MUMBAI, NATIONAL, 05 SEPTEMBER, 2022 (GPN): Mr. Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer, Director (Business Development) with GAIL (India) Limited  (‘GAIL’) has been appointed as Director on the Board and elected as Chairman of Mahanagar Gas Limited effective from 01st September 2022.

Mr. Iyer is an Electrical Engineer with more than 36 years of rich and diverse experience in execution of projects in the areas of gas pipelines, LNG terminals, City Gas Distribution Projects, renewables etc, amounting to Rs.40,000 crore. As a target-oriented professional, he has consistently delivered results in all his endeavours.

Mr. Iyer has been part of the core team of GAIL for implementation of various long term and short-term strategies. Mr. Iyer is Chairperson of Konkan LNG Limited and Central U.P. Gas Limited and also holds Directorship in ONGC Tripura Power Company Limited.

About Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL)

MGL is one of India’s leading natural gas distribution companies. It is currently the sole authorised distributor of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai its’s adjoining areas and in Raigad district. Presently, MGL supplies PNG to over 1.94 million households and over 4000 commercial and industrial establishments.  MGL also supplies about 4 million kgs /day CNG through its network of 295 CNG stations to about 0.88 million motor vehicles. Majority of BEST buses and the entire fleet of auto rickshaws and taxis in Mumbai are running on CNG supplied by MGL.

For catering to its consumer base, MGL has laid down a network of about 5,630 Kms of steel and medium density polyethylene pipeline (MDPE) gas pipeline network fed through our four strategically located City Gate Stations.Ends