| Sl.No | Name | Photo | Designation |
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| 1 | Mr. Pankaj Jain |
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Secretary - MoPNG |
| 2 | Mr. Arun Kumar Singh |
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Chairman & CEO, ONGC, Chief Patron, SPG India |
| 3 | Dr. Ranjit Rath |
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CMD-OIL India Ltd. |
| 4 | Mr. O. P. Sinha |
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Director (Exploration), ONGC & Patron, SPG India |
| 5 | Mr. Ranbir Singh |
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President, SPG India |
SPG 2025 will host high-impact and diverse plenary sessions where the entire Geo-scientific community comes together to hear visionary insights from world-class experts and industry leaders on the most pivotal strategic topics.
Plenary 1
Rock to Cloud : Aligning India’s Energy Evolution with Resilience & Reform
Plenary2
Exploration Reimagined : Advancing Innovation for India’s Energy Future
Plenary 3
Data to Discovery : AI for Subsurface Insights
Plenary 4
Deepwater Exploration: A Strategic Imperative for Indian Energy Security
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Inaugural Session: 26.10.2025 (9:30 - 11:00 Hrs)
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Plenary - 1, (26.10.2025, 12:15 - 13:30 hrs), Topic- Aligning India’s Energy Evolution with Resilience & Reform
Sl.No Name Photo Designation 1 Mr. Arun Kumar Singh Chairman & CEO - ONGC 2 Dr. Ranjit Rath CMD-OIL India Ltd. 3 Mr. Rajarshi Gupta 
MD, OVL 4 Mr. Kartikeya Dube 
Country Head-bp India 5 Mr. Vivek Rahi (Moderator) 
KPMG -
Plenary - 2, (27.10.2025, 9:30 - 11:00 hrs), Topic- Exploration Reimagined: Advancing Innovation for India’s Energy Future
Sl.No Name Photo Designation 1 Mr. Vikram Saxena 
Director (T&FS), ONGC 2 Mr. O. P. Sinha Director (Exploration), ONGC 3 Mr. Saloma Yomdo 
Director (E&D), OIL India Ltd. 4 Mr. Biswanath Ghosh 
Director (Exloration), Vedanta Ltd. 5 Mr. Peter Hooper 
CCO, Shearwater 6 Mr. A. K. Dwivedi (Moderator) 
Former Director (Exploration), ONGC -
Deep Dive Session : 1 (27.10.2025, 11:30 - 13:30 hrs)- “1. Advancement in Seismic Data Acquisition and Imaging 2. Advancement in Imaging 3. Recent advances in Quantitative seismic interpretation applying rock physics and machine learning tools”
Sl.No Name Photo Designation 1 Mr. Ed Hager 
CG Acquisition, Shearwater 2 Mr. Madhav Vyas 
Imaging R&D Advisor, bp 3 Dr. Per Avseth 
Dig Technologies 4 Mr. Satinder Chopra (Moderator) 
President, Samigeo -
Plenary - 3, (28.10.2025, 9:30 - 11:00 hrs), Topic: Data to Discovery : AI for Subsurface Insights
Sl.No Name Photo Designation 1 Mr. R. K. Srivastava 
Former Director (Exploration), ONGC 2 Mr. Sanjeev Tokhi 
Director (Exploration) , OVL 3 Mr. T. Borgohain 
Director (Operations), OIL India Ltd. 4 Mr. Gregg Rago 
Region Manager, Landmark, Asia Pacific Region 5 Mr. Gael Lecante 
Director, Beicip-Franlab India 6 Mr. Satinder Chopra (Moderator) President, Samigeo -
Plenary - 4, (28.10.2025, 11:30 - 12:30 hrs), Topic: Deepwater Exploration: A Strategic Imperative for Indian Energy Security
Sl.No Name Photo Designation 1 Dr. P. Chandrasekaran 
Former Director (E&D), Oil India Ltd. 2 Ms. Sushma Rawat 
Former Director (Exploration), ONGC 3 Dr. Kaustav Nag 
ADG (Exploration), DGH 4 Dr. Barry Hung 
Vice-President Geoscience Asia-Pacific, Viridien Group 5 Mr. Deepak Agarwal 
Director, Sales & Marketing, South Asia, SLB 6 Mr. S K Chandola (Moderator) 
Petronas & Director at large, SEG -
Valedictory Session 28.10. 2025 (15:30 - 17:00 Hrs)
Sl.No Name Photo Designation 1 Mr. Vinod Seshan 
DG-DGH (Chief Guest) 2 Mr. O. P. Sinha Director (Exploration), ONGC & Patron SPG India 3 Mr. Saloma Yomdo Director (E&D), OIL India Ltd. 4 Mr. Ranbir Singh President, SPG India 5 Mr. A. K. Nauriyal 
Vice President, SPG India
Plenary sessions set the tone for the conference by addressing strategic issues such as the future of energy, climate change, sustainability, trailblazing technological advancements, and the pivotal role of geosciences in achieving government-led Sustainable Development Goals. These sessions foster meaningful dialogue and collaboration among
