Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) of India opened their stall during the Madras Chamber of Commerce's industrial exhibition in Madras, India, in 1960. Satish K. Srivastava was assigned by ONGC as a geology advisor for that stall during that exhibition.

Here Satish K. Srivastava (left) with a botanist of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) in front of the neighboring BSI stall.