Mr. Jagjeet Singh Bindra
(BT/CHE/1969)
Mr. Jagjeet Singh Bindra is currently a member of the Board of Directors of HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd. Upon his retirement, Mr. Bindra served on the Board of Directors of Lyondell Basell Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Petroleum, Transfield Services Australia,Transocean, Worley Parsons Australia, GS Caltex Korea, and Edison International (and Southern California Edison). Mr. Bindra also served as the Chair of the IIT Foundation in the USA.
Profile
Jagjeet (Jeet) Singh Bindra graduated from IITK in 1969 with a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering. He earned his Master's in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1970. Mr. Bindra also has an MBA (Honors) from Saint Mary's College of California.
Mr. Bindra started his career at Chevron Corporation as a research engineer. His career at Chevron spanned over three decades during which he assumed roles of increasing responsibility. Before retiring from Chevron in 2009 he served as President, Chevron Global Manufacturing with responsibility for leading the operations of over 19 refineries across the world. His roles took him to Sudan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Australia and many other countries.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO IITK
- Mr. & Mrs. Gian Singh Bindra Chair in Chemical Engineering
- Chevron Corporation Chair
- Jeet Bindra Unit Operations & Innovation Lab
- Post Graduate Research Lab
- Graduate Students Lounge
- Jeet Bindra Distinguished Lecture Series
- Jeet Bindra Centre of Excellence for Specialty Chemicals
- "Dr. Arakare Vasudev" Faculty Fellowship
- Travel support for Student Conferences in Chemical Engineering
In recognition of his stellar contributions to the Institute, IIT Kanpur honoured Mr. Bindra as an Institute Fellow for the year 2020.
Achievements and Honors
- IITK "Institute Fellow", 2020
- Diamond Award, 2008, University of Washington College of Engineering.
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2000, IITK