Leadership by design: IOCL narrows focus; HPCL bets broad – 9 Oct 2025

The winds of professional reform are finally sweeping through India’s oil PSUs — but not everyone is taking the same path8At Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Chairman Arvinder Singh Sahney has launched a highly selective leadership acceleration track under Project SPRINT, aimed at grooming just 50–70 high-potential executives for top management and future board-level roles8At Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), meanwhile, a more expansive approach is underway — one that aims to assess and develop nearly 500 executives through a rigorously structured, data-driven Assessment and Development Centre (ADC) model

Both programmes target the same end: to future-proof PSU leadership against rapid market and technology change

But their methods could not be more different