Thursday, October 24, 2013

Four new GMs take charge at BEL

Four new General Managers have taken charge at Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) with effect from October 1, 2013. They are Mr C P Suresh, GM (Technology Planning)/BEL Corporate Office; Mr D C Das, GM (Product Support); Mrs Rani Vergis, GM (Finance)/BEL-Bangalore; and Mr Baljit Chander K, GM (Panchkula Unit). 

Mr C P Suresh, GM (Technology Planning)/BEL Corporate Office, joined BEL in 1983 after completing BE (Electronics & Communication Engineering) and ME (Applied Electronics) from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He has extensively worked on Terrestrial Broadcasting & Satellite communication systems.  He was involved in the development of various Communication Terminals and security solutions for IAF & Army. Before his elevation he was involved in the design phase of various upcoming communication projects for IAF and Army.

Mr D C Das, GM (Product Support), an engineering graduate from IIT-Banaras Hindu University and MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University, joined BEL-Ghaziabad in 1979. Mr Das has been Head of the Systems Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of BEL-Ghaziabad and has played an important role in implementing/commissioning many Defence and civilian projects; integrated communication network for Army; cellular network for 16 Corps of the Indian Army and satellite-based communication network for the Indian Navy. He was Additional General Manager of BEL’s Central Marketing in Delhi before his elevation as GM (Product Support).

Mrs Rani Vergis, GM (Finance)/BEL-Bangalore, joined BEL-Ghaziabad in September 1985 after completing B.Com (Hons) from Delhi University and Chartered Accountancy. In a span of 24 years, she worked in all areas of finance at BEL-Ghaziabad. She served as Finance Head of Ghaziabad Unit and Military Radars and Military Communications SBUs of BEL-Bangalore before being transferred to BEL’s Corporate Office. She won the BEL Executive Excellence Award in the year 2002-03. She has also served as Secretary and later as Chairman of the BEL Provident Fund Trust (Northern Units) and has been a member of the Productivity Steering Committee of BEL-Bangalore and Corporate Steering Committee for cost reduction in BEL.

Mr K Baljit Chander, GM (BEL-Panchkula), joined BEL in 1978 after completing BE (Electronics & Communications) with Distinction from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He worked in Development & Engineering (Radar) at BEL-Ghaziabad on various important radar projects. He has headed the Project Assurance/Product Support group at BEL-Ghaziabad for seven years. He was AGM (Product Support/Air Force)/BEL-Corporate Office, before his elevation.