About
To undertake CSR activities that contribute to the well-being of communities in which Petronet LNG operates, including support for art, culture and heritage.
The CSR foundation of India's largest LNG importer, operating under the government's mandatory CSR framework. Cultural funding includes performing arts support, heritage conservation and community cultural events in operational regions.
Petronet LNG Limited was established in 1998 as a joint venture between the Government of India's oil and gas PSUs to develop India's LNG import infrastructure. As a listed public sector enterprise, Petronet LNG is subject to the Companies Act 2013's mandatory CSR provisions, requiring it to spend 2% of average net profits on CSR activities. The Petronet LNG Foundation was formalised to manage these activities across health, education, environment and culture. Its cultural funding has supported performing arts events, heritage sites and community cultural programmes in the states where its LNG terminals operate, primarily Gujarat (Dahej terminal), Kerala (Kochi terminal) and West Bengal/Odisha.
Founding & Leadership
Petronet LNG Foundation was incorporated on 31 March 2017 as a company limited by guarantee under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. It functions as the formal CSR vehicle of Petronet LNG Limited (PLL), a public sector joint venture promoted by four Oil and Gas Maharatna companies: GAIL (India) Limited, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). PLL itself was formed on 2 April 1998 and operates India's first LNG receiving and regasification terminal at Dahej, Gujarat (nominal capacity 17.5 MMTPA) and a second terminal at Kochi, Kerala (5 MMTPA). The Foundation channels PLL's mandatory Section 135 CSR spend, which totalled Rs 67.24 crore in FY2024-25 and is directed primarily at education, healthcare, women empowerment, and environmental sustainability, with communities near operational sites as the primary beneficiaries.
Board of Petronet LNG Foundation (wholly owned subsidiary of PLL); parent company board comprises nominees from GAIL, ONGC, IOCL, and BPCL
Initiatives & Portfolio
Support for performing arts events and festivals in operational regions, particularly Gujarat and Kerala.
Contributions to heritage site conservation and maintenance in communities near Petronet LNG's operational facilities.
Cultural Funding
Cultural verticals
Impact & Metrics
Partnerships & Network
Partner institutions
Government partners
Credentials & Compliance
CSR-eligible · Schedule VII(v) — cultural heritage and artforms (listed); Schedule VII(ii) — education and vocational skills (primary)
Petronet LNG Limited is mandated under Section 135; the Foundation is the implementing vehicle. Culture and heritage is a listed focus area in PLL's CSR policy but education, healthcare, and livelihoods dominate documented spend.
Recognition
Sewa Bhushan Samman award for CSR; Greentech CSR India Award 2025 (healthcare); GEO Excellence Award for sustainable development
Petronet LNG Foundation represents a type of funder that matters structurally to Indian culture: the government-enterprise CSR vehicle that channels mandatory corporate social-responsibility spending into cultural and heritage activity. Its significance lies less in the scale of its cultural giving, which is modest, than in its geography. Because its work follows Petronet's terminal locations, its cultural and heritage support is concentrated in Gujarat and Kerala, with activity in West Bengal and Odisha, regions that hold some of India's richest craft, temple and classical-arts traditions. That footprint gives the Foundation a latent capacity to support heritage in places where it already has deep community relationships, even if its documented cultural activity to date remains limited.
[Atlas Perspective] Petronet LNG Foundation is the CSR vehicle of Petronet LNG Limited, India's largest importer of liquefied natural gas and a joint venture of four government energy majors: GAIL, ONGC, Indian Oil and BPCL. With a total CSR spend of around Rs 67 crore in FY25, the Foundation operates at genuine scale, though its documented work is concentrated in education, healthcare and skilling. Culture and heritage sit within its CSR policy as a listed focus area under Schedule VII, but they form a small share of activity, and culture-specific grant figures are not publicly disclosed [Data Not Publicly Available].
What cultural work is recorded, chiefly support for performing-arts events and heritage conservation, is concentrated in the states where Petronet operates its terminals: Gujarat around Dahej and Kerala around Kochi, with activity noted in West Bengal and Odisha. That geography is significant. These are among the most culturally rich regions in India, home to living craft, temple and classical-arts traditions.
The Atlas assessment is that Petronet is well-positioned to do considerably more in culture than it currently does. An enterprise of this scale, already present in Gujarat, Kerala and the eastern states, could convert a marginal and largely undocumented cultural allocation into a deliberate heritage and performing-arts programme in exactly the regions where it already holds community relationships. The infrastructure for larger cultural giving, the CSR budget, the regional footprint and a listed heritage mandate, is already in place. What is missing is a defined cultural strategy and the transparency to match it.