Kaushik Basak

About Kaushik Basak

I am a chemical engineer by training with 28+ years of experience (15+ years in refining & 13+ years in petrochemicals) in oil and gas industry, including last 19+ years in Shell at Bangalore, Amsterdam and Singapore. I am thrilled with technology and contributed to the areas of R&D/ process development, design/ licensing, catalysis, process safety, projects, and advanced technical support to the assets both as individual contributor as well as in leadership roles. I have delivered value to the customers by having strong collaboration and working in Natural Teams to provide accelerated solutions, to the tune of > US$ 2 billion over the last 10 years. My primary contribution has been in diverse R&D and process development/ scale-up themes (discovery through demonstration to deployment), laboratory set up and applications, process engineering (projects, process safety studies, design/ licensing) and advanced technical support to the sites (optimisation & troubleshooting). Further, I have proven leadership capability of working in and managing global teams.I have built and led diverse, multi-cultural global teams and developed a vision/ culture of co-operation and focused delivery via coaching and mentoring. I consider my collaboration skills as well as stakeholders management to be of great help in creating a positive business impact. Owing to my proven skill, capability, and experience in multiple aspects of technology, design, and projects management, in addition to my impactful on-site technical and operational support, I consider myself suitable to help any industry fulfil ambitious objectives in technology Innovations and leadership.Note: I work for Shell, but I don’t speak on behalf of the company. All my posts and reactions in LinkedIn platform represent my personal views and reflection.

Experience

1. Global Manager - Refinery Hydroprocesses & Renewables Technology

   Shell

   Dec 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Manage a motivated and experienced global team based in IN, NL & USA.Responsible for delivering global technology licenses for conventional hydrocracking & hydrotreating as well as renewables co-processing/ HEFA processes.Responsible for supporting our hydroprocessing manufacturing assets be the world leaders in terms of performance and cost competitiveness.

Education

• National Institute of Technology Durgapur

  B.E., Chemical Engineering

  1992 — 1996

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  M.Tech, Chemical Engineering

  1996 — 1997

Skills

• Petrochemical
• Engineering
• R&D
• Chemical Engineering
• Oil & Gas
• Research Projects
• Refining
• Commissioning
• Cross-Functional Collaborations
• Energy
• Refinery Operations
• Lean Tools
• Project Management
• Petroleum
• Process Simulation
• Simulations
• Process Optimization
• Process Engineering
• Technical Support
• Research and Development (R&D)