Monday, October 8, 2012

BEL wins 7 Raksha Mantri Awards

BEL wins 7 Raksha Mantri Awards
Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) made a clean sweep of the Raksha Mantri’s Awards (2010-11) by winning a total of seven awards across all categories: ‘Excellence in Performance’ in the ‘Institutional Category’, ‘Best Performance in Export’, ‘Best Performing Division of DPSUs’, ‘Import Substitution’ (2 awards), ‘Design Effort’, and ‘Innovation’.


Mr Anil Kumar, CMD, BEL, received the Raksha Mantri’s Award for ‘Excellence in Performance’ in the ‘Institutional Category’ from the Defence Minister, Mr A K Antony, at the awards ceremony held in New Delhi on October 5, 2012.

Mr H N Ramakrishna, Director (Marketing), BEL, and Mr V V Balakrishnan, GM (International Marketing Division), BEL, received the Raksha Mantri’s Award for ‘Best Performance in Export’ for International Marketing Division of BEL from the Defence Minister.


Mr S K Sharma, Director (BEL-Bangalore), and Mr P C Jain, GM (Military Radar), BEL-Bangalore, received the Raksha Mantri’s Award for ‘Best Performing Division of DPSUs’ for Military Radar Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of BEL-Bangalore from the Defence Minister.


Mr Amol Newaskar, Director (Other Units), BEL, and Mr G Raghavendra Rao, GM (BEL-Hyderabad), received the Raksha Mantri’s Award for ‘Import Substitution’ for the development of Low Power Jammer Antennae System by Hyderabad Unit from the Defence Minister. Mr Anil Kumar, CMD, BEL; and Mr P C Jain, GM (Military Radar), BEL-Bangalore; received the Raksha Mantri’s Award for ‘Import Substitution’ for the indigenous development of Weapon Locating Radar (Swathi) as a substitute for ANTPQ 37 Radars by Military Radar SBU of BEL-Bangalore.



Dr Ajit T Kalghatgi, Director (R&D), and Mr R K Handa, GM (Network Centric Systems), BEL-Ghaziabad, received the Raksha Mantri’s Award for ‘Design Effort’ for Combat Management System-SNF by the CMS-SNF group of Network Centric Systems, BEL-Ghaziabad, from the Defence Minister.



Mr M L Shanmukh, Director (HR), and Mr S K Acharya, GM (Electronic Warfare & Avionics), BEL-Bangalore, received the Raksha Mantri’s Award for ‘Innovation’ for the capability enhancement of Tarang Display Unit to NVG compatibility by Electronic Warfare & Avionics SBU of BEL-Bangalore.