Chevron to recruit from India for global operations

Chevron to recruit from India for global operations
29 Dec, 2007, 2119 hrs IST, TNN

KOLKATA: Global oil major Chevron has for the first time decided to directly recruit from Indian campuses for its global operations. For starters, the $205-billion major will visit Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to pick up talent. This is part of an overall effort to recruit over 6,000 people globally in 2008.

“We are focusing on India in our endeavour to recruit new engineers. In 2008, we plan to visit IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras as part of our recruitment initiative,” Jeet S Bindra, president, Chevron Global Refining, said.

“To start with, we are targeting IITs for direct recruitment. In coming years, we would like to broadbase our effort and target campuses across the country,” he added.

He was speaking on the sidelines of Chemcon 2007, a chemical engineering congress, organised by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Mr Bindra heads Chevron’s refining operations, which had by end-2006 a capacity of refining 2 million barrels of oil per day. Mr Bindra is also on the board of Reliance Petroleum (RPL), a company in which Chevron picked up a 5% stake in 2006. RPL was formed by Reliance Industries to take up an export refinery in Jamnagar.

“Globally, Chevron has similar initiatives to attract talent in countries like South Africa, Singapore and the UK,” he added. With the latest initiatives India will soon join their ranks a global talent base for Chevron which is building up a sizeable presence in India.

To tap into India’s prospects and develop its businesses in India, the US oil giant created Chevron Petroleum India in 2006. Additionally, Chevron Lubricants India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corp, sells branded products including ‘Delo’ for commercial vehicles and ‘Havoline’ for passenger vehicles and two-wheelers.

These products along with its brand of industrial lubricants, ‘Rando HD’, which are all sold through the bazaar trade consisting of the company’s own dealer network. Chevron also operates two blending units at Chennai and Taloja, near Mumbai.