About Author: Ajitesh Pandey is a Sr. Officer at Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL Officer) since 2018. He has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and studied Applied Mechanics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Have you ever wondered what is the source of the fuel you fill at petrol pumps or the LPG gas for cylinders, or the CNG fueling? Well, these are a few of the complex mechanisms that are carried out by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Therefore, before we get in detail regarding the lavish Life of an IOCL officer, let me tell you some basic details about the sectors the IOCL corporation is divided into:

1. IOCL Upstream, which deals with Exploration and Production of crude.
2. IOCL Downstream, which delivers the product at retail outlets.
3. IOCL Midstream, which comprises of leftovers.

The IOCL is mostly considered as downstream, although we have started exploration and production. Within this blog, I would be giving you a glimpse into the selection process and Life of an IOCL Officer.

Life of an IOCL Officer

IOCL Officer Eligibility and Work Profile

The IOCL recruits officer in Grade ‘A’ through the following mediums:

• Graduation in B.Tech/M. Tech:
• For being eligible to be an IOCL Officer, GATE Rank greater than 500 is required. After which an interview is conducted by IOCL and thereafter a final IOCL Officer merit list is opened with the exception of R&D.
• Through campus placement as well IOCL officers are recruited.
• Chartered Accountants:
• IOCL officers are recruited via campus placement.
• MBA and PGDM:
• IOCL officers are recruited through UGC NET or Campus Placement.
• PG(M.Tech):
• IOCL officers are recruited through Campus Selection and GATE score above 500 for R&D cadre.
  
  

Salary of an IOCL Officer

The salary of an IOCL officer are of 3 components:

1. Basic Pay
2. DA
3. Perks and Allowances

A newly recruited IOCL officer will get Basic Pay 50K. You can find a detailed advertisement here, the IOCL people's careers. Also, the minimum in hand salary of an IOCL Officer excluding HRA/Vehicle Maintenance/tax and other standard deduction, is around 53-55K.

Place of Posting of an IOCL Officer

If you are someone who is aspiring to be an IOCL Officer, you must be curious about what newly recruited officers do in IOCL and what are their key responsibilities are. IOCL Officers are divided into separate divisions namely pipelines, marketing, R&D, BD, etc. For more details about these divisions, you can go through the IOCL official website. I am an operations officer at IOCL. What we ensure is an uninterrupted supply of fuel from Refinery to Marketing location via our vast Pipeline network, Tank Truck Loading, Railway Freight Loading, Unloading/Loading of Imported/Exported fuel, etc. As an IOCL Operation officer you’ll be called in shifts, which can be tedious. Some IOCL officers are posted as sales officers, which ensures a well-uninterrupted supply of fuel and LPG cylinder to retail outlets which are petrol pumps.

Some newly recruited IOCL Officers are posted in newly commenced projects in every division. While others are posted as HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) officers who are responsible to remove any possible chance of fire within the installation. There are many recruits who are posted as legal/ HR/ IS IOCL officers which play a key role in Corporate daily business. In addition to them, there are maintenance and production officers, who are responsible for maintenance activities. Most of the aforementioned things are being carried out by contractors. Therefore you might think, there is no need for officers right? That is not the case. It is the IOCL officer who ensures that the work is being carried out by contractors. They also assess what work has to be done in requisite proportion. So you see, they are an integral part of the IOCL corporation.