Shalabh Tyagi Assigned Additional Charge as CVO of ONGC

New Delhi, December 3, 2025 — The Government of India has assigned additional charge of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Delhi, to Shalabh Tyagi, a 1997-batch IRSEE officer.

Tyagi currently serves as the CVO of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Delhi. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), he will take on the ONGC role for six months, or until a full-time CVO is appointed, or until further instructions are issued—whichever comes first.

The arrangement was approved based on a proposal from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The official communication, issued from Kartavya Bhavan-3 in New Delhi, has been circulated to concerned ministries and the Central Vigilance Commission.

This move ensures seamless vigilance administration at ONGC, one of the country’s major energy sector PSUs.

About Shri Shalabh Tyagi:

Shri Shalabh Tyagi is a distinguished member of the 1997 batch (1996 exam batch) of Indian Railway Services of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) and a graduate in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has served in various capacities across the Public sector, Railways, Defence and other ministries in the areas for production, development and induction of new technologies, standardization of specifications, design, development and commissioning of rolling stock, Safety Certification and Audits, administrative matters of Defence PSUs, Defence production related policy matters etc. He has international exposure of various manufacturing and testing facilities related to Railway infrastructure in Germany, China, Denmark and Belgium.

While working with Railways, he was instrumental in successful designing and commissioning of first Air-Conditioned Metro Rake for Kolkata Metro. He also played crucial role in Hon’ble Prime Minister vision of “Mission 100% Electrification” of Indian Railways broad gauge network. As Joint Secretary (Personnel & Coordination) in the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, he has served as Govt. nominee Director for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, India Optel Limited, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited & Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI). He was instrumental in steering Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) for setting up green field test facilities in Defence sector.