Former MRPL Executive Director Shri B. H. V. Prasad Takes Charge as Managing Director of OPaL
Baroda: Shri B. H. V. Prasad, former Executive Director (Projects) of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), has assumed charge as the Managing Director of ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL).
Shri Prasad brings over three decades of experience in the energy sector. He joined MRPL in 1993 and held several key leadership positions in Projects, Marketing, Human Resources, Corporate Strategy and other functions before superannuating as Executive Director (Projects) on May 31, 2026.
A Mechanical Engineer with an M.Tech degree from Manipal Institute of Technology, Shri Prasad has been associated with several major growth and infrastructure initiatives at MRPL, including refinery expansion and upgradation, project execution, and the development of strategic infrastructure.
In his new role, he will lead OPaL, a major integrated petrochemical company of the ONGC Group based at Dahej in Gujarat.
A native of Mulki in Coastal Karnataka, Shri Prasad is the son of the late Dr B. H. Somashekar Rao, a well-known family physician, and the grandson of the renowned Ayurveda practitioner, the late Pandit Vasudevayya (Vasudev Bhat). He is also the brother of noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr Prashanth Mohan.
Shri Prasad’s appointment as Managing Director of an important ONGC Group company is a matter of pride for Coastal Karnataka and the Tulu Nadu region.