V C Asokan has taken over as the new Executive Director & State Head of Indian Oil for Tamilnadu and Puducherry. He takes over from P Jayadevan, who had moved with a new assignment as LPG Head in Marketing Head Office, Mumbai. Besides being the State Head for Indian Oil, V C Asokan would also function as the State Level Coordinator (SLC) for the Oil Industry in Tamilnadu and Puducherry. 

 V C Asokan has over three decades of extensive experience in Indian Oil, primarily in Retail Sales, Operations and International Marketing. Hailing from Thanjavur District of Tamilnadu, he holds the Masters in Business Management from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli.

 V C Asokan has consummated International Fuel Marketing Experience during his tenure as Vice President (Sales) in Lanka IOC PLC, a subsidiary company of Indian Oil in Srilanka. Asokan also carries himself with the pan India Marketing Experience of having worked in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat contributing and heading various leadership and management positions.

Prior to this posting,  V C Asokan was heading the Kerala State Office as Executive Director & State Head, where he successfully provided strategic orientation to several path breaking project initiatives. He has travelled extensively and has interacted with key global stakeholders in Oil and Gas.