www.expressindia.com - Weather | Horoscope | Stocks | RSS
expressindia web city
HomeBlogsCricketAstrology TendersClassifieds Reader Comments Hotels
Sign In / Register | Archive
Expressindia » Story

BPCL to enter entertainment retail, ad sector

Font Size

Rao Jaswant Singh

Posted: Feb 25, 2008 at 2158 hrs IST

Kanpur, February 24 Soon Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will set up retail stores at its 400 petrol pumps in the country. The corporation is planning to enter the retail, entertainment and advertisement sector, said BPCL Managing Director Ashok Sinha at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) on Sunday.

Sinha, an IIT-K alumni, was speaking at the annual general meeting of the institute’s alumni association. Several alumni were conferred with Distinguished Alumnus Award (DAA) and Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award. DDA is the highest award given by institute to its alumni in recognition of their achievements.

Sinha, who received the DDA award, said BPCL also plans to enter to enter the entertainment sector by introducing film theatres in Gujarat.

He added efforts were on to supply cooking gas to the residents of Kanpur through pipes (Piped Natural Gas).

DDA awardees included Avaya Laboratory president Ravi Seth, Accenture India Managing Director Harsh Manglik and IIT-Mumbai Director Ashok Misra. Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award was presented to Anubrotta Kumar Roy.

Discuss this story on expressindia forums
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
I agree to the terms of use.

Latest News

Business

Showbiz

Sports

13/7 arrests have exposed 'Bihar connection': Raj Thackeray

Sonia launches scathing attack on SAD-BJP in Punjab

Ramdev behind shoe thrown at Rahul: Digvijay

Jaipur litfest: Salman Rushdie video address cancelled, venue owner refuses permissio...

US defends Leno's right to free speech; applauds Sikh-Americans

2011 'disappointing' for human rights in India, finds HRW

Group plugs senior live-in relationships sans sex

More
© 2011 The Indian Express Limited. All rights reserved
Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Express Group | Site Map