Mohammad Khalid Iqbal, Vice Chairman, Bright Horizons Foundation
Born and brought up in a moderate family of Chandole village ,Guntur(dist), had education up to Higher Secondary level in Chandole , PUC & Degree from Ponnuru & M.Sc(Tech), Post graduate degree from Andhra university , Waltair
Professional experience:
- Geological Survey of India – 7 years in very hostile states like Nagaland , Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Accepted challenges and took up tasks like collection , interpretation of geological & geophysical data , recommend for mineral prospecting & offer solutions to challenging Structural and Engineering problems. Could also get an excellent command in technical aspects & additionally got good exposure to understand cultures of different states, temperament of people and gained lot of confidence in dealing with problems during discharge of duties
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) – 22 years in North eastern states & Gujarat: Main responsibility was to supervise field operations for collection of data , interpret and propose suitable locales for exploratory & development oil & gas wells. Tactfully tackled lot of resistance from the locals & smoothly completed challenging assignments. Association with this organisation provided ample opportunity in developing into a confident geoscientist, which opened way to join oil firm in Kuwait. Additionally got good exposure to understand structure of a Navaratna company and its corporate policies
- Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) – 11 yrs : Challenging task was to explore Palaeozoic prospects, more than 20,000 ft, it was very challenging as quality of data from very deeper horizons was very poor . Successfully completed assignments like preparing of structural maps & identification of locales for oil & gas exploration from very deeper horizons. Interaction with persons from different countries gave an opportunity to work in a multinational environment with exchange of technical ideas
- Four decades of experience in profession developed me into a good earth scientist & exposure to other fields gave an excellent opportunity to develop confidence in planning , executing different projects and managing hurdles / problems