New Delhi: Shrikant Madhav Vaidya has taken over as the Director (Refineries) of IndianOil. He is also a Director on the board of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) & the 60 MMTPA West Coast Refinery and Petrochemicals Project, the world's largest grass root refinery project, coming up in Maharashtra. Vaidya now spearheads the business & operations of nine refineries & petrochemical plants of IndianOil. A Chemical Engineer from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Vaidya has 33 years of extensive experience in refining & petrochemicals operations. Vaidya has had a decade-long association with India's largest Cracker Plant-the Panipat Naphtha Cracker Complex-right from its commissioning stage, which is one of the major drivers of IOC's petrochemicals business.