Akhil Jha is the Vice President Technical for Shell Lubricants business in India. His current job portfolio includes representing Shell Lubricants as technology leader by Application and Partnership, building technology relationship and technical intimacy with customers and OEMs. At Shell Lubricants, Jha leads a team of Lubricants Technical Advisors to deliver first class superior technical support to the customers across lines of businesses. He has been with Shell Lubricants for more than 12 years now. Prior to Shell, Jha has around 10 years of experience working with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd where he was responsible for technical support to commercial fuels and lubricants business for eastern and then western part of India.

He has studied at NIT Jamshedpur and IIM Calcutta. He has also been awarded Fellowship by The Institution of Engineers (India). Besides work, his other interests include books, music, travel and photography.