E&P professional with over four decades of cross functional experience in E&P Management, Operations, Coordination and Business Development in Indian and overseas upstream hydrocarbon Industry. A postgraduate from Lucknow University in Geology and a M.Tech. in Petroleum Exploration from ISM, Dhanbad, served as Director on the Board of ONGC Videsh during 2015-18 and later in 2020, joined Cairn India in an Advisory role in Exploration & related policy advocacy matters.

Pratap Nair worked in various executive positions both in NOC-ONGC & IOC-Shell where he was responsible for exploration and development of oil & gas fields globally. A Post-graduate in Applied Geology from ISM, Dhanbad, he also acquired a PG Diploma in Petroleum Exploration and completed Advanced Management Programme (AMP) from MDI, Gurgaon. He is certified in Disaster Management & a diploma holder in Rural Development. His expertise includes Petroleum Geology, Geohazards - Geomechanics, Pore Pressure Prediction both Real time & Pre-drill besides Exploration & Development Geology. He had specialized training in Geomechanics with Petroskills, London and IOR with Petrad, Norway.

A geoscientist having about 35+ years of experience in E&P activities including well site operations, geological laboratories, integrated G&G interpretation & prospects evaluation, basin modeling, coordination and management in Indian basins. He holds a Doctorate in Geology from IIT-BHU and has completed Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at IIM Lucknow, MDI Gurgaon and Nirma Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. An active academician: worked as Professor in different universities teaching subjects on petroleum geosciences and oil field asset management. Had been in advisory role in ONGC Energy Centre and Oil India Limited.