Mr M V Gowtama has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited on 8th November 2016

He joined BEL at Ghaziabad Unit in January 1983 as a Probationary Engineer. He was initially posted to the D&E-Radar Division where he contributed to the development of Receiver sub-system of Cyclone Warning Radar. In about three-and-half years, his team was able to design, develop, manufacture, deliver and commission the first Cyclone Warning Radar at Paradip in Orissa. The Cyclone Warning Radar development team won the R&D Award.

Mr Gowtama was transferred to Hyderabad Unit in May 1986. At Hyderabad Unit, he worked in the D&E, Testing, System Integration, Installation & Commissioning groups of Ajanta project till 1998. His team developed in-house the high voltage power supplies for Ajanta, which was commended by then CMD. He completed MTech in Advanced Electronics from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, even while in service.

From 1998 to 2006, he worked on the Sangraha programme of Indian Navy. With ToT from DLRL, his team developed different ESM systems for submarines, helicopters, medium and long-range aircraft. They also developed in-house a light-weight ESM system for small ships called Sanket.

Traditionally, project teams at Hyderabad used to look after ToT, development, testing and installation and commissioning activities. However, a new D&E division was established in 2006 to address future businesses in line with the new defence procurement policy and Mr Gowtama had the opportunity to lead this D&E group as AGM. He was able to establish strong R&D teams at Hyderabad Unit for product/sub-system development, engineering for different platforms and development of complex software.

Mr M V Gowtama took over as GM (Technology Planning)/BEL-Corporate Office, on February 1, 2010. Later he served as GM (Milcom)/BEL-Bengaluru and was Executive Director (Missile Systems)/BEL-Bengaluru till his elevation as CMD, BEL.

Mr M V Gowtama was born on June 26, 1961, in Tenali, the small yet famous town of Andhra Pradesh. He completed his B. Tech in Electronics and Communications from Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati, in 1983.

Mrs Anandi Ramalingam took charge as Director (Marketing) on September 16, 2016. She was GM (Milcom) at BEL-Bengaluru before her elevation.

Mrs Anandi Ramalingam joined BEL-Bangalore in March 1985 after completing her BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. For the next 20 years, she gained diverse experience in equipment testing working across various domains of military communication including heading testing for ‘Shakti”, the flagship Artillery Combat Command and Control System, developed by BEL and DRDO for the Indian Army and AREN (Army Radio Engineered Network) winning the Raksha Mantri’s Award. During this period, she was also awarded the Executive Excellence Award, in the very first year of its inception.

In 2004, she was roped in as part of the team formed to set up the Marketing Division for the Military Communication & Electronic Warfare SBU at Bangalore Complex. The team pioneered proactive business development practices in BEL and gradually assisted other SBUs in establishing effective marketing systems. In 2007, she was elevated as the Marketing Head of the Military Communication SBU where her team could achieve record growth in order book and turnover.

In 2010, Mrs Anandi Ramalingam moved to the International Marketing Division (IMD) to head Defence Offsets, establishing BEL as a reliable global supply chain partner for multiple foreign OEMs and facilitating substantial growth of BEL’s export order book.

In December 2014, she moved to the National Marketing Division as GM. Within a short span of time, she saw to it that BEL’s order book grew significantly. In May 2016, she assumed charge as GM (Milcom) at BEL-Bangalore and steered the business till her elevation as Director.

Bengaluru, November 28, 2018: Mr Vinay Kumar Katyal has assumed charge as Director of the Bangalore Complex of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) with effect from November 27, 2018. He was GM (Military Communication)/BEL-Bangalore before his elevation.

Mr Vinay Kumar Katyal joined BEL at its Panchkula Unit in June 1985 as Deputy Engineer after completing his B.Tech (Electronics & Communication) from IIT-BHU, Varanasi. He was involved in the project execution of the new Unit of BEL being raised at Panchkula, Haryana.

During his stint at Panchkula Unit, he established automated production facilities for STARS-V Tx/Rx for Army. He worked as Project Manager for the development of CNR-AFV, the first-of-its-kind Frequency Hopping Tank Radio made in India. He also facilitated the development of the radio set Bharati, MSK Demodulator, encryption products SMILE & SEED and Cell Phone Jammers.

Mr Vinay Kumar Katyal moved to the Military Communication (Milcom) Strategic Business Unit (SBU) at BEL’s Bangalore Unit in the year 2010 on promotion as Additional General Manager. As AGM (Production & D&E/Network Centric Systems/Milcom)/BG, he facilitated development activities of Network Centric projects such as Command Information & Decision Support System (CIDSS), Battlefield Management System (BMS) and Future Infantry Soldier As a System (F-INSAS).

Mr Katyal, who has worked in BEL in various capacities in the areas of Production, Development & Engineering, Marketing and Quality, took over as General Manager of the Product Development & Innovation Center (PD&IC) in December 2014, with the responsibility of establishing this new institution envisaged to serve as a Central Product R&D Centre of BEL in Bengaluru.

He later steered the Military Communication SBU of BEL as GM (Milcom) before being appointed as Director (Bangalore Complex). Vinay Kumar Katyal is a recipient of BEL’s ‘Key Contribution to R&D’ Award and many other project-related R&D awards.

Mr Shivakumaran K M took charge as Director (HR) at Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on June 11, 2019. He was serving as GM (HR) at BEL’s Bangalore Complex before his elevation.

Mr Shivakumaran started his journey as an HR professional at Sujatha Textile Mills, Nanjangudu, Karnataka, in 1986 after completing his Master’s in Social Work, specialising in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations & Labour Welfare from Manasagangothri, University of Mysore, in 1984. He then moved to Mandya National Paper Mills, a PSU at Belagula near Mysore in I988 and worked in the capacity of Personnel Officer.

He joined BEL in the year 1989 as Assistant Personnel Manager at Corporate Office and later worked at the Company’s Bangalore and Hyderabad Units.

During his 30-year-old stint at BEL, Mr Shivakumaran has contributed to bringing about a paradigm shift in HR at BEL, transforming it into a strategic business partner of the Company. He has been responsible for the formulation and implementation of various HR interventions directed towards improving the organisational effectiveness and advancing the Company’s vision and growth. Implementation of the SAP ERP system for HR functions has been one of his key contributions. He also has been actively involved in the implementation of various CSR projects of BEL across the Company.

Mr Shivakumaran is an undergraduate in Arts from the Maharaja’s College, Mysore, with specialisation in Psychology Criminology and Sociology. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Development and Planning from the University of Mysore.

Mr Sunil Kumar Kohli, IDAS (Retd), is a graduate in Science and Law and postgraduate in Management (PGDM from MDI, Gurgaon) and National Security and Strategy (National Defence College - 42nd course).

He has more than three decades of professional experience in Financial Management, Accounting, Internal Auditing, Human Resources Management, handling various portfolios in Defence, Homeland Security and Telecom and Water Resources sectors.

Mr Sunil Kumar Kohli has served the Defence Accounts Department (DAD) in various capacities: in Regional Army Controllers (PCDA, WC and NC), Defence Pension Disbursement, Ordnance factories, as Joint CGDA (Accounts and Budget Matters) in HQ DAD, Additional CGDA (Works, Pay and Pension) and as IFA Air HQs. He served as Controller General Defence Accounts (CGDA) for a brief period before assuming charge as Financial Advisor Defence Services (FADS) in September 2016. He continued as FADS till his retirement on August 31, 2018.

Mr Sunil Kumar Kohli gained varied experience while on deputations as Financial Adviser with NSG, CISF, IB, BSNL, NDMA, NDRF, Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and having held additional charge of JS&FA for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Power, etc.

He has been Director (Government nominee) on the Boards of PSUs such as Shipping Corporation of India under the Ministry of Shipping, National Project Construction Corporation under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and Irrigation and Water Resources Finance Corporation Limited under the Ministry of Financial Services.

Mr Sunil Kumar Kohli specialises in a wide gamut of topics including Governance, Risk Management and Compliance, Key Performance Indicators, Balanced Score Card and RFD, IT & Corporate Governance, Internal Audit & Controls, Budget Monitoring, Financial Information System, Business Process Reengineering, Provisioning, Procurement, HRM /HRD, EPC Contracts, Motivation, Leadership, Risk based Auditing, Decision Making Process, Defence Budget, Defence Security Revenue Resource Management Process, Decentralised Decision Making Process, Security Resources Management and Defence Financial Management.

Ms. Jillelamudi Manjula is a post graduate in Electronics and Communication engineering with subject specialization in Digital Systems. She joined Defence R&D organization in 1987, at Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad and served there for 26 years in various Electronic Warfare Projects.

She was the Director for Defence Avionics Research Laboratory at Bengaluru. She is a recipient of DRDO Performance Excellence award in 2006, Scientist of the year award in 2011, India Today's Woman in Science award in 2014, AoC's Best Contributor in EW award in 2015, and Marie Curie Mahila Vijnana Puraskara in 2015 from Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana - Karnataka. She has many patent applications to the credit of her team.