Deepak Gupta assumed charge as chairman and managing director of GAIL (India) Limited.

Exam-focused facts from the 3 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

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Deepak Gupta took over as chairman and managing director of GAIL (India) Limited on Sunday.
He replaced Sandeep Kumar Gupta who superannuated on February 28.
Gupta joined GAIL as Director (Projects) in February 2022 and will serve up to February 28, 2029.
He is a mechanical engineer from Delhi College of Engineering and has 32 years of prior experience at Engineers India Limited (EIL).
Under his leadership GAIL completed the Dabhol breakwater project of Konkan LNG, enabling all-weather operations.