Eleven years ago, I graduated as the gold medalist in petroleum engineering, a field that was not popular among females at the time in India. My friends would mock me, [saying] that after college, I would end up working at a gas station. Ignoring all the teasing, my passion for…
Prajakta Kulkarni began her career as a petroleum engineer, working in India and throughout the Middle East. She is now the OFSE Commercial Digital Operations Leader (Regions: NAM-L and Offshore, LATAM, APAC, MENATI, KSA, SSA and ENSC) for Baker Hughes.
Kulkarni holds a Bachelor of Engineering – Petroleum Engineering – Gold Medalist (University 1st Rank Holder) from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology in Pune, India, and graduated from the Global Energy Leadership Program at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Kulkarni was an ALLY Energy 2023 GRIT Awards finalist for a professional making a change in the energy industry.
Oil and gas operations are commonly found in remote locations far from company headquarters. Now, it's possible to monitor pump operations, collate and analyze seismic data, and track employees around the world from almost anywhere. Whether employees are in the office or in the field, the internet and related applications enable a greater multidirectional flow of information – and control – than ever before.