Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited announced the appointment of Shri S Bharathan as Director on the Board has been approved by the Board of the company on October 04, 2022 through circular resolution. Shri S Bharathan, Director - Refineries, HPCL, has wide exposure to the Refinery operations of HPCL and has worked in Operations and Technical Departments of Mumbai and Visakh Refinery for over 25 years. He has also worked in the Corporate Office on Margin Management & Refinery Project Process for over 4 years.

Further, he is also leading HPCL's Green R&D Centre in Bengaluru for the last 3 years. Under him, HPCL Green Research & Development Centre (HPGRDC) has reached filing of about 380 patents. He was Executive Director - Refineries Coordination of HPCL with Additional Charge of R&D.