Sh. Najeeb H Jung

Read History (BA and MA) at Delhi University’s St Stephens College, and Economics and Social Policy (MSc) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London. Retd IAS officer of the MP cadre. Served the State of MP and the Federal govt in many positions including inter alia—District Magistrate in 4 districts, Managing Director of 2 MP State Corporations and Jt Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at the Centre. During this period was on the Boards of ONGC, OIL India Ltd, GAIL. Conceptualised Petronet India Ltd, led the task force for its formation and functioned as its Director. Developed what was known as the “R” document for a futuristic plan for India’s Hydrocarbons sector. Responsible for negotiations with the World Bank, ADB, and IMF for restructuring the oil and gas sector leading to loans to India from the multilateral bodies.

For the first time India opened discovered oil fields for joint development with the private sector and negotiated contracts with major companies including Enron, British Gas, Command Petroleum, BP etc. He then moved to the Asian Development Bank as a Senior Energy Specialist. Given the responsibility of re-building the destroyed Energy sector in Afghanistan, he prepared Afganistan’s first ever Natural Gas Sector Development Plan. Simultaneously he was Mission Leader for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas project that involved close coordination between all these Governments. He later moved to Oxford as Visiting Professor at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford—an institute specialising in Petroleum and Natural Gas Studies. He has been Vice Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia. While at Jamia he was also: a) Chairman of a Committee of Vice Chancellors to recommend changes in the Higher Education system and a number of other committees. b) He was Director on the Board of IIT Kanpur. c) Was appointed interlocutor for the Jammu region to discuss and develop a comprehensive futuristic development plan for Jammu. d) Was a Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India. Upon finishing his term at Jamia, Mr. Jung was appointed Lt. Governor of Delhi . He remained at this post for a period of 4 years before resigning to go back to Academia. During this stint Delhi was under President’s Rule for a one year period when he was solely incharge of the functioning of the Govt. of Delhi.