Management Team

Mr. Sujit K Sugathan, is Whole Time Director & CFO of the Company. He has a bachelor’s in electrical engineering and an MBA in Oil and Gas Management. He is the co-founder of Positron Energy Ltd (PEL) and is the core member of its Oil & Gas Business Advisory. He is also the guiding light for conceptualizing Gas-on-wheels model paving way for the monetizing stranded Coal-bed Methane Gas and further market development in the State of Jharkhand. Prior to venturing into consultancy business, he gained rich gas industry experience in one of India’s largest CGD Company. He has worked on various projects involving gas trading, demand analysis, regulatory affairs, and technical matters of CGD, M&A, LNG Project Designing and business development of upcoming CGD projects. He looks efficiently at the company’s overall financial related activities.

Mr. Manav Bahri, is Whole Time Director & CEO of the company. He has an experience of more than 17 years in the Oil & Gas Industry. He is the co-founder of Positron Energy Limited. He is Engineering Graduate with MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management. He has more than 17 years experience in the Energy sector in which he has worked with leading Oil & Gas majors like IndoMobil (Mobil Corp.), ExxonMobil, Gujarat Gas Company Limited (A subsidiary of BG Group PLC). He has worked extensively in the areas of Strategic Negotiation and Execution of Gas Contracts, Gas Sourcing & negotiation of Term & Spot Contracts (RLNG & Domestic Gas). He has executed and implemented Green field Gas Distribution Projects out of which one was of its kind, CNG Distribution Project in Jharkhand which is paving way to bringing Gas to Eastern part of India. He currently looks into the overall operation of the company.

Mr. Rajiv Shankarankutty Menon is Managing Director of the company. The co-founder of Positron Energy Ltd (PEL) is the core member of the Oil & Gas Business Advisory. A result oriented professional with more than 17 years of experience in the Energy sector. Worked with leading oil & gas majors in the areas of Business, planning, development, Alternate fuel market analysis, carbon credit analysis etc. He is an expert in CGD regulations and financial analysis with rich experience in Logistics, Fuel retailing and Gas Marketing & Gas Sale Agreements. Pioneer in conceptualizing Gas on wheels project in Jharkhand for monetizing stranded CBM gas paving way to innovative gas distribution systems in North East region of Jharkhand-Orissa. He with evangelist zeal has motivated entrepreneurs to invest in CGD business and written success stories for them. He has been one of the guiding forces behind the growth and business strategy of our Company.

Liji Abraham Is the Chief Technical Officer of PEL. He is an Engineer with MBA with an experience of more than 25 years in the CGD sector. He has a rich grass route exposure in areas of Technical & Commercial domain in field of O&M of Transmission & Distribution pipeline & CNG operations, HSS&E, Industrial Retail Business Development, etc. with one of the largest CGD companies in India. With PEL he is accredited with the development of the GAS-ON WHEELS along with the CNG distribution systems to include the Gas processing & Compressing infrastructure in Jharia, Bokaro, High-pressure Gas Regulating systems with heating facility at consumer end and successfully help to monetize the CBM gas through the CNG Distribution System in the State of Jharkhand. His efficient management has ensured a decade of incident free operations paving way for expediting gas reach to Jharkhand and other Eastern states.