Ms Sushma Rawat is a passionate geologist and has more than three decades of experience in the petroleum industry leading up to her appointment as Director (Exploration) of ONGC, the biggest National Oil Corporation of India on 1st Jan 2023. She has a distinction of being an experienced and outstanding Basin and Petroleum System Analyst as well as accomplished Exploration Process Analyst and Implementer. She has made many technical presentations in EAGE & SEG conferences and has been actively associated as a founding member of various geotechnical societies along with organizing international level G&G conferences like PETROTECH, APG, SPG & GEO-India.