Shri Tarun Kapoor is Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.  He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service with over 33 years experience at the State and National levels.

Before taking over as Secretary, MoPNG, Shri Kapoor was posted as Vice Chairman, DDA. He has worked as Additional Chief Secretary in Government of Himachal Pradesh looking after various departments from time to time like Power, Environment & Forests, Food and Civil Supplies, Excise, PWD etc.  He has also worked as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy looking after National Solar Mission for five years.

He also worked in Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, a CPSE in the area of hydro power.