

• Where such complaints cannot be made in writing, the Presiding

Officer of the Internal Complaints Committee, as the case may be shall
render all reasonable assistance [as provided in the SHWW (PPR) Act]
to the women for making the complaint in writing.

4 Procedure for Registration and Redressal of Complaints :

• Registration of Complaints : The Presiding Officer/Secretary of the

Internal Complaints Committee shall log details of the complaint - Sr.
No., Date of receipt, Name of aggrieved woman, Name of respondent,
in a Complaints Register specifically maintained for this purpose. The
Presiding Officer/Secretary shall also monitor at regular intervals not
exceeding 15 days, the progress made and action taken for redressal of
the compliant. 77
• Redress Procedure where the respondent is a regular employee of the
Corporation :

(i) The Committee shall, in cases where the aggrieved

woman request in writing that the matter be settled
through conciliation, take steps to settle through
conciliation, take steps to settle the matter between
the complainant and the respondent through
conciliation. Where a settlement is arrived at, the
Internal Complaints Committee shall record the
settlement so arrived and forward the same to the
Department Head concerned to take further action
required. Copies of the settlement shall be provided
to the aggrieved woman and the respondent and
the matter treated as closed, i.e., no further inquiry
shall be conducted by the Internal Complaints
Committee.
(ii) (ii) In case where the aggrieved woman does not
desire to settle the matter through conciliation, the
Internal Complaints Committee shall, proceed to
conduct the fact finding, inquiry as to whether there
is a ‘prima facie’ case against the
respondent/whether the allegation of sexual
harassment, has been proved/the allegation of
sexual harassment has not been proved. On
completion of the fact finding inquiry, the Internal
Complaints Committee shall submit its report in
writing to the Disciplinary Authority concerned as to
the existence of a ‘prima facie’ case of sexual
 harassment against the respondent as to whether
the allegation of sexual harassment has been
proved/as to whether the allegation of sexual
harassment has not been proved.
(iii) (iii) In either case (i) or (ii) above, the ICC shall
submit its report to the Department Head
concerned within a period of 30 days ofregistration
of the complaint. 78 (iv) The Department Head shall
within a period of seven days of receipt of the
Report of the ICC, take further action, as
recommended by the ICC or as required in terms of
the CDA Rules applicable to Management
employees/Standing Orders applicable to the
workman concerned.
(iv) Employee Engagement Initiatives : HPCL has
deployed various interventions aimed at improving
employee engagement amongst its employees and
their families. These include the YUVANTAGE
platform for employees in GenY category,
International Women’s Day Celebrations, Annual
Sports Meet, Annual Hindi Day, Alumni meets,
Reboot, Employee Connect etc.
(v) : HPCL as a responsible Corporate Citizen has
multipronged purpose of developing and serving the
associated community, thereby enabling
sustainability in achievement of business goals. CSR
activities of HPCL aspire to reach common people,
 especially the under-privileged so as to facilitate
improvement in the quality of they live.
(vi) : HPCL HRis dedicated to ensure effective catering of
committed post-retirement benefits to the retired
employees. Pre-retirement workshop is conducted
for all categories of employees on financial
management and other post-retirement issues.
Periodically agreed pension plans and medical
assistance are also in place. HPCL HR is committed
to take progressive steps continually and see a
bench mark in the industry to delighting
stakeholders in a transparent and effective manner.
 CHALLENGES

Environment Policy
The Corporation is committed to conduct its operation in
such a manner as compatible with environment and
economic development of the community. Its aim is to
create an awareness and respect for the environment,
stressing on every employee’s involvement in
environmental improvement by ensuring healthy
operating practices, philosophy and training.
Health Policy
To provide a structured program to look after and
promote the health of vital “Human Resource”, essential
for productivity and effectiveness of the Corporation
Safety Policy
As an integral part of its business, HPCL believes that no
work or service or activity is so important or urgent that
safety be overlooked or compromised. Safety of the
employees and public, protection of their as well as
Corporation’s assets shall be paramount. Corporation
considers that safety is one of the important tools to
enhance productivity and to reduce national losses. The
Corporation will constantly Endeavour to achieve and
maintain high standards of Safety in its operations
Recent Initiatives
HPCL maintains high standards of safety, health and
environmental care at all its operating locations, always
ensuring that increasing scales of operation have no
negative impact on the standards of safety, health and
environment and without losing sight of its long term
goal of zero occupational injuries, operational incidents
and environmental releases.
HPCL is committed to conducting business with a strong
focus on preserving the environment, sustainable
development, safe work place and enrichment of the
quality of life of employees, customers and the
community. Established systems and procedures are
constantly revised for continual improvement to achieve
the higher standards of safety, occupational health and
environment protection.
HPCL has well equipped health care facilities /
arrangements at all major locations. Occupational Health
is focus area for HPCL and all issues pertaining to
occupational health are addressed comprehensively.
HPCL has made significant improvements in its safety
performance over the years. The safety management
systems of both the refineries are being audited
continually by M/s. DNV, in line with their international
safety rating system (ISRS). Mumbai Refinery & Visakh
Refinery has already been upgraded from level 6 to level
8.
Emissions of pollutants in the refineries like SO2 have
been drastically reduced from 60 TPD in 1984 to less
than 25 TPD now, in spite of capacity increase from 4.5
MMTPA to 13 MMTPA and addition of various secondary
processing and lube producing facilities.
HPCL had pioneered Eco-friendly technologies such as
changeover from Phenol to NMP solvent in three lube
extraction units and changeover from Oleum to NMP in
the Hexane Treating Plant, which were widely
appreciated.
Diesel Desulphurisation facilities are fully operational in
both the Refineries to reduce the sulphur in diesel from
1.0% to less than 0.05 %, to conform to BIS 2000/Euro
II norms.
HPCL has undertaken projects worth about Rs. 2750
Crore for its “green fuels” project in its Refineries for de-
bottlenecking and process up gradation for the
production of Euro III diesel and petrol, to be in line with
the national policy to implement Euro III and Euro IV
norms for fuel quality. These Projects are in an advanced
stage of completion.
Both refineries have taken initiatives for treating the
crude tank sludge, in environmental friendly manner
using in situ BALCO Technology of M/s Balmer and Lawrie
& Co. Ltd
Over 75% of the petroleum products from the Refineries
are being evacuated through pipelines. Dependence on
road transport for evacuation of products has been
reduced drastically, resulting in considerable reduction in
auto emissions to atmosphere.
In line with the hazardous Waste Management rules,
different hazardous waste like spent catalysts, oily silt,
non oily insulations etc. are being disposed off to
Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facilities approved by
Pollution Control Board In order to comply with the future
proposed liquid effluent norms, replacement of existing
ETP-I & ETP-II with new integrated ETP by adopting
Cyclic activated Sludge treatment followed by Membrane
Bio-Reactor and TTP has been approved and work
placement is in progress at Mumbai Refinery.
Ambient Air quality is being monitored round the clock
and maintained as per National Ambient Air Quality
Standard.
On line Monitoring of pollutants like CO, NOx, HC, SO2,
SPM from all the stacks are being carried out.
The Environment Management System of both the
Refineries, have been re- audited and awarded
accreditation under ISO-14001 revised standards.
All the 44 LPG Plants are certified with ISO 9001:2000,
38 plants with ISO 14001 and 21 plants are OHSAS:
18001 certified.
68 POL locations (as of 2008) are certified with ISO
9001, 32 locations with ISO 14001 and 12 locations with
ISRS and 3 locations with OHSAS 18001.
Extensive green coverage has been provided in and
around the refineries, marketing installations and housing
colonies.
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CHAPTER NO TITLE PAGE NO

CHAPTER 01  INTRODUCTION 01

CHAPTER 02  STATEMENT AND 07

OBJECTIVES

CHAPTER 03  RECRUITMENT AND 27

SELECTION
 TRAINING AND 33
DEVELOPMENT
 ROLE IN THE 39
ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 04  SWOT ANALYSIS 49
 CHALLENGES 50