SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT

PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY, GANDHINAGAR

MANAGEMENT CONCLAVE
Management Challenges in
Oil & Gas Industry
October 6, 2009
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About SPM
School of Petroleum Management (SPM) formerly
IPMG, a constituent Institute of Pandit Deendayal
Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar, promoted
by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (GSPC)
was established in 2006 with a mission to prepare
management graduates for continuous learning and
inspiring them to the growth of an increasingly
knowledge and technology driven global energy and
infrastructure sector.

SPM offers MBA programme to address the managerial

requirements of oil & gas sector. The course offerings
broadly pertain to Project Management, Managerial
Economics, Marketing, HRM, Supply Chain
Management, International Geo-political affairs,
Operations Strategy , City Gas Distribution, Business
Consulting, Contracts and Risk Management, Oil & Gas
Accounting, Finance and Law – to mention a few.

Management Challenges in Oil and Gas Scope and Objectives

The oil and gas industry is truly a global industry.
However, its underlying importance to India’s
economic growth cannot be undermined. The
present business environment has posed enormous
challenges to the management of businesses in this
industry as well as for the policy makers.
In order to build and sustain competitive
advantage, companies need to continuously
innovate; un-learn; learn; restructure; and improve
their core and support processes. It is not just
sufficient to manage current processes; but go
beyond the existing model and framework to
question and reassess how value is created and
delivered. Functional area challenges must be
unique for this unique and growing industry.
Management challenges together with increasing
expectations of various stakeholders pose several
issues, which must be discussed in a right forum.
Therefore, we intend to bring senior executives in the
oil and natural gas industry to deliberate on those
managerial issues of the current days in the context of
India in particular.
The objectives of the management conclave can thus
be outlined as below:
Deliberating on policy and regulatory
environment that poses opportunities and
challenges for the players in the industry.
Understanding the managerial challenges
faced by the industry in various management
disciplines like project management,
operations, distribution, marketing, financing,
pricing etc. especially in the light of changing
competition, environmental awareness and
future competing products.
To forecast the future trends in the industry
globally and in India.
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Schedule
Time Activity
9:30am to 10:15am Inauguration
10:15am to 10:30am Tea Break
10:30am to 1:30pm Panel Discussion I
1:30pm to 2:30pm Lunch
2:30pm to 5:30pm Panel Discussion II
5:30pm to 5:45pm Valedictory
5:45pm to 6:30pm High Tea

Date: 6th October, 2009

Venue: School of Petroleum Management, PDPU

Off Koba-Gandhinagar Highway, Raisan, Gandhinagar – 382 007 Gujarat, India.

Contact: Dr. Subrat Sahu, Chairperson – Corporate Relations and Placement

Tel. +91-79-23275102/03/04 Fax. +91-79-23276364
www.ipmg.ac.in | Mail us at: managementconclave@ipmg.ac.in