Shri L R Gavkar is a highly experienced Oil and Gas Professional, having an experience of over 40 years in the field of Quality Control, Lubricants manufacturing, warehouse management besides operations and distribution of downstream Petroleum Products.
He had handled testing of lubricants and fuels including Aviation products as QC Officer. He had been the Head of one of the largest NABL accredited Marketing QC Laboratories of HPCL, Mumbai for 3 years, during his 36 years stint in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL). He has rich experience in handling the responsibilities of overseeing the QC activities of several Modern well equipped NABL accredited Laboratories as a Zonal QC Head in HPCL. He was also Dy. QCM –Aviation responsible for monitoring / auditing Aviation Activities at various Aviation Supply and Fueling Stations (ASFs).
During his long career at HPCL he had held the positon of Plant in Charge for Lube blending plant and Grease/ Specialties Manufacturing Plant at major Mumbai based HPCL Lube Plants.
He has attended the following significant technical programs:
- “Application of Fuels and Lubricants in Automotive and Industrial Machines” covering Technical aspects at Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun
- “Lube Blending Plant Operations” at ESSO Lube Plant, Jurong, Singapore
- “ASTM testing of Fuels & Lubricants and Technical Services” at South West Research Institute (SwRI) based in San Antonio, Texas, USA
On the academic front he holds a Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry from Mumbai University, India.