Keshava Deva Malviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration of Dehradun

The Keshava Deva Malviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration of Dehradun also known as KDMIPE, is a unit of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), India. The Keshava Deva Malviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration was first set up in 1962 as a research and training institute.

At the preliminary stage of functioning, the Keshava Deva Malviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration developed slowly and gradually with invaluable assistance from the United Nations Development Programme. Finally, the institute evolved into the Institute of Petroleum Exploration in 1974. The institute was named as Keshava Deva Malviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration in the year 1981 in memory of the first Minister of Petroleum of India, Shri Keshava Deva Malviya.



Last Updated on 14 March 2013