Mr. Vinayak Pai holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from College of Engineering (Pune), he is also a Post-Graduate in Management from Symbiosis, Pune and thereafter successfully pursued Executive MBA from IIT Bombay’s prestigious Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management.

Mr. Pai is the Managing Director of Tata Projects Limited where he is responsible for steering the Company’s overall strategic direction while implementing its Vision, Mission, and long-term goals. Prior to taking over the reins at TPL he was based in The Hague as Global Group President – Energy and Chemical Services business of Worley which involved operations in 49 countries and 30,000 employees with a revenue of $5 billion. Subsequently he was responsible for all of Worley’s business in EMEA / APAC, improving the revenue and margin of the business during the tough period of the COVID pandemic. His earlier stint was at Jacobs as President of its global Energy Chemicals and Resources (ECR) business.

He has been part of the Oil and Gas industry for over three decades and has extensive experience in executing upstream and downstream projects and successfully growing the business in a highly competitive environment.