Mr. Hemant Rathore holds the position of Executive Director & State Head with IndianOil Corporation Limited. Mr. Hemant Rathore is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the prestigious IIT Bombay followed with a Post-graduation in MBA, Marketing from Faculty of Management Studies Delhi. With a long career spanning 29 years in Aviation Fuel Industry, Mr Rathore has been with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. since 1994 in various capacities in the Aviation Fuel Handling business including Executive Director (Aviation) before assuming the current position. He has been associated with the complete value chain of the Aviation Fuel Business.

Mr. Rathore was also heading Southern Regional Aviation of Indian Oil. He is an expert in commissioning and start up of Fuel Hydrant System and was associated with the commissioning and start-up of Hydrant Refuelling System at Delhi International Airport and Mumbai International Airport.

In order to meet the IAF requirement in the forward region, post Kargil war, IndianOil commissioned the first strategic ATF storage in Leh in the year 2000 under the leadership of Mr Rathore. During his tenure at Agra, he commissioned the First Hydrant refuelling system (HRS) for Indian Air Force in year 2007. He has also been associated with innovative and strategic fuel solutions for storage & transportation for IAF.

Mr. Hemant Rathore is currently the Chairman of the Board of Delhi Aviation Fuel Farm Private Limted a JV of IOCL, BPCL and DIAL.