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Alka Mittal Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

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Marital Status: Married
Age: 59 Years
Education: PhD In Business/Commerce, Corporate Governance

Alka Mittal

Bio/Wiki
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Famous For Becoming the first women to be appointed as the interim chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)in centimeters- 170 cm
in meters- 1.70 m
in feet & inches- 5’ 7”
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Career
Awards, Honours, Achievements • In 2021, she received the Silver Stevie Award in the Woman of the Year category at the International Business Awards.
Alka wins Silver Stevie Award
• In 2021, she received the Leadership of the Year Award at the Learning and Development Summit.
Alka wins Leadership of the Year Award
• In 2020, she won the Most Admired Leader Award by the Forum for Emotional Intelligence Learning.
Alka wins Most Admired Leader Award
• In 2020, she won the Sustainable HR Leadership Award at 28th World HRD Conference.
• In 2019, she won the FICCI CSR Award for ONGC CSR projects.
Alka wins FICCI CSR Award
Personal Life
Date of BirthYear, 1963
Age (as of 2022)59 Years
BirthplaceNew Delhi
NationalityIndian
College/University• DAV College, Dehradun
• Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Educational Qualification(s) [1]Alka Mittal- Linkedin• MA in Economics
• PhD in Business/Commerce, Corporate Governance
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Family
Husband/SpouseNot Known
Alka with her husband
ChildrenDaughter- 2
• Neha Mittal
• Nupur Mittal
Alka Mittal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Alka Mittal

  • Alka Mittal is an Indian professional who is known for being the first female to be appointed as the interim chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on 4 January 2022. She replaced the interim head Subhash Kumar who retired on 31 December 2021.
  • Mittal joined ONGC as a trainee in 1985. After training for some time, she was chosen for the post of chief skill development (CSD) of the company. On the ONGC website, the description written about Alka read

    In her capacity as chief skill development (CSD) she streamlined the activities and brought in uniformity in the working of the Skill Development Centres of ONGC.”

  • In 2018, she became the director (HR) of the ONGC. She was the first woman to be the full-time Director in ONGC, and she served as HR for more than three years.
  • In 2022, she was appointed as the first female chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. Before Alka became the chairman, Nishi Vasudeva was the first woman to head the oil company Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) in 2014.
  • Mittal started the process of Green Recruitment in ONGC by the online application process and conducting the online interviews.
  • When she served as the CSD, she made the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) in ONGC under which 5,000 apprentices were trained at different centres.
  • After she was appointed as the chairman and managing director, ONGC also tweeted about it.

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