new delhi the government on wednesday appointed atanu chakraborty a 1985 batch ias officer of the gujarat cadre as head of the directorate general of hydrocarbons dgh the oil ministrys technical arm overseeing hydrocarbons exploration and production in the country chakraborty 55 holds the rank of an additional secretary and has been appointed as directorgeneral of dgh with a tenure of four years he is at present the managing director of gujarat state petroleum corporation ltd the only oil company promoted by a state government in the country chakraborty becomes the second mandarin from gujarat to be appointed to a topwrung post in the energy sector through search committee the government last month picked gurdeep singh then md of gujarat state electricity corporation as chairman of the countrys largest power producer ntpc he is also the second ias officer to be appointed to the highly technical post in 2012 then oil minister s jaipal reddy had handpicked 1981 batch ias officer r n choubey for the post choubey is now the civil aviation secretary along with administrative capabilities chakraborty also brings with him rich boardroom experience gathered as head of wideranging state companies he also did a central stint as director in the finance ministry chakraborty comes in at a time of challenging times for dgh both in terms of image and policy environment and some trendsetting highstake battles reliance industries is fighting against ongc over allegation of gas siphoning and the government on the issue of penalty for missed kgd6 output target chakraborty is an engineering graduate with specialisation in electronics and communication and has done his post graduate diploma in business finance and subsequently mba from the uk business administration chakraborty has served in the districts of vadodara sabarkantha and was collector of amreli district at gandhinagar he has served in finance home tribal development and labour departments he has also worked as principal secretary economic affairs finance department of gujarat