Alka Mittal has assumed charge as the human resource director of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited. According to information provided by the ONGC HQ in Dehradun, Mittal is a post graduate in Economics, MBA (HRM) and doctorate in Commerce and Business Studies who had joined ONGC as a graduate trainee in 1985.
She is on the board of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL) as ONGC nominee director since August 2015.
Prior to joining as director (HR), she held the post of Chief Skill Development (CSD) of the company. In her capacity as CSD, she streamlined the activities and brought in uniformity in the working of the skill development centres promoted or supported by ONGC. During this period, she has also implemented apprenticeship training scheme in ONGC engaging more than 5000 apprentices across all work centres.
Previously, she worked as head of CSR at corporate office and took up major CSR projects across India. Earlier, she has led the HR-ER functions in various capacities across regions including Vadodara, Mumbai, Delhi and Jorhat and was also the head of corporate communications, Delhi during 2009.
As a senior HR specialist, Alka Mittal has made rich contributions in various professional forums and bodies. She is an executive committee member of National Institute of Personnel Management, was president of Forum for Women in Public Sector, northern region till recently and heads the Women’s Development Forum of ONGC.