SPHEEHA

Team

One SPHEEHA team with a united purpose

Just as the SPHEEHA band members march in unison, the executive and extended SPHEEHA team works towards one purpose. Learn more about the executive team members.

SPHEEHA leadership team

President

M. Asad Pathan

With deep and award-winning professional experience in the energy sector, Asad currently serves as the Founder and President of SPHEEHA.

Mr. M. A. Pathan is a stalwart of the Indian Petroleum industry with nearly 60 years of experience across a variety of executive and industry leadership roles in diverse market segments. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2002) of IndianOil Corporation, India’s largest company and a Global 500 organization, he led the company to new heights of revenue performance and expanded its presence into new business areas and geographies. Based on his efforts, IndianOil became a vertically integrated oil company and diversified into the Power and IT sectors. During this time, he also served as Chairman of IBP Ltd., IndianOilTanking Ltd., and IndoMobil Ltd.

Thereafter, he was Group Resident Director (2002-2007) with the Tata Group, India’s largest and most respected corporate conglomerate, where he advised the Senior Executive team and Board of Directors on a variety of diverse and substantive issues. He also served as Non-Executive Chairman (2007-2012) of a number of Tata Group portfolio companies where he provided overall leadership and strategic direction, and as Independent Director on the Boards of Indian Private and Public Sector organizations.

Leveraging his commercial dealings with Indian and global energy companies at the highest levels, Pathan brings deep experience in developing multi-billion dollar domestic and cross-border commercial initiatives in the Energy industry. During his stint as Chairman, IndianOil Corporation, he formed several successful domestic and international Joint Ventures. In India he has won numerous awards for his efforts to help build the nation’s energy industry from scratch, including the prestigious National Citizen Award (2001), The Pride of the Nation Award (2000), the Petrotech Lifetime Achievement Award (2012), “Hall of Fame-Oil and Gas Award 2014”, National Urja Sangam Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), and the Lifetime Achievement Award of Systems Society of India (2021). Pathan also founded and chaired Petrofed, India’s apex coordinating organization for the Indian energy industry. He is respected internationally as a seasoned industry executive, having chaired organizations such as the International Energy Advisory Council (USA), served as Vice Chairman of the World LPG Gas Association, and served as a member of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s International Advisory Board.

Pathan has been involved in a number of philanthropic initiatives during his professional life. He currently serves as Founder and President of SPHEEHA, a forward thinking and globally inclusive NGO focused on environmental consciousness through practical and real-life implementation of contextual solutions. He was also responsible for founding The IndianOil Foundation and is recognized for championing IndianOil’s emergency response in a number of natural disaster situations in India.

Pathan was born in 1942 and is an Honors Graduate in Economics (Bombay University) with a specialization in Petroleum Management from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He currently resides in New Delhi, India.

Joint Secretary

Rahul Bhatnagar

Rahul has over 35 years of professional experience in the Automotive and Banking industries in India and other countries. He is also SPHEEHA's Joint Secretary.

Rahul has over 35 years of professional experience in the Automotive and Banking industries in India and other countries. He was the Country Head with Toyota Kenya Ltd in Nairobi and the Managing Director of Bajaj Auto channel distributor in Uganda, Africa. Since returning to India in 2014 Rahul has been running his own management consultancy firm.
Vice-President

Rajiv Narain

An award-winning professional in the hotel industry, Rajiv is currently Vice-President of SPHEEHA and leads SPHEEHA's heritage events.

Rajiv is a hotelier by profession and has held leadershop positions in the Taj group of hotels as well as Jaypee Palace Hotel and Convention Center. Rajiv won prestigious national awards in the category of Best Hotel. He is SPHEEHA’s convenor for spreading awareness for preservation of heritage in events such as “Agra Beyond Taj”. Rajiv is also head of the community kitchen at the Radhasoami Satsang Sabha, Dayalbagh and is responsible for upgrading its infrastructure and processes, focusing on hygiene, sanitation, and smokeless kitchen to improve overall air quality.
Joint Secretary

Sant Bhanot

Sant is a former General Manager, Bank of Baroda. He is a banker by profession and an academician by passion. Sant is also SPHEEHA's Joint Secretary.

Sant is a former General Manager, Bank of Baroda. He is a banker by profession and an academician by passion. Since retirement he is MBA/M Com/BBA Classes at Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI), deemed university. His areas of expertise include: Change Management, Business Process Re-engineering, Risk Management, Treasury Management, Compliance & Internal Audit.
Secretary

Pankaj Gupta

With over 30 years of energy industry experience, Pankaj is SPHEEHA Secretary as well as CEO and Founder of Zero Square Energy Solutions.

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SPHEEHA Band

The SPHEEHA band leads flagship SPHEEHA events and simply rocks! Learn more ...

The SPHEEHA band leads flagship SPHEEHA events and simply rocks!