Former GAIL Chairman CR Prasad Dies
New Delhi: CR Prasad, former chairman and managing director of gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd., has died. He was 83. Prasad died on Saturday, GAIL said in a post on LinkedIn.
It, however, did not give reasons for the death. "Dr. CR Prasad joined GAIL as Director (Planning) in 1994 and rose to the position of CMD in 1996," it said. He was chairman and managing director of the company till his superannuation in 2001.
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He was instrumental in transforming GAIL into a company strategically positioned for forward and backward integration, thereby unlocking the full potential of the gas value chain.
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