He is a true karmayogi . He believes a healthy work culture needs to be inculcated among the employees if a PSU wants to scale the zenith of excellence. A workaholic to the backbone, Proshanto Bannerjee has been steering the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) into the path of prosperity. His sincerity and devotion to the PSU have turned GAIL into a truly dominant gas major. And results have already been seen in GAIL's disciplined financial performance with excellence in project management, service quality and customer satisfaction. Building on with business strength, his future vision is to make it a "dominant company in natural gas business, with a significant global presence, integrated in energy and petrochemicals".

He has an unwavering, strong desire to translate his vision into a reality. His deep dedication to corporate ethics has indeed spilled over to all officers of this Navratna PSU. The kind of sheer determination that he oozes, Bannerjee will for sure succeed in turning GAIL into a gas major of international repute. With its flawless foray into petrochemicals, the GAIL inches closer towards integration of its business, to fulfil its mission to be a global business concern.

Thanks to his shrewd strategy, against all odds, the GAIL has been going great guns. The company has continued its steady performance in the financial year 2004-05 despite the increased burden of Rs11.38 billion on account of sharing of LPG and kerosene subsidies. His contribution in building up GAIL as the largest gas transmission and marketing company in the country is impressive. Apart from gas marketing and distribution through trunk and regional systems, GAIL has already entered the telecom sector as "Carriers' Carrier" through leasing of bandwidth.

It is the first company in the country to obtain the License of Infrastructure Provider in 2002 for leasing of bandwidth. The Company also completed the world's longest and India's first cross-country LPG Pipeline. And the person behind this feat is none other than Proshanto Banerjee, CMD, GAIL. Indeed, he has been sailing GAIL into the path of profit and not allowing tides and turbulences pushing it back.