Nishi Vasudeva

"You must not expect positive differentiation, she says. You should be ready to do what men do, if you are competing for the same position. If the job requires 15-20 days' travel a month, you should be ready"

"Vasudeva is a thorough professional and ambitious executive"

"With a larger pool of women executives, you will see more women on boards of not only energy companies but across the public sector"

"Women work in refineries, marketing offices, and on rigs"

"HPCL's refinery is hardly 80 km from the border at Bhatinda, Punjab, and another one is coming up in Barmer, but the decision would have to be taken at the diplomatic level"

"There are women on the board of Engineers India and Oil India and as I said earlier, as long as the women in the industry give their best as professionals, they will get due recognition"